The Fountain
by Charles Morgan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$335.14NZ$301.62
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co. , 1932. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5" . None . 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
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 803A5
- Title
- The Fountain
- Author
- Charles Morgan
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- first editions charles morgan novels the fountain charles morgan
Terms of Sale
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Books are sent on approval and may be returned in like condition for any reason within 14 days of receipt. Responsibility of return to be with the purchaser.
About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.