Madman's Drum. A Novel in Woodcuts by Ward, Lynd - 1930

Dover Publications. As New. 2005. Softcover. 0486445003 . An attractive book, very clean pages, like new ; Dover Fine Art, History of Art; 9.10 X 6.10 X 0.30 inches; 144 pages .

Jonathan Cape, 1930. Jonathan Cape, 1930, First Edition, 8vo. Hardcover edition bound in a decortive cloth, no dust jacket, small book plate. Paper title label on spine. Numerous woodcuts, no text. Book in very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

E-080: Jonathan Cape, Harrison Smith. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1930. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Jonathan Cape/Harrison Smith, New York. 1930. Unpaginated. First Edition / First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear and rubbing present to the DJ especially around the extremities (spine darkened and lightly sunned). Bound in black cloth boards with paste-down label present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present. Price present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. One of the finest American wood engravers of the twentieth century and an outstanding artist of any era, Lynd Ward (1905-85) created a series of fantastic visual novels. The powerful imagery and psychological intensity of his wordless works have elicited comparisons to the writings of Hawthorne, Melville, and Poe, and they have exercised an enormous influence over latter-day graphic novelists. Ward's tutelage included studying under the direction of… Read More

New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith. Very Good- in Fair dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. "The Lynd Ward of God's Man has created even greater beauty in this second book, and the pictures themselves are alive with interpretation." Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly skewed and loose, moderate edge wear, front board is slightly curved, small bumps on spine ends, water stain on first blank page, chips on fore-edge on last two pages, offsetting caused by illustrations, pages are tanned and slightly dirty on edges. Dust jacket has edge and shelf wear, 3-inch tear on spine head, 1.5-inch tear on top left corner of back cover, 1.5-inch tear on bottom right corner of front cover, small tears on corners and spine tail, four 1/4-inch tears along tail edge, tear on fore-edge of front cover, creases on front flap, heavily stained, tanned. ; Woodcuts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Jonathan Cape, Harrison Smith, [1930]. First Edition. 8vo. 199 woodcut scenes. several woodcut ornaments. A very good copy in quarter brown cloth. dw. (dw. stained, with chipped edges & holes in spine)