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Number 48 of 150 large paper copies signed by the author. Pp. [iv], [2, limitation leaf, verso blank], [5]-464. Printed on blue paper. 1 vols. 8vo. South Wind was well received by critics and proved enormously popular, running into many printings; it was soon adapted for the stage. This is the first deluxe edition of a work by Douglas, printed on blue paper, here in a stylish binding by California binder Edna Peter Fahey. Connolly 100; Woolf A19b Finely bound in in midnight blue morocco, with decorations in blind and large arrow in gilt, paste paper endsheets, t.e.g., by Fahey. Superb copy in morocco backed slipcase, fleece lined chemise Pp. [iv], [2, limitation leaf, verso blank], [5]-464. Printed on blue paper. 1 vols. 8vo Number 48 of 150 large paper copies signed by the author.

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.