C. Kay Scott [Frederick Creighton Wellman] — Sinbad a Romance

New York, Thomas Seltzer, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this delightful novel following the romance of two New York intellectuals. The very scarce first edition, first printing.Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper with 'for Margaret Hale from her devoted admirer & friend C. Kay Scott', dated May 25th, 1923.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.The work of Frederick Creighton Wellman, an American physician specialising in tropical medicine, who wrote under the pseudonym Cyril Kay-Scott. His colourful life led to the epithet "the Casanova of Tropical Medicine".This novel is 'an ironic romance of New York pseudo-intellectuals', following the relationship between the heroic Lester Dane and the lovely Emily Tyler, 'who has the intense individuality that marks both the thoroughly feminine woman and the artist&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Spotting and tide marks to front board and back strip. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail. Significant loss to tail of dust wrapper rear flyleaf. Sunning to back strip. Three vertical folds to the dust wrapper, one each to the front wrap, rear wrap, and back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good Indeed.