South Wind
New York: Heritage Press, (1939).
Price: $30.00
Hardcover. First Heritage Press edition. Illustrated by Carlotta Petrina. Heritage Club Sandglass laid in. Spine faded, author's newspaper obituary laid in causing offsetting on front endpapers, a very good copy in a good only slipcase with piece missing on bottom edge, edges worn.
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Norman Douglas
birth name: George Norman Douglass
born: 12/8/1868
died: 2/7/1952
Biography
Essayist and novelist who wrote of southern Italy, where he lived for many years. In his later years he lived on the island of Capri, which is the setting of his most famous book, South Wind (1917). All his books, whether fiction, topography, essays, or autobiography, have a charm arising from Douglas' unhibited expression of a bohemian, aristocratic personality. His prose is considered an excellent example of the conversational style. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore