E M Forster: Signed (25 results)
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Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Signed by author on title page.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Signed by Author 0896840875 This softcover book is square and tight. The pages are clean, with no markings or folds. The wrappers are bright with no damage to the points and no folds or creases to the spine. The condition is Very good. Not ex-library. No remainder mark. Signe…d by the Author on the free end page and dated June 12, 1981 with the following inscription in her hand: "For Professor A___ P________ With best regards". Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: Collectorsemall, Rialto, CA, U.S.A.Collectorsemall
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Good +. First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed & Inscribed By Author.
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Seller: Studio Books, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.Studio Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Signed by Bill Goldstein over his name on the title page. Cream cloth, octavo. 351 pages, notes, index. A well researched, informative and entertaining account. Little bit of soiling to cream cover, near fine copy in a fine dust jacket in a mylar protec…tor. Signed by Author(s).
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First Edition. SIGNED. Fine cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Literary lives (Thames and Hudson). Physical description; 128 pages : illustrations, 1 map, portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; Originally published: 1978. Subjects; Forster…, E. M. (Edward Morgan) (1879-1970). Novelists, English 20th century Biography. 3 Kg.
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, , IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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First Edition. SIGNED. Fine cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Literary lives (Thames and Hudson). Physical description; 128 pages : illustrations, 1 map, portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; Originally published: 1978. Subjects; Forster…, E. M. (Edward Morgan) (1879-1970). Novelists, English 20th century Biography. 1 Kg.
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Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London Sydney Auckland 1993
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Seller: Bibliodditiques, IOBA, Waterloo, ON, CanadaBibliodditiques, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. very good +. A first edition copy signed by the author at The International Festival of Authors held in Toronto, Canada on October 16, 1993. The inscription is on the title page and reads, "To Ann.Harbourfront.16 October.1993.Nicola Beauman". The book comes with a ticket stub from the author's fe…stival and a book review clipped from the Canadian newspaper, "The Globe and Mail". Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases. Dust jacket is price-clipped. Small surface scratch on front panel of jacket. Illustrated with black and white photographic illustrations. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 404 pp.
Published by New Directions, Norfolk 1943
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Seller: Curious Book Shop, East Lansing, MI, U.S.A.Curious Book Shop
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Pages yellowed. Jacket pieces out edges,; Inscribed by Lionel Trilling.; 12mo; 192 pages; Signed by Author Very Good- some smudges to cover, spine darkened, water spots on back.
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Seller: Scrivener's Books and Bookbinding, Derbyshire, , United KingdomScrivener's Books and Bookbinding
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Light brown covers with titles in gilt to the spine in an illustrated dustjacket. 187pp including notes and bibliography. Signed to title-page and with a note to the recipient, author John Toft. In near-fine condition. Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: Webbooks, Wigtown, Wigtown, , United KingdomWebbooks, Wigtown
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Clean tight copy of the book. Top edge of the dustjacket a little worn and rumpled. Signed by the author and dedicated to Bernard Levin on title page. Letter from the author to Bernard Levin laid in. Signed by Author. 328452.
Published by Stanford University Press; London, Oxford University Press, Stanford 1966
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Seller: Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA, El Cerrito, CA, U.S.A.Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA
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Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books, Toronto, ON, CanadaSellers & Newel Second-Hand Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. p/o nameplate. inscribed by author. Signed by Author(s).
Published by G. Narr (Mannheimer Beiträge zur Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft, Band 37), Tübingen, 1998
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Seller: Antiquariat Johannes Herlyn, Freiburg, , GermanyAntiquariat Johannes Herlyn
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fester Einband. XVIII, 840 S. (23 cm) OPp. 1. Aufl.; mit persönlicher Widmung der Verfasserin. Starke Blei-Anstreichungen am Rand bis S. 75 und noch vereinzelt; sonst guter Zustand. Auflage: 1 ISBN 3823350374 /// /// intern4a9d0v /// ///.
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Published by UK 1942
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Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United KingdomLasting Words Ltd
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Paper. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A Nice Collection of Six Original Handwritten and Signed Letters and Postcards by English writer E M Forster. Includes a Lois Dickenson postcard of Bund of Shiomisaki at Mogi Nagasaki. Letters addressed to Forster's friend and correspondent Hazel Mary Eardley-Wilmot (1910-98), who was…a Senior English Mistress at the High School, Bath, from 1935, and from 1941 worked for the British Council. Dated 1942 to 1962. They include 2 Autograph Letters signed and 4 Autograph Postcards signed to Hazel Eardley-Wilmot, 4pp. and 4 sides, 8vo & smaller, Chiswick, Abinger Hammer etc., 30th November 1942 - 7th February 1962, hoping she will stand for Congress again, arranging to meet etc., "Last week I was taken to the Ballet, and after it to a rather high pork-chop in Shaftesbury Avenue, which left me feeling particularly well", Edward Morgan Forster 1879-1970 was an English author, best known for his novels, particularly A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924). Various sizes. Condition is good. Light folding crease. Ref 19330. Signed by Author(s).
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Published by UK 1965
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Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United KingdomLasting Words Ltd
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Paper. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A Nice Collection of E M Foster Related Letters and Ephemera. Includes an Original Handwritten and Signed Letter by English writer E M Forster and four letters from Patrick Nicholas Furbank and a few Others. Autograph Letter Signed, 'E. M. Forster', King's College, Cambridge, 31 Januar…y, no year, c. 1965, to Mrs Haskell, on headed paper, suggesting that when she has settled into King's College she should ask Francis to bring her around to see him, '… I'm an old friend of Francis, who would like to see you this little line of welcome. I know that you must be very busy settling in at the moment, but later on, when you are more at leisure, I hope that he will bring you to see me', one page, 8vo, with the accompanying hand-addressed envelope together with: Patrick Nicholas Furbank 1920-2014), English biographer, critic and academic. 4 Autograph Letters and one Typed Letter Signed, 'Nick', London, 1976-1983, all discussing E. M. Forster and mentioning his own forthcoming 2-volume biography of E. M. Forster, 'Yes there is quite a bit about Morgan's first trip to Italy (1901) in letters to friends like Dickinson and Dent, and also a travel-diary… they have not been released to the public by King's (10 November 1976); '… Actually, my guess is, that he didn't change fundamentally from the time he was 21 or 18…' (14 August 1977); '… I wonder if you could possibly help me over a point in the editing of Morgan Forster's Selected Letters? I have copies of a few letters in Italian from Morgan to Enzo Crea… and I rather guess that the "Francis" mentioned in them must be you…' (4 April 1983), a total of 8 pages, 8vo, plus a Typed Letter Signed from Mrs Jenny Mezciems, 18 May 1981, to Mr Haskell inviting him to the unveiling of a blue plaque for Forster at a house in Coventry, a Typed Letter Signed from Desmond [Shaw-Taylor] 20 January 1979, to Francis, relating to an article by Forster called "My First Opera", a printed invitation to an 1879 exhibition of Forster manuscripts at the British Library, and eight news cuttings, all but one being reviews of Furbank's biography of Forster. Edward Morgan Forster 1879-1970 was an English author, best known for his novels, particularly A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924). Mrs Haskell is Larissa Salmina (1931-2024) and the recipient Francis is her husband the English art historian Francis Haskell (1928-2000), whom she married in 1965. Various sizes. Condition is good. Light folding crease. Ref 19047. Signed by Author(s).
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Published by UK 1938
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Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United KingdomLasting Words Ltd
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Paper. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. An Original Handwritten and Signed Letter by Writer E M Forster to Philip Morrell regarding and discussing the Death of His Wife and Friend Lady Ottoline Morrell. Dated 1938. Edward Morgan Forster 1879 - 1970 was an English author. He is best known for his novels, particularly A Room w…ith a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924). He also wrote numerous short stories, essays, speeches and broadcasts, as well as biographies and pageant plays. His short story "The Machine Stops" (1909) is often viewed as the beginning of technological dystopian fiction. Size is 177mm x 114mm. Condition is good. Light folding crease. Ref19335. Signed by Author(s).
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Published by Edward Arnold, London 1962
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Seller: Works on Paper, DeKalb, IL, U.S.A.Works on Paper
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. A very good copy of the first Edward Arnold press "pocket edition," signed by E. M. Forster on the title page, where he drew a line through his printed name. Binding is hard cover. Dust-jacket is good+ with some fraying and intact tears at the extremities. The text is… wholly unmarked, pristine, and the green cloth binding with gilt lettering is bright and fresh in appearance. A lovely copy. Signed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by Unpublished, London 1953
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Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Original Letter. Reynolds Was A British Pacifist, Who Worked With Gandhi In The 1920'S, And Later Was Secretary Of The No More War Movement. Two Page Handwritten Letter, 54 Lines, Condensed Onto A Sixpence Air Letter. Following Up On A Letter Sent A Week Earlier, Now Thanking The Recipient For A… Book On Liberia. He Notes That Gilbert Highet, Mentioned In The Recipient's Earlier Letter, Had Been Saying Nice Things About Reynolds On The Radio. "I Strongly Approve Of This & Hope It Will Be Encouraged. I Have A Feeling I Shall Be Over In The States If This Goes On. Yesterday I Received A Copy Of The Griffin (Reader's Subscriptions, Inc.) With An Article By Jacques Barzun (No Less) On E. M. Forster's Hill Of Devi. He Said 'With Mr. Reginald Reynolds' A Quest For Gandhi, Which Is Its Perfect Autobiographical Counterpart, The Hill Of Devi Is The Best Introduction To The Physical And Emotional Realities Of Modern India". This Has Completely Gone To My Head. The Snooty Pederasts Of Horizon And The New Statesman Never Paid Me Such Compliments. Nobody Here Compares My Modern Workto The Great And Monumental Achievements Of Mr. Forster. I Think I Must Go To America Soon, The Land Where They Don't Expect Me To Lick Some Old Queen's Arse Before You Can Get A Decent Write-Up. But, Does Somebody I Know - You, For Example-Happen To Know Jacques Barzun? Because He Posted The Thing To Me Himself To Oak Cottage, Which Is Even Odder Than Sending It Here To Chelsea." He Then Discusses His Wife Edith Mannin's Recent Diet "And Much Better For It", And Is Worried About What She Will Eat When She Travels To Burma To Stay With U- [Indecipherable] As He Is Sure They Will Cook All Their Food In Ghee And Then Fry It Too. Then, "I Must Cultivate Some More Forsterian Habits, But Draw The Line At One; For He Is "Called' As We Say In Chelsea- Called To The Higher Faith, Greater Than The Love Of Women, Which No Doubt Helped In His Career This Side Of The Atlantic." He Then Closes With Sending His Love To The Recipient ["To You Both"], Inquiries What The Recipient Is Doing, And Asks When They Will See Them Again. In 1964 His Wife Traveled Through The United States, Meeting Austin In California, Staying With Him And Traveling In California With Him. She Wrote A Book About The Trip, "An American Journey" [Hutchison, 1967], Which She Dedicated "For Rickey With Whom I Made Some Of These Travels, And To Whom I Owe So Much - In Enduring Friendship". Signed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Harcourt, Brace & World, New York 1964
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Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. First Edition. Octavo, xiv, 145 pages. In Good condition. Quarter bound in red and black cloth with gilt lettering. Boards have rubbing, scuffing, shelf wear, some bumping to corners, and minor discoloration. Text block has minor foxing throughout and binding is partially shaken on title page. Inscription written by N…atwar-Singh on first front end paper. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1374233. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Published by Unpublished (?), Dorking 1938
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Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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No Binding. Condition: Fine. Original Letter. An Interesting 1938 Signed Letter On Station Comshall, West Hackhurst, Abinger Hammer, Dorking Stationary, "I Am So Glad You Enjoyed The Talk, And It Was Kind Of You To Write. Forrest Reid's Last Novel Is "Uncle Stephen", I Think, And He Has Written An Interesting Autobiography, Apos…tate. Mrs. Mawe, As I ---- You Know, Is In Very Poor Health At Present And Lives With Her Daughter. She Is A Good Deal Better Than She Was- I Went To See Her This Week. With Many Thanks, Yours Very Truly, E M Forster". Signed by Author(s).
Published by S. Chand, London 1968
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Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.Fireproof Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 55 pages. First English edition, first printing. Inscribed by Singh on the first sheet. Foreword by Charles G. Hoffman. Near fine book with very slight toning to the spine and a touch of wear to the corners in wrappers. A very nice copy. Inscribed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by New Directions Connecticutt 1943
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Seller: THE BOOKSNIFFER, Lewes, East Sussex, , United KingdomTHE BOOKSNIFFER
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. EXTREMELY RARE AS A SIGNED BOOK. This was the third volume in the highly respected monograph series, 'Makers Of Modern Literature'. This copy has a SIGNED inscription on the front end paper from the author: "To Elliot Doniger cordially Lionel Trillin…g" in blue ink. Very rare to find a signed copy of this first printing. Binding is still nice and tight and the green cloth is still vivid. Corners undamaged. Jacket is complete, protected and unclipped, with the first price: $1.50. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author.
More imagesPublished by London: Edward Arnold & Co. 1924
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Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, , United KingdomLouis88Books (Members of the PBFA)
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1924, FIRST Numbered SIGNED Limited Edition. In recent full green morocco binding with gilt titles to the spine, four raied bands with blind tooled board decoration in line with the bands, gilt page top edges, one of 200 individually numbered copies, this one…number 99, SIGNED by E. M. Forster. Damp stained internally with red colour to the bottom page margins from page 297 to the end with red colour ingress to the lower margin. First end papers replaced with offsetting to the half title, tanned to the end papers, otherwise gently tanned throughout with damp staining towards the end of the volume. With the original replacement title label still bound in. Pagination: 325pp. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 9 ¼ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gilt titles to three compartments, four raised bands. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition blind tooled in line with the bands. Page edges good condition top edges gilt, others untrimmed, wavy and stained red to the bottom edge 297 to the end. Binding very good condition beautifully bound. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition sound. Paste downs very good condition marbled paper. End papers good condition marbled paper, first end paper missing, half title with offsetting from the replaced end paper. Title good condition lightly tanned. Pages good condition generally very clean, gently tanned with damp staining to the lower page margins from page 297 to the end with red colour ingress to the lower margin. See photos. Signed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Edward Arnold & Co, London 1953
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Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.Second Story Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. dj. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 176 pages; VG/VG; spine orange with blue titling, dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price cut, mild fading to spine, mild wear and rubbing, primarily to extremities; Neat pencil note on the ffep, reading "with a 2 pp. note by Roger Senhouse describing one of Forste…r's Homosexual Affairs." Signed below the note in blue pencil by Roger Senhouse.; With two letters loose within, one from Roger Senhouse describing Forster's affairs in India in salacious detail, and one from Forster during WWII involving the Royal Air Force.; 2 page Autograph Letter Signed on one leaf of beige paper, dated 26-7-42. Written by Forster to a Bill and signed 'Morgan', with two horizontal folds and minor wear to extremities. Bill has apparently recently joined the R.A.F, and much of the letter is Forster discussing social engagements.; ".all of this silly "breaking" seems such a waste of the national effort. I had hoped the R.A.F. was beyond it, but it seems no more sensible today than when T.E. Lawrence pilloried it in The Mint - I always wished he would have published that exposure of N.C.O. mentality. I am sure it would have done good, but he was afraid of Lord Trenchard."; 2 page Autograph Letter on one leaf of blue/green paper, dated 22/3/54, with dense writing by Roger Senhouse describing one of Forster's affairs. One horizontal fold, very mild wear to extremities; "Hill of Devi. Dinner at the Savile, to welcome Ragnar Svanström as a member. He was dining with Meyer, who was 1/4 hour late, so he sat between A. D. Peters & Charles ???, delighted to be so affably received. I settled Down at the round table with John Morris, who told me - after a night's visit to King's to hear the 3rd Prog St. John Passion - that ??? has received very few votes for his Provost election, but that he had stayed up till 3 am with E.M.F. who had told him the story of Dewas Senior. I had been shown Morgan's 2 letters apropos his ??? in ???, ??? ??? ??? based on a fine knowledge of character. What had baffled us both was why the adjective 'saintly' had been used of his unworthy ??? "Did you get the answer?" "I will tell you all after dinner." It started like this. "Did you know that anything definite - in the way of an affair, I mean - had occurred in Morgan's life before Bob?" "Yes, he told Lytton, but it was a dead secret. Twice the subject came up and I remembered leaning over the Bachs, on the bridge, till Clare was indelibly imprinted on my mind, without being made aware of what had occurred. I only know it was in India." "Well, he read me the whole account, unlocking a little cabinet to extract the diary. Then I spent another 2 hours writing it down. You must not repeat [not repeat underlined] what I shall briefly recount. M must have been about 40. The weather was very hot and he became more and more sexually excited for academics, perhaps because there was no person who had attracted him. However masturbation was of no avail. He wanted physical contact and companionship, yet his hunger was as acute as his sexual distress. At last he found a young man of about 15 with whom he made a date - to meet outside the palace, on a road, at 7 p.m. Little did he know that his advances had been the subject, for some little time, of speculation in the bazaars. The boy was a braggart & no doubt he had enquired what he should ask in exchange for this strange friendship with the Sahib. Rumors of this betrayal reached M's ear and he took umbrage. For several days he pondered. Should he go to his master? He did not keep the appointment, but punched up sufficient courage to broach the subject. He was politely received - to his surprise, sympathetically. It was not properly understood, he thought, but quite suddenly he was informed that one of the ??? had a bastard son who was so inclined. "Leave it to me - all will be well" An appointment was arranged. Mutual dislike and antipathy was manifest from the start. And hence the matter was dropped. Not so very much later. Signed.
More imagesPublished by London Cape 1935 1935
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Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United KingdomJohn Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA
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A first edition, first printing, published by Cape in 1935 - first trade edition. A near fine book in very good (or better) supplied dust wrapper. PRESENTATION COPY FROM LAWRENCE'S GREAT FRIEND, THE WRITER AND ONE OF THE VERY FEW EARLY READERS OF 'SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM', E M FORSTER: 'T. H. M from E. M. F in memory of Clouds H…ill, July 1935'. This work was published on July 30th, 1935, two months after the death of T. E. Lawrence and E M Forster has inscribed it to their mutual friend 'T.H.M' either on, or the day after, publication day and this was followed by Forster's review of this first trade edition which appeared in 'The Listener' magazine on July 31st 1935. The simple, humble inscription in this copy, 'T. H. M from E. M. F in memory of Clouds Hill, July 1935' can be interpreted with much greater depth. Lawrence had purchased his Clouds Hill home whilst stationed at the nearby Bovington Camp. The recipient is Lance Corporal Thomas Henderson Middleton, who served with Lawrence in the Tank Corps, whom Forster would have met during one of his stays at Clouds Hill. Lawrence remembers (in a letter to Bernard and Charlotte Shaw) a group of people in the cottage at one time with Middleton as fighting on the big leather sofa at Clouds Hill with Pat Knowles. Forster's own relationship with Middleton was mentioned in a letter dated 10 December 1925 from Lawrence to E. Palmer: "I went down to Cambridge last Sunday, and there E. M. F. sat, large as life. We talked about you and Middleton, and the world generally. M. writes more letters to him than you do. Then M. always was talkative". It can be traced further through Forster's own correspondence; a letter to Lawrence dated 15 October 1927 indicates the pair's acquaintance: 'I write in bed, it is Edinburgh and the not very early morning. I got here last night, after lecturing to the English Association at Middlesbrough and Darlington. Does Middleton come from Middlesbrough or is that a dream?'. The following year, Forster stayed with Middleton, again writing to Lawrence: 'I stopped a night 10 days ago with Middleton in Barracks at Scarborough. He took a great deal of trouble to make me comfortable - succeeded of course, but that is another and an easier matter'. Forster has inscribed this copy to 'T.H.M from E.M.F' in the same way that Lawrence inscribed his copy: 'E. M. F from T. E. S'. This strong familiarity is clearly evident, along with the importance of their time spent at Clouds Hill with Lawrence, as Forster has considered it remarkable enough to present a copy to this person on this, the publication day, of the first publicly available copy of Lawrence's magnum opus. We are certainly not aware that E. M. Forster took the trouble to present copies of this work to anybody else. Forster would also contribute a chapter to 'T. E. Lawrence by his friends' in the 'Post-War general views'. Forster's final words in this chapter were: 'I do not want to sum T.E up. These are only a few notes, to be added to the common stock. I will finish them by recording that his was pleased by what I wrote to him about the Mint, and that he was also pleased when I helped to sell the proofs of the Seven Pillars for the benefit of another friend of his, to whom he had given them. All these are scraps. The real framework, the place where his spirit will never cease to haunt, is Clouds Hill, and the gay motto over its doorway is the one beneath which I see him at rest.' His final letter to T. E. Lawrence, dated 4th May 1935, is particularly poignant: 'Dear T. E. When would it be possible for you to have me to stop for a few days at Clouds Hill? Would about May the 20th be any good? Yours ever EMF' T. E. Lawrence died from injuries received on May 13th. ASSOCIATION COPIES OF THIS, THE 1935 FIRST TRADE EDITION, ARE VERY SCARCE INDEED AND THIS, FROM HIS CLOSE FRIEND, E. M. FORSTER IS EXCEPTIONAL.
