Charles Morgan — The Fountains

London, Macmillan and Co. 1932. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of Charles Morgan's best selling novel, The Fountain. A lovely first edition, first impression of this well-received novel by Chares Morgan, drawing upon his experiences in the Netherlands during World War One, specifically as he was sent with Churchill's Naval Division to the defence of Antwerp. The plot follows the story of a captured English officer who is interned with a Dutch family. There, he falls in love with their married step-daughter.Charles Morgan was the husband of Welsh novelist Hilda Vaughan. He enjoyed writing around the themes of "art, love, and death."With the unclipped dust wrapper.  In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally excellent with minor shelf wear only and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. With a small bookseller sticker tot he front pastedown. The dust wrapper is smart with some shelf wear and a minor edge wear, as well as a slight sunning to the spine; unclipped. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.