A PASSAGE TO INDIA
Rau, Santha Rama; Forster, E.M.
Published by Samuel French, London, 1961
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First acting edition of this play based on E. M. Forster's 1924 novel, a story of scandal and racism that takes place in British colonial India during the rise of the Indian independence movement. Indian-American writer Santha Rama Rau was the author of "the first memoir written by a South Asian American" (Wenying Xu), HOME TO INDIA (1945), published to acclaim while she was the first Indian student at Wellesley. She began work on this stage adaptation of Forster's A PASSAGE TO INDIA soon after the country won its independence in 1947; it found success both in the West End and Broadway. This edition illustrated with photographs of the set design for the play's 1960 Comedy Theatre production, with furniture and prop list and a guide to lighting and effects. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original printed blue wrappers. 82 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. Light edgewear and soil to wrappers, toning to spine and margins. Seller Inventory # 51986
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Title: A PASSAGE TO INDIA
Publisher: Samuel French, London
Publication Date: 1961
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very good plus.
Dust Jacket Condition: dj
Edition: First Edition.
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A Passage to India. A Play in Three Acts (French's Acting Edition)
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Undated, circa 1970. Paperback. 82 pages. Clean & tight & flat. No inscriptions. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 77.3. A Passage to India: A Play in Three Acts. A Play by Santha Rama Rau from the novel by E. M. Forster (French's Acting Edition). Published by Samuel French, UK. Seller Inventory # 029566
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A PASSAGE TO INDIA
Published by
Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, New York, 1961
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
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Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First US edition, advance review copy, of this play based on E. M. Forster's 1924 novel, a story of scandal and racism that takes place in British colonial India during the rise of the Indian independence movement. Indian-American writer Santha Rama Rau was the author of "the first memoir written by a South Asian American" (Wenying Xu), HOME TO INDIA (1945), published to acclaim while she was the first Indian student at Wellesley. She began work on this stage adaptation of Forster's A PASSAGE TO INDIA soon after the country won its independence in 1947; it found success both in the West End and Broadway. 7.25'' x 5''. Original gilt-stamped green cloth boards. Original unclipped ($3.50) dust jacket. 112 pages. Publisher's review slip laid in. Significant offsetting to endpapers from previously laid in material, light edge toning to boards. Light wear and toning to jacket, light soil to jacket spine. Very good plus in very good plus jacket. Seller Inventory # 51760
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A Passage to India. [Taken from the 1962 Theatre Arts Magazine]
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Santha Rama Rau and Edward Morgan Forster, New York, 1962
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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Unbound. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Quarto. P.26-56. Unbound pages. Lacking the staples to bind the pages and wrapper, two punch-holes made near the spine of pages and wrapper, age-toned, about very good. A dramatization of E.M. Forster's novel presented by Theatre Guild Productions, Inc. on January 31, 1962 at the Ambassador Theatre, New York City. Seller Inventory # 611585
A PASSAGE TO INDIA
Published by
Edward Arnold, London, 1960
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: Fine in near fine jacket. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First edition thus. First edition of this play based on E. M. Forster's 1924 novel, a story of scandal and racism that takes place in British colonial India during the rise of the Indian independence movement. Indian-American writer Santha Rama Rau was the author of "the first memoir written by a South Asian American" (Wenying Xu), HOME TO INDIA (1945), published to acclaim while she was the first Indian student at Wellesley. She began work on this stage adaptation of Forster's A PASSAGE TO INDIA soon after the country won its independence in 1947; it found success both in the West End and Broadway. 7.25'' x 4.75''. Original green cloth boards. Original unclipped (10/6) dust jacket. 112 pages. Jacket with light sunning to spine and a bit at edges. Book clean and firm. Seller Inventory # 50778
A Passage to India: A Play by Santha Rama Rau
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Arnold, 1960
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Hardcover
First Edition
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Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition (so stated). Small octavo. 112 pages. Dust jacket (unclipped; few nicks). Very good. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper by Santha Rama Rau: "For Elsa: All good wishes from Santha." Three-act dramatization of Forster's novel. Kirkpatrick E9d. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 2486
A PASSAGE TO INDIA: A Play E. M. Forster's personal copy
Published by
Edward Arnold, London, 1960
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Personal copy of Forster as stated on the front free endpaper. A fine copy in the publisher's original green cloth boards with gilt stamping on the spine. Near Fine original unclipped dust jacket, as issued printed red, slight smudge on top right. 112 pp. Santha Rama Rau's stage adaptation of A PASSAGE TO INDIA premiered at the Oxford Playhouse in 1960. After its initial success there, the play moved to London's West End and later made its way to Broadway in New York in 1962. Seller Inventory # 34041
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