Madman's Drum. A Novel in Woodcuts By Lynd Ward
by Ward, Lynd
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Jonathan Cape/Harrison Smith, 1930. Lynd Ward (1905-1985) was a socially-aware and visionary American artist/illustrator who created a unique body of work. This is the second of his six novels that have no words - only his beautiful woodcuts tell the dramatic story. His work has been republished by the Library of America, which notes "Madmans Drum (is) a multigenerational saga worthy of Faulkner, (which) traces the legacy of violence haunting a family whose stock in trade is human souls. This is a very Good copy of the First American Edition. "The text," consisting of 116 woodcut images, is clean, Pictorial cover with a paper label on the spine. The margins and the paper label on the spine are rubbed. With a facsimile dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector. A solid, if not pristine, copy of this high spot in Twentieth Century American literature (and art).. First American Edition.. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/Fine. Illus. by Lynd Ward. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004287
- Title
- Madman's Drum. A Novel in Woodcuts By Lynd Ward
- Author
- Ward, Lynd
- Illustrator
- Lynd Ward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape/Harrison Smith
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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