2001, ISBN: 9780395147535

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Off-White Boards with Silver Motif and lettering. Original, Very Good Condition/good. Lynd Ward. Eighty pictures and no words… More...

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Off-White Boards with Silver Motif and lettering. Original, Very Good Condition/good. Lynd Ward. Eighty pictures and no words! Lynd Kendall Ward (1905 - 1985) was an American artist and novelist, known for his series of wordless novels using wood engraving, and his illustrations for juvenile and adult books. His wordless novels have influenced the development of the graphic novel. Strongly associated with his wood engravings, he also worked in watercolor, oil, brush and ink, lithography and mezzotint.. His most well known books are Gods' Man and his Caldecott-winning The Biggest Bear. In 1929, Ward was inspired to create a wordless novel of his own after he came across German artist Otto Nückel's Destiny (1926). The first American wordless novel, Gods' Man was published by Smith & Cape that October, the week before the Wall Street Crash of 1929; over the next four years, it sold more than 20,000 copies. He made a further five more such works in the following years: Madman's Drum (1930), Wild Pilgrimage (1932), Prelude to a Million Years (1933), Song Without Words (1936), and Vertigo (1937). Ward illustrated over a hundred children's books, several of which were collaborations with his wife, May. Starting in 1938, Ward became a frequent illustrator of the Heritage Limited Editions Club's series of classic works. Ward left one more wordless novel partially completed at the time of his death in 1985. The 26 completed wood engravings (out of a planned total of 44) were published in a limited edition in 2001, under the title Lynd Ward's Last, Unfinished, Wordless Novel. He also produced a wordless story for children, The Silver Pony, which is told entirely in black, white and shades of gray painted illustrations, published in 1973. 175pp. DJ not clipped, a library stamp on copyright page and fep otherwise good. A child's writing in pencil, opposite first picture page, outlining short story about the picture, otherwise clean throughout. [Click through 'Buy it !' (no obligation) to see image scan of actual book], Houghton Mifflin, 1973, 2.75<

1974, ISBN: 9780395147535

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. This book was the winner of the New York Times Best Book Award (1973) and … More...

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. This book was the winner of the New York Times Best Book Award (1973) and the Caldecott Honor Medal (1974). It was Ward's return to the "novel in woodcuts", decades after his brilliant God's Man and Mad Man's Drum. Overall, a very handsome copy. Gift inscription on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, small closed tear at heel, price clipped, else bright and clean. Linen boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, pictorial endpages. 8vo. 175pp. Illus. (b/w plates)., Houghton Mifflin, 1973, 4<