Mad Man's Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith. 1930. First edition. Hardcover. 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), and lightly chipped edges. Very good / very good. Item #62182
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.
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