Charles Morgan — The Fountain

London, Macmillan and Co. 1932. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first impression of Charles Morgan's best-selling first world war novel, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. 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.Complete with its unclipped dust wrapper.Charles Morgan was the husband of Welsh novelist Hilda Vaughan, known for writing around the themes of art, love, and death. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely with only a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. The dust wrapper is unclipped, with minor shelf wear and a hint of sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.