Alexandria: A History and a Guide
Alexandria: Whitehead Morris Limited, 1938.
Second edition. Number 72 of 250 limited copies signed by E. M. Forster. xii, 218 [1 blank] and folding map; numerous plates and smaller folding maps throughout. Bound in publisher's orange boards lettered in black. Very Good+ with slight lean to binding, light fading to spine and minor wear to edges. Minor offsetting and foxing to endsheets, faint toning to contents; folding map in good working order with light toning. English author of classic novels A Passage to India, Howards End, and A Room with a View E.M. Forster's romantic musings on the ancient Egyptian city of Alexandria. "These copies were presented to members of the [Archaeological] Society, and were probably not for sale. Most of the rest of the edition was sold at the Greco-Roman Museum in Alexandria." Kirkpatrick A8b.
Price: $2,500