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South Wind (Modern Library #5.3)
by DOUGLAS, Norman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library. Fair with no dust jacket. [c.1931-39]. Flexible cloth. A Modern Library reprint edition of the Norman Douglas novel, which is populated with loads of eccentric characters on a mythical Mediterranean island and has been much-admired since first published 1917. Includes an introduction by the author dated 1924. --- In Toledano spine 7 / blue balloon cloth / limp boards / gilt cover torchbearer / gilt spine titling with interconnected "ML" device / blue topstain / orange Kent endpapers / volume lacks the dust jacket. Likely published c.1931-39 (though 1925 date appears in book). ML #5.3. --- With 5 large rusty soiled spots to front cover, prior owners' signatures to front free endpaper and mild dulling to spine gilding, else a sound, otherwise unmarked copy.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; vii, (3), 11-447 pages .
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 339).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87362
- Title
- South Wind (Modern Library #5.3)
- Author
- DOUGLAS, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Flexible cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1931-39]
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
Biblio member since 2005
Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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