Lynd Ward
Madman’s Drum. New York: Jonathan Cape Harrison Smith, 1930
8vo. Full red morocco decorated with gilt, green, and yellow onlays forming circular patterns, stamp signed Vida G. Benedict, t.e.g., others uncut. Profusely illustrated. In slipcase. A fine copy.
First edition. The second, crucial work from one of the titans of twentieth century illustration, this novel tells the tale of a man driven by intellect, but marred by the primitive world he exists in. His unavoidable journey towards death is depicted exclusively through stark illustration.
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