New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1930. First Edition (NAP) . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bound in light brick and slate-blue cloth with titles and decorations stamped in silver and gilt. Corresponding 1930 dates to the title and copyright pages; no additional printings. Decorated endpapers. The author was born in Norway and later lived in Canada; her themes were rural life in Canada and Minnesota. This copy has light edgewear and rubbing with a faintly sunned spine. The cloth is not split or frayed. Bookplate of Norwegian-American collector Herman Gimmestad to the front pastedown, otherwise unmarked. Hinges solid. A clean, tight copy.

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Bookseller: Friendly Used Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 123626
Title: The Waters Under the Earth
Author: Ostenso, Martha
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition (NAP)
Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1930
Keywords: CANADA NORWAY MINNESOTA FICTION NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN RURAL FARM GIMMESTAD
Bookseller catalogs: fiction; Norway and Scandinavia;
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...