First printing, second state (no priority) of Forster's second book on Alexandria, where he worked as a Chief Searcher for the British Red Cross as a conscientious objector during the first World War.
Very good.
Price: $375.00
"Only the climate, only the north wind and the sea remain as they were when Menelaus, the first visitor, landed upon Ras el Tin, and obtained from Proteus the promise of life everlasting."
Forster's collected sketches of the ancient and modern city include essays on the ruined Lighthouse of Alexandria, the city's founding by Alexander the Great, the lives of Clement and Athenasius, the poetry of C.P. Cavafy, and Forster's own failed efforts to frequent a Den of Vice.
Read more: Kirkpatrick, A Bibliography of E.M. Forster, A9a.
First edition. Richmond, Surrey: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1923. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original quarter blue cloth with decorative Cambridge Blue paper boards running horizontally, second state ("Mr. Leonard Woolf states that no priority should be assigned to these two states," Kirkpatrick). 80, [2] pages. Original one-sheet publisher's prospectus for Forster's ALEXANDRIA laid in. Bookplate of the Reverend Wm. Major Scott to front paste-down. Small bookseller label to rear paste-down. Light edgewear, heavy toning to boards along upper edge and spine.
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