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London: Martin Secker, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Martin Secker, 1922 [deluxe edition]/ [1917]. Octavo, [ii], 464 pages printed on blue paper watermarked 'Brookwood | British Made | Linen Bond'. Navy cloth lettered and ruled in gilt; fore- and bottom edges uncut; second half unopened; covers a little rubbed and flecked; endpapers a little browned; some slight discolouration about the edges of the text block; an excellent copy. Number 109 of 150 copies of this deluxe large-paper issue on blue paper signed by the author. Loosely inserted is an autograph postcard initialled by Norman Douglas, addressed to his friend Ralph Straus, prolific novelist and biographer: 'c/o T. Cook & Son, Via Tornabuoni, Florence. 2 July 1920. Hope you got mine of 22 and 27 [June]. No proofs have come as yet, tho' I expect them every day. They can send the whole lot in a batch. I will return them by the next post. Don't dream of correcting them yourself. I'll do it. And tell me how that operation…

South Wind, published in 1917, is a famed satirical novel by Norman Douglas that examines the societal norms of a small fictitious island off Italy's coast.