The Hill of Devi. Being Letters from Dewas State Senoir. by FORSTER, E.M

Edward Arnold & Co. , 1953. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:

London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1953. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 176 pages. A non-fiction work from the author of "A Passage to India" and "A Room with a View." A clean near fine copy in gray cloth boards and in a near fine price clipped dust jacket with some very minor wear. A very nice copy.

London: Edward Arnold & Company, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First British edition. 176pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Contemporary owner name and note inked on front fly, page edges lightly soiled, boards very slightly splayed, very good in a modesty soiled very good dust jacket with four small tears internally tape repired and slight edgewear. The author's visit to Dewas.

London, Edward Arnold, 1953.. 176pp. 8vo.Original cloth in repaired dustwrapper. Eight black and white photographs in text., a very good copy.. First edition of Forster's letters as temporary private secretary to the Maharajah of the State of Dewas Senior. From the Library of Australian scholar and academic, John Barnes with his signature,

London, Edward Arnold, 1953.. 176pp. 8vo.Original cloth in dustwrapper. Eight black and white photographs in text. Previous owner's name, a very good copy.. First edition of Forster's letters as temporary private secretary to the Maharajah of the State of Dewas Senior.

London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1953. 176 pages. Frontispiece illustrated with b/w plate. 7 more plates in text. Pages good condition, clean. Signedon ffep by Escott Reid, Canadian High Commissioner to India. Grey cloth, red title on spine and initials on upper cover. Edges and corners show light wear. VG+. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover.

London: Edward Arnold & Company, 1953. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Frontis., 176 pp., illus. Faint price in ink on rear paste-down endpaper, some mild edgewear; price-clipped dustjacket is darkened at spine, lightly soiled, chipped at spine, with a few closed tears along edge.

London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1953. 176 pages. Frontispiece is black and whit photographic plate of the Maharajah of Dewas State Senior. Illustrated in text with another 7 black and white plates. Pages clean and tight. Endpapers lightly foxed. One stain on front paste down endpaper. Grey cloty with red title on spine. Edges and corners bumped. Orange dust jacket, price clipped. DJ worn at edges and corners, one tear at top of spine in back and back cover is soiled.GOOD+/Good. 1st U.K. Edition. Hard Cover.

London: Edward Arnold, 1953. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original grey cloth. Very fine in Very Fine dust jacket. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Kirkpatrick A31a

London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1953. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 9" by 5.5". Unnamed. First edition of The Hill of Devi, E.M. Forster's account of two of his visits to India in 1912 and 1921, complete with photographs. First edition of E.M Forster's memoirs of his travels to India, The Hill of Devi, including large frontispiece with a photograph of Sir Tukoji Rao III, whom the author worked for during his stay, and other pictures of his travels.In 1912, Forster visited the State of Dewas Senior in Central India, and in 1921 he went back to work as temporary secretary to the Maharajah and be part of his court. This book is based on his diaries and letters and gives an exciting insight to the author's extraordinary experiences, where the fantastic would keep breaking into the everyday life. For instance, Forster must be one of the few Europeans who attended the eight-day festival of Gokulashtami, celebrating the birth of Krishna. The author describes the Maharajah as "certainly a genius… Read More