Pharos and Pharillon, E.M. Forster. pub. Hogarth 1923 1st ed. Octavo. 80 pp with a single page of publisher's advertisement. Paper-covered boards with vertical patterning of blue streaks (the book covers have two states, the 'streaking' either horizontal or vertical, as here). Blue cloth spine with paper label, the label is abraded affecting some of the lettering. The boards are in good order with touches of edgewear and a few abrasions, but nothing egregious. The boards are darkened a little at the top edge front and rear. Internally good with occasional pale spots of splashy foxing. Forster's meditation on Alexandria where he spent time during WW1 working for the Red Cross. Under the title 'Pharos' he groups several chapters on Egyptian history, including a poem by C. P. Cavafy. In the latter part of the book titled, 'Pharillon' (the successor lighthouse to the ancient 'Pharos') he writes about modern events and his impressions including a chapter on the poet, Cavafy, which introduced his work to the English-speaking world. This copy bears the marks of ownership of several literary men. First, a small ex-libris to the pastedown shows that the first owner was R[obert] W[illiam] Chapman [1881-1960] editor of the works of Samuel Johnson and Jane Austen. Next, a note in the hand of T[heodore] C[ressy] Skeat [1907-2003] states that he bought the book at Blackwell (the Oxford bookshop) in August 1948. Skeat was a librarian at the British Museum and a writer on papyri. A further note in his hand gifts the book to John Rae, also a papyrologist in 1993.