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London, UK: Martin Secker, 1922. First Edition, First Printing, Limited Edition #36/150. Hardcover. Octavo, 464 pages. In Good condition. Dark green spine with gilted lettering. Boards are wrapped in a plastic covering and publisher's dark green cloth, has mild wear along the extremities, fraying along the fore corners and spine head and tail edges, moderate age-toning along the edges and spine, and bumping on the rear tail fore corner. Textblock has blue paper, stains on some pages, moderate age-toning along the end-pages and pastedowns, mild wear along the edges, moderate age-toning along the edges, and stains on the tail edge. Signed flat by Norman Douglas on publisher's limitation page, limited edition #36/150. DL consignment. Shelved Room C. Born December 8, 1868 in Thüringen, Austria (then Austria-Hungary), Norman Douglas was brought up primarily in Tilquhillie, Deeside in Scotland, educated primarily in England. He would spend some time in the diplomatic service in St.…

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.