Prelude to a Million Years: A Book of Wood Engravings

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; string binding broken in two places, some light soiling to boards; pages toned. Lacks the foil slipcase. A story told entirely via wood engravings by the author. This edition was limited to 920 signed and numbered copies, of which this is number 598. Signed on the limitation page by Lynd Ward. This is the fourth of six wordless novels that Ward produced between 1929-1937. Dance 008.