Madman's Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts

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 novel is a visual tale of man's quest for power, and the inevitability of death. A masterpiece from one of the giants of twentieth-century illustration.