The Fountain
by Charles, Morgan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- GD++/GD++/ND
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 9th. Reprint* Date of Publication: 1942* Publisher: Macmillan.* Binding and cover condition: Navy blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Very slight bumps & rubs, minor wear to head & tail of spine. GD++* Jacket condition: No dust wrapper.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Fep removed. Clean, crisp and tight with very slight reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks to top and fore edge. GD++* Illustrations: None* Pages: 431 pp. text. vi pp. notes & advertisements at rear.* Description: The Fountain was Charles Morgan?s most popular novel from his large literary output. It was based around his experiences as a prisoner of war in Holland during World War I. In the imaginative novel an English officer and prisoner of war discovers his childhood sweetheart married to a German officer at his camp. This was the basis for the 1934 black and white talking film directed by John Cromwell and starring Ann Harding, Jean Hersholt and Brian Aherne.* A GD++ copy for its age with no dust jacket.*
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4351
- Title
- The Fountain
- Author
- Charles, Morgan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - GD++/GD++/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 9th Reprint
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London UK 431
- Date Published
- 1942-01-01
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...