Douglas, Norman. - SIREN LAND.

J.M. Dent & Sons, 1911. 1st Ed. viii + 302pp. 25 plates, sketch map. Some very light browning, original black ruled green cloth, very minor marking, light sm. dent to tail of lower board, spine sl. bumped, t.e.g. ¶ His first travel book, a homage to a part of the world that captivated him more than any other. ‘Weaving the myths of the Sirens into the landscape and history of the region’, Douglas writes with knowledge and an irrepressible exuberance of the past and the present, of legends and archaeology, folklore and daily life, patron saints, local ghosts, wine, and the wind.’ Scarce as nearly 900 of the 1500 copies printed were pulped(!), and 200 were used for the US edition.

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