Description
First edition of Maurice by E.M. Forster.
Octavo, 256pp. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine. Full number line present on copyright page. Solid text block, previous ownership inscription and bookplate on front endpapers, top edge dyed yellow, a near fine example. In publisher’s dust jacket, $6.95 retail price on front flap, a touch of shelf wear, a fine example.
E.M. Forster (1879-1970) was a famous English writer nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature over 20 separate years of his career. Maurice was written from 1913-1914, but was not published until 1971 due to Forster’s fear of public reception to its theme of homosexuality while still illegal in the U.K.
