Gilbert Cannan — Sembal

New York, Thomas Seltzer, 1922 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first US edition of Gilbert Cannan's social novel, described by the publisher as a 'study of a certain type of Jewish temperament, with its fierce intellectualism and fierce smoldering passion&apos. The scarce first US edition of this work, first printing. Preceded only by the vanishingly scarce US true first.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.London Outlook reviewed the work with: 'no story of the struggles of one man against the world has ever been more coolly or more fairly told&apos.Cannan was a prolific British novelist and dramatist. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Minor bump to back strip head, with a touch of fading to back strip tail. Otherwise, externally fine. Dust wrapper back strip significantly age toned, with small mark to head of rear wrap. Significant loss to back strip head, with further closed tears to head of back strip. Minor loss to back strip tail. Small closed tear to fold over head of front flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.