E.M. Forster, 2 titles: 'Howards End', London, Edward Arnold...

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£150 - £200

E.M. Forster, 2 titles: 'Howards End', London, Edward Arnold, 1910, 1st edition, seemingly an intermediate issue, with both the 4pp. integral advertisements with Stepson of the Soil as a first impression and the 8pp. publisher's catalogue with Stepson of the Soil as a second impression, original maroon cloth gilt. A scarce first edition copy of Forster's 1910 novel about social conventions, codes of conduct and relationships in turn-of-the-century England. One of the authors best known works, considered by many to be Forster's masterpiece; together with 'A Passage to India', London, Edward Arnold, 1924, 2nd impression, original cloth, bookplate of the noted diarist Constance Miles [née Nicoll] (1881-1962) on front pastedown, and with her contemporary ownership signature/inscription on FFEP (2)