Ryerson Press, Toronto, c1925, first Canadian edition. 341 pp, small 8vo (7 1/2" H), hard cover (blue cloth with gold lettering and decoration on spine and front board) - no dust jacket. A story of relationships and love set in a Swedish community on the Canadian prairies. Minor browning to pages, sma ll soft crease at top corner of first 14 pages, one page with dog-ear crease, small light stain at fore-edge of pages 17-25, a few pages with a tiny foxing mark, browning to edges of textblock, very light edge wear, wear at corners, light w r i n k l i n g at top/bottom of spine, minor soiling on boards. Good.

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Frederick Philip Grove , born in West Prussia, began his career as a poet and translator into German. After emigrating from Germany to the United States, he moved again to Manitoba, where he worked as a teacher and wrote Settlers of the Marsh , his first novel in English. From the eBook edition.

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Bookseller: Capricorn Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 18126
Title: SETTLERS OF THE MARSH.
Author: Grove, Frederick Philip
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ryerson Press, Toronto, c1925, first Canadian edition.
Keywords: Canadian authors, Novels, Prairie life, Swedish, Swedes, Farming, Relationships.
Bookseller catalogs: Literature;

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Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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