Song Without Words: A Book of Engravings on Wood
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Random House, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. SIGNED. Twenty-two woodcuts. Octavo [25 cm] 1/4 cream paper over gold foil boards with paper label on the backstrip. Title page printed in red and black. Deckled fore edges. The boards are scuffed, and the spine is darkened. The endpapers are a little darkened along the hinges. In... Read More
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Prelude to a Million Years: A Book of Wood Engravings
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Equinox Cooperative Press, 1933. First edition. Very good. SIGNED. Octavo [23 cm] Handbound with a black string-tie binding, 1/4 copper foil with black star-patterned decorative boards, and an embossed title on the spine. Matching decorative pastedowns. Light rubbing to extremities; spine ends chipped; string binding broken; pages toned. Lacks the foil slipcase. A story told entirely... Read More
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Artemus Ward; His Travels
by Ward, Artemus [Charles Farrar Browne]
New York: Carleton, Publisher, 1865. Hardcover. Very good. 231, [1], 8 pp. Original cloth with stamped design on front and rear covers; gilt title to the spine. Some wear and rubbing to the boards, edges, corners and spine. Spine slightly sunned. Few spots of foxing internally; else very good. Part I--Miscellaneous, Part II--Among the Mormons. Comic illustrations by... Read More
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The Husband in Utah; or, Sights and Scenes Among the Mormons: With Remarks on Their Moral and Social Economy
by Ward, Austin [pseudonym]; Edited by Maria Ward
New York: Derby & Jackson, 1857. First U.S. printing. Hardcover. 310; 130pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Original brown cloth over boards, lettered and ornately stamped in gilt on the spine, and with elaborate embossed patterns on the covers. With two illustrated plates. Fair only. There are multiple splits in the cloth along the joints, and the cloth at the spine... Read More
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The New Novelists' Magazine; Containing a Choice Selection of the Most Interesting and Approved Novels, Embellished With Appropriate and Fine Engravings. The Orphan Boy; Or Test of Innocence. Fatherless Fanny; Or, A Young Lady's First Entrance Into Life Being the Memoirs of A Little Mendicant and Her Benefactors. Volume 1
by Ward, Catherine G.; Clara Reeve
New York: T. Kinnersley, 1836. Leather bound. Good. 366; 272pp. Octavo [23 cm] 3/4 brown leather with marbled paper covered boards and a former owner's name stamped in gilt at the foot of the spine. The extremities are worn. One of the leather spine labels is completely absent, and the leather at the head of the spine is... Read More
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Hope's Horizon: Three Visions for Healing the American Land
by Ward, Chip
Washington DC: Island, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. As NEW. 350 pp. with notes and index.
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Soviet Democracy
by Ward, Harry F. [Frederick]; Lynd Ward (Illustrator)
New York: Soviet Russia Today, 1947. Original 1947 printing. Pamphlet. Very Good +. 48pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Tan saddle-stitched wraps, featuring cover art by the author's son, Lynd Ward, an artist known for his novels in pictures and his book illustrations. With small rust stains surrounding the staples of the binding. With reproduced black and white photos and... Read More
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Prelude to a Million Years: A Book of Wood Engravings
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Equinox Cooperative Press, 1933. First edition. Very good. SIGNED. Octavo [23 cm] rebound in half brown sheep with raised spine bands over textured red boards, with gilt titles and backstrip decoration. 1" tear to front joint near foot, rubbing to extremities, else very light wear; foil bookseller's label on rear pastedown, light foxing throughout. A story... Read More
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Madman’s Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. First trade edition (published simultaneously with signed limited edition). Hardcover. Unpaginated (258 pp). Printed and bound by Plimpton Press, Norwood, MA. Octavo. Black and white pictorial paper over boards. Paper label on spine. Lacking dust jacket. Very good minus. Rubbed edges and worn corners. Spine is cocked and with a small... Read More
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Gods' Man: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1929. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good. SIGNED. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 black cloth over illustrated boards with a paper label on the backstrip. Publisher's black top stain. Black endpapers. The covers and spine label are age-toned. The extremities are lightly rubbed, and there are a couple of short splits in the... Read More
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Madman's Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts by Lynd Ward
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. Limited edition. Hardcover. Good. SIGNED. 118 images. Octavo [25 cm] Black cloth with illustrated paper labels on the front board and backstrip. Top edge gilt and fore edge deckled. Illustrated endsheets. The text block is coming away from the spine. The spine is faded, and subtly rolled. There is a... Read More
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Madman's Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Jonathan Cape; Harrison Smith, 1930. First trade edition. Hardcover. Very good/good +. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 black cloth over black and white pictorial paper over boards with a paper title label on the spine. With the publisher's black top stain. Black endpapers. The spine is rolled and the boards are moderately rubbed at the edges. There... Read More
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Six Novels in Woodcuts: Gods' Man, Madman's Drum, Wild Pilgrimage, Prelude to a Million Years, Song Without Words, Vertigo (2 volumes)
by Ward, Lynd; Art Spiegelman (Editor)
New York: Library of America, 2010. First printings of The Library of America editions. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Lynd Ward. 1584pp. Octavo [21.5cm] Orange cloth over boards. Illustrated endpapers. With dust jackets, only showing very minor wear. In the slipcase, which is mildly rubbed, with gentle bumping to the corners. There are two closed tears at the foot... Read More
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Madman’s Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. First trade edition (published simultaneously with signed limited edition). Hardcover. Good/Fair. Unpaginated (258 pp). Printed and bound by Plimpton Press, Norwood, MA. Octavo. Black and white pictorial paper over boards. Paper label on spine. The spine is a little cocked and the cloth at the head of the spine is... Read More
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Vertigo: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Random House, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Lynd Ward. [490 pp. 230 wood engravings.] Octavo [21.5 cm]; full dark blue cloth with spiral and star illustrations. Extremities moderately rubbed. Some light toning around edges of the pastedowns and flyleaves (as is commonly seen in this work). Contemporary owner's name and date neatly written in... Read More
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Vertigo: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Random House, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Lynd Ward. [490 pp. 230 wood engravings.] Octavo [21.5 cm]; full dark blue cloth with spiral and star illustrations. Small bump to top corner of the rear board. Some light toning around edges of the pastedowns and flyleaves (as is commonly seen in this work). Lacking the rare dust jacket. Nice... Read More
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Song Without Words
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Random House, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Very good minus. SIGNED. Twenty-two woodcuts. Octavo [25 cm] 1/4 cream paper over gold foil boards with paper label on the backstrip. Title page printed in red and black. Deckled fore edges. The boards are heavily scuffed, and the spine and the surrounding area of the boards are darkened. The... Read More
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Gods' Man: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Good +. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 black cloth over illustrated boards with a paper label on the backstrip. Publisher's black top stain. Black endpapers. Spine rolled. Rear endpaper cracked along the hinge. Pages mildly toned. The first of Ward's six wordless novels that is told exclusively through... Read More
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Wild Pilgrimage
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo [24 cm] Full rust colored cloth with paper labels on the front board and the backstrip, and the publisher's black top stain. Boards a little warped; 4" split in cloth along the rear joint; front hinge broken. The author/illustrator's third wordless novel explores the social... Read More
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Poem Upon the Lisbon Disaster / Poème sur le Désastre de Lisbonne ou examen de cet axiome "tout est bien
by [Ward, Lynd] Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de
Lincoln, MA: Penmaen Press, 1977. Deluxe Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 33pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/2 black cloth over red marbled boards. Black endleaves. Pages bound in French-fold fashion. Very good plus, with bumping to the foot of the spine. Housed in a black cloth slipcase that is in very good condition, with light surface and edge wear. Dance 225.... Read More
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Gods' Man and Mad Man's Drum (two-volume set with slipcase)
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Octavos [21 cm]; 1/4 black cloth over black and white illustrated boards. Gentle bumping and rubbing to the extremities. Both volumes Very Good, in professionally restored publisher's slipcase that has two splits/tears, one at one joint on the top, and one at one bottom joint, both near the... Read More
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Madman's Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. First trade edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. Octavo [21 cm] in decorative boards over black cloth spine with spine label. Publisher's black topstain. Spine very slightly rolled. In the dust jacket, with toning (more so to the spine), lightly chipped edges, and an adhered slip of paper backing a... Read More
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Madman's Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo [21 cm] in decorative boards over black cloth spine with spine label. Publisher's black topstain. Spine slightly rolled. Bookseller's ticket on the front pastedown. Contemporary` owner's brief inscription on the front flyleaf. In the dust jacket, with toning (more so to the spine)... Read More
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Madman's Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Ward, Lynd
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. First trade edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo [21 cm] in decorative boards over black cloth spine with spine label. Publisher's black topstain. Spine rolled; cloth at the head of the spine lightly frayed; previous owner's name in pen at head of half title; pages toned. Dance 005. Ward's second wordless... Read More
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An American Pilgrimage: Portions of the Letters of Grace Scribner (Signed by Lynd Ward, Winifred Chappell, and Harry F. Ward / Ex-libris Lynd Ward's sister)
by Ward, Lynd (Woodcuts); Selected and arranged by Winifred L. Chappell; Foreword by Harry F. Ward
New York: Vanguard Press with the Methodist Federation for Social Service, 1927. First edition, association copy. Hardcover. Near fine/good. 89pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Blue cloth over boards. With only light wear to the extremities. In a dust jacket, with taping to the edges on the reverse (a bit of this taping is visible through the edge tears). Dance... Read More
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