SOUTH WIND (ML# 5.3, Green Leatherette, 1927 Edition)

DOUGLAS, NORMAN, Written By, British writer, now best known for his 1917 novel South Wind. His travel books such as his 1915 Old Calabria (also for sale in Shepardson Bookstall) were also appreciated for the quality of their writing.

Published by New York: The Modern Library/Boni and Liveright Publishers. 1927 Edition.

About this Item

SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. BOOK: Green Leatherette; Spine #4 (25-29); gold torchbearer leaping left (25-29); Bernhard Endpapers; small previous owner note on FFEP reads "August 1927 Charles Herbert Day". Per New Yorker: 2017, SOUTH WIND, A STRANGE LITERARY BEST-SELLER, A HUNDRED YEARS LATER." STORY: South Wind depicts a group of eccentric and even scandalous characters wiling away their time in a sunny Mediterranean resort. The novel takes place on Nepenthe, Douglas's thinly veiled version of Capri, an island retreat for pleasure-seekers since Roman times. A Hundred Years Old and Still Selling. Seller Inventory # 2296

Bibliographic Details

Title: SOUTH WIND (ML# 5.3, Green Leatherette, 1927...

Publisher: New York: The Modern Library/Boni and Liveright Publishers. 1927 Edition.

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket