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A VERY RARE 1925 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION WITH DUST JACKET! South Wind by Norman Douglas with a "special" introduction by Norman Douglas. 1925 FIRST MODERN LIBRARY / BONI & LIVERIGHT EDITION. Per Toledano the first printing was not identified on the copyright in this edition but book and dust jacket match a first printing. This is a very rare First Modern Library book in dust jacket. Bound in green imitation leather (spine #4). The book is in NEAR FINE condition with bright gilt on cover and spine. Leatherette binding is tight and solid. NO writing anywhere in the book - contents clean and bright. Bernhard endpapers are clean and bright. GORGEOUS! The dust jacket is VERY GOOD+ with chipping on the top and bottom spine otherwise in great shape for its age - very nice and bright. The list of titles on the flaps and rear panel include titles from 1925 but not 1926 indicating a 1925 printing and first modern library edition. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION AND HARD TO FIND IN DUST JACKET! **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**.

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.