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Song Without Words: A Book of Engravings on Wood
by Ward, Lynd
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. SIGNED. Slim quarto [25 cm] in 1/4 parchment vellum with rose-gold foil boards and the title in red on the backstrip. Title page printed in red and black. Deckled fore-edges. Housed in publisher's cream slipcase with a gold foil wraparound, and the publisher's original paper band. Rubbing to foiled boards, toning to backstrip. Interior is unmarked. In a darkened slipcase, with rubbing to the edges and foil. Illustrated by Lynd Ward with twenty-one engravings printed in black. From an edition of 1250 signed and numbered copies, of which this is number 950. Signed by Ward on the limitation page. A story told entirely through wood engravings. This is the fifth of six wordless novels that Ward produced between 1929 and 1937. Dance 009.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59935
- Title
- Song Without Words: A Book of Engravings on Wood
- Author
- Ward, Lynd
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Lynd ward; wood engravings; wordless novels; signed; Londonfirsts3; denverfair2021; santa monica 2021; CALIFORNIA2022; ABAA-CALIFORNIA; LA/SEATTLE2023; californiafairs2024
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Ken Sanders Rare Books is a full service antiquarian bookshop in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We carry an ever-changing inventory of art, ephemera, maps, photography, and postcards in addition to a vast selection of used and rare books along with a few new books. We actively purchase and appraise books in all fields.
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- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
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