Lot 267
Forster, E.M.
Auction: 4 February 2009 at 11:00 GMT
Description
The longest journey. Edinburgh, 1907. First edition, 8vo, original dark green cloth lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover, [Kirkpatrick A2(a)], some spotting and browning, binding worn at extremities; [Ibid.] Alexandria. Alexandria, 1922. First edition, 8vo, the Blackmer copy, folding map in rear pocket, original buff paper boards printed in navy-blue on spine and upper cover, collector’s folding case, [Kirkpatrick A8(a)], restoration to spine and soiling to binding; [Ibid.] Alexandria. Alexandria, 1922. First edition, 8vo, folding map in rear pocket, original buff paper boards printed in navy-blue on spine and upper cover, loosely inserted advertisement leaf, [Kirkpatrick A8(a)]; [Ibid.] Pharos and Pharillon. London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1923. First edition, presentation inscription from Lily Forster (“Rosalie Alford | from | Lily Forster | May 16: 1923”) on front free end-paper, 8vo, original cloth-backed boards (Kirkpatrick second state), [Kirkpatrick A9(a)], binding slightly worn; [Ibid.] The Hill of Devi. London, 1953. First edition, 8vo, illustrations, original ash-grey cloth lettered in red on spine and upper cover, price-clipped dust-jacket, [Kirkpatrick A31(a)] (5)