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Chicago: Argus Books, 1929. First Illustrated Edition, Limited Edition, Out of Series/40. Hardcover. Octavo, Two volumes. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in 3/4 red morocco with marbled paper boards. Gilt lettering and decoration on paneled spines. Wear to leather hinges and light tearing to edges of boards. Bumping to corners. Top edge of textblocks gilt. Marbled endpapers . Light toning to interior pages. Signed flat by Douglas and Austen on half-title page, along with original ink drawing of Don Francesco in Volume 1. Includes 15 plates throughout both volumes, 5 of which are colored. Limited Edition, of the 40 copies this one is Out of Series. Shelved in Case 9. 1386569. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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.