FORSTER
(Edward Morgan, 1879-1970, Novelist & Essayist, Author of ‘A Passage to India’)
Autograph letter signed (‘E.M. Forster’) to Geoffrey F. A. BEST
(1928-2018, Historian, editor of the Cambridge Review, later Professor at Edinburgh and Sussex), saying “I don’t know Mr Peter Green or his work, and so - as I am doing little reviewing at present - I think I won’t undertake this travel book of his. Perhaps I can do something for the Cambridge Review later on”, 1 side 7” x 5½”, embossed arms of King’s College, Cambridge, 7th October
Item Date:
1953
Stock No:
42242
£375
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FORSTER WRITES FROM ALEXANDRIA IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
FORSTER
(E. M., 1879-1970, Author of ‘A Passage to India’)
Autograph Letter Signed in pencil to Mr Plant,
commenting that “This seems very foolish. Here are you in Alex and I who never leave it am at Cairo and have further complicated life by spraining my ancle [sic]...” he hopes to be back soon and is “not now going to Port Said which is a good thing. Mr Britling is travelling after you... and in my bag is My Days and Dreams and a book of my own which I was bringing to Port Said...”, Ministry of Education, Khedivieh School, Cairo, 3rd February
Item Date:
1917
Stock No:
42248
£475
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FORSTER
(E. M., 1879-1970, Author of ‘A Passage to India’)
Autograph Note Signed with initials to Cecil H. Coleman on his printed change of address card,
thanking him for his letter and regretting that he will “not be able to come to Oxford next term as I am just leaving for America...”, 1 side postcard with autograph address on the verso, King’s College, Cambridge, 20th March
Item Date:
1947
Stock No:
42246
£175
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FORSTER
(E. M., 1879-1970, Author of ‘A Passage to India’)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed ‘E. M. Forster’ to Allen
apologising for not answering sooner as he has taken longer than expected “finishing the Dickinson book. I am glad to hear that you may be acquiring the Week End Review. I am afraid I am in no position to make a large contribution - and, as you say large contributions are necessary in view of your short option. If however, £5 subscription shall at any time be desired, I shall be happy to send one. I quite agree with you as to the gravity of the present situation as the work I have been doing for the last year only increases my pessimism. As regards my attitude, I certainly sympathise with the method you will adopt, though it is probable that I may also sympathise with methods which you will regard as incompatible...”, 2 sides 8vo., West Hackhurst, Dorking, 29th December
filing holes not affecting the text
Item Date:
1933
Stock No:
42247
£350
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FORSTER
(Edward Morgan, 1879-1970, Novelist & Essayist, Author of ‘A Passage to India’)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed (‘E.M. Forster’) to ‘Dear Mr Luke’
thanking him for his letter and apologising that his had taken “ten days to reach you. I gather that Mrs Hart has changed her mind on the suitability of Keith Baxter for the television. I have not changed mine and I cannot pretend that, on this particular point, your letter meets with my approval...”, 1 side 8vo., King’s College Cambridge headed paper, 20th July
Item Date:
1962
Stock No:
42228
£375
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