South wind / by Norman Douglas ; illustrated by Valenti Angelo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Douglas, Norman, 1868-1952, author.

Contributor:

Angelo, Valenti, 1897-1982, illustrator.

Dodd, Mead & Company, publisher.

Vail-Ballou Press, printer.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Austrian fiction--20th century.

Austrian fiction.

Italy--Fiction.

Italy.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[8], 413, [1] pages, [12] leaves of plates : illustrations 21 cm.

Edition:

Fourth printing

Manufacture:

Binghamton, N.Y. : Vail-Ballou Press

Place of Publication:

New York : Dodd, Mead & Company, 1930.

Summary:

"It is set on an imaginary island called Nepenthe, located off the coast of Italy in the Tyrrhenian Sea, a thinly fictionalized description of Capri's residents and visitors. The novel's discussion of moral and sexual issues caused considerable debate."--Wikipedia

Notes:

"Printed ... by The Vail-Ballou Press, Inc., Binghamton, N.Y."--verso of title page.

"Fourth printing October, 1930"--title page verso.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy in slipcase. With dust jacket.

OCLC:

4607857