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Maurice
by Forster, E. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Original black cloth, title in gilt to spine, dust jacket. Ex libris plate. Some chipping to dust jacket and one tear to rear to
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: W.W. Norton, 1971. First American edition. 256 pp. 8vo. Original black cloth, title in gilt to spine, dust jacket. Ex libris plate. Some chipping to dust jacket and one tear to rear top-edge. Overall, a tight, near-fine copy. First American edition. 256 pp. 8vo. Landmark gay novel, originally written from 1913 to 1914 and finally published after Forster's death in 1971.
Reviews
On Dec 15 2009, Mikehughes said:
This is an agonising love story, one which Forster refused to allow to have published while he was still alive as it was potentially too scandalous. Well worth a read.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 312267
- Title
- Maurice
- Author
- Forster, E. M
- Format/Binding
- 256 pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original black cloth, title in gilt to spine, dust jacket. Ex libris plate. Some chipping to dust jacket and one tear to rear to
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- British | E.M Forster
Terms of Sale
The Old Mill Bookshop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Old Mill Bookshop
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey
About The Old Mill Bookshop
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue. The Madison avenue store is an oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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