# Is "Waterless Mountain" by Laura Adams Armer a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer (Longmans, Green and Co., 1931) is identified by: First edition 1931, Longmans, Green and Co. US true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition 1931, Longmans, Green and Co
- (New York and Toronto)
- Title-page dated 1931 with no later-printing statement on the copyright page
- Illustrations by Sidney Armer and Laura Adams Armer (frontispiece plus full-page plates); endpapers reproduce 'The Whirling Logs' sand painting from the Navajo Night Chant; cloth boards with title and illustration stamped on spine and front board
- Original dust jacket notes the Longmans juvenile fiction prize
- Publisher imprint reads Longmans, Green and Co.
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Laura Adams Armer |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green and Co. |
| Year | 1931 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Children's / illustrated |
| Key point | First edition 1931, Longmans, Green and Co |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First edition 1931, Longmans, Green and Co. (New York and Toronto). Title-page dated 1931 with no later-printing statement on the copyright page. Illustrations by Sidney Armer and Laura Adams Armer (frontispiece plus full-page plates); endpapers reproduce 'The Whirling Logs' sand painting from the Navajo Night Chant; cloth boards with title and illustration stamped on spine and front board. Original dust jacket notes the Longmans juvenile fiction prize.

## Is this the true first?
US true first. Newbery Medal 1932.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later Longmans printings add printing notices to the copyright page; any added printing statement marks a later printing.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Waterless Mountain* by Laura Adams Armer a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/waterless-mountain
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.