Forster E M Foreword (21 results)

Reprint. This is a charming book that carries the rare delicateness of softly touching the strings of the heart On the surface its young womans journey to India her experiences and her onward journey to Ceylon before she returns home to England But flowers and elephants is nothing of what it seems and yet so much more As renowned author EM Forster writes in his poetic foreword this book is about the colours of a sea voyage it paints the vivid touches of oriental life it offers clever snatches of talk More so its about realitys contesting perfections and imperfections Life is at one moment so exquisite and near at the next so worthless and remote Despondency and contentment are both so transient Happiness is more probable in solitude An outward journey beautifully told this book is just that much about an inner journey that we all have at some point taken or will take in a quest to find answers to questions we often ask ourselves 196 pp.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket and book are clean with minor overall wear. Has a good binding. Personalized bookplate is attached inside to the front pastedown, no other marks or notations. Dust jacket price not clipped. First American Edition.

Hardcover with dust jacket. VG/VG 261 pp.

Condition: Poor. 1st edition. Imitation cloth, dj, P+/VG. xxiv+270pp, b/w frontis, 8pp b/w plates, index, edges of the dustjacket a little rubbed, Ex Public Library copy with ink stamps & traces of library card etc to the endpapers, but otherwise a nice copy. Abinger Edition of the Works of E M Forster ( edited by Oliver Stallybrass ) Volume 13. Forster's biography of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson [ 1862 - 1932 ] the British political scientist and philosopher, who in answer to the First World War drafted schemes for a "League of Nations". 1275 grams.…

octavo paperback with french flaps (FINE); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

octavo paperback in french flaps (FINE); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. RARE! 117 pages, a very good minus hardback, publisher's original red cloth binding with black lettering to the spine and front cover, minimal evidence that it is from a uk university.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-. First Edition. 1st Edition(1950); octavo; 57 pp (with full color frontispiece of author); Good+ in Good- DJ; moisture stains to bottom third of boards and dustjacket not discernable on outer side, shallow edgewear with several small closed creased tears, boards slightly bowed, rubbed with light soil, offsetting to endpapers; else clean tight copy. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good ++. No Jacket. First thus. Travellers' Library livery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Foreword by E. M. Forster. Binding slightly cocked with a lightly sunned spine but the blue cloth sunned to white at the tip of the crown, very good or better in a price-clipped, worn and soiled, good only dust jacket with chips and tears. The interior of the book is fine.…

paperback. Condition: Fair.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 223pp plusa at the end a list of the volumes issued in the Travellers' Library series. Bound in blue cloth and faded gilt to the spine. A compilation and First Edition thus. Bookplate to front paste-down A little rubbed but 95 years old.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Foreward by T. S. Eliot and E. M. Forster. Backstrip missing. Spine cracked. (Italian Drama, Plays).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 327 pages in near fine condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with occasional black and white illustrations throughout. Some small creases and tears on the tail edges of pages 133-138. Bound in red cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Beige dustjacket in very good condition with black and red titles. Lightly smudged around the edges. A small spot of sticker residue on the back of the jacket. 2nd edition. NF/VG. Book.…

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. grey cloth, gilt lettering, 207 pp, first edition, ex libirs bookplate to front paste down, owners name to front end paper, cloth partially disclored and torn at spine Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Published by the Author [1932]. First edition hardback in dustjacket. Red cloth with black titling to front board and spine. 14 x 21.5 cm. 117 pages. Floral endpapers. 398 grams. Atkins Bros., Printers, Burnt Tree. Tipton. Contains over 80 poems and 12 mounted photographs. One of only 300 copies printed. A second edition of 200 copies was printed a year later with a few alterations including the replacement of the mounted photographs with printed images. Inscription in white ink to rear of frontice: 'With the Compliments and Best wishes of E. A. Underhill. Nov. 25th, 1932.' Contents complete and securely bound. Scarce dustjacket discoloured, creased and torn with loss here there (now in protective sleeve). Light rubbing to cloth at spine ends and corners. Couple marks and few creased page corners. Splitting to paper covering rear hinge, though hinge itself sound. 'H. Aston Lower Gornal' written to front free endpaper. Please get in touch if you would like more photos or information. Thank you. Signed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. First American Edition. Near fine in a Vg.+ dj. (Price inked-over on front dj. flap. Small vintage bookseller's sticker at head of rear pastedown. Couple mild bumps to upper edge of cloth. Tiny edge chips & short edge tears in dj. Trace of dampstaining at spine & front cover of dj.); 5 1/2" X 8 1/2"; 303 pages.…

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