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UK, 1953. First Edition . Paper. Very Good ++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original autograph letter Signed and Inscribed by E M Forster 1955. A lovely two-sided Kings Collage Cambridge letter declining a literary tour of Italy. Size 180mm x 135mm Condition is very good with two holes to edge. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 15683

London:, 1948.. Fine.. The incident involved obtaining Forster's signatures in copies of his first editions. Forster kept the chocolates his admirer sent, but returned the cigarettes.

Cambridge, 28 October 1958. Letter. Creases from mailing, otherwise Near Fine. A thoughtful AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) on both sides of 7" x 9" King's College letterhead to Professor [Rex] Warner. In part: "My glimpse of you yesterday reminded me that I had never ... thanked you for your lecture.... I am very glad that you cared to quote me, and -- still more -- to quote Dickinson. But it is a difficult wicket. I fear that sensitivity, the arts, and all that, can only be defended on the grounds that they are good in themselves. I don't write this high-mindedly. I only wish it was otherwise. The bait we hold out (I [?] changing my form of sport) is that the life of the imagination & the belief that the world is interesting, may in the long run make society and the individuals in it more comfortable. I doubt it."