Madman's Drum

Here on offer is a very nice copy of Lynd Ward's second wordless novel, Madman's Drum. Told in woodcut images, it is the story of a slave trader, his heinous crime, and the consequences for him and his family, . This copy is a 1st trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by Cape and Smith in 1930. The… Read more about this item

New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith Incorporated, 1930. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. VG (no dw). 8vo, 256pp (printed one-side), printed boards, lacking dustwrapper. The magnificent first edition of the second of Lynd Ward's six wordless novels, which incorporate German Expressionist techniques and have had a lasting influence on the development of the graphic novel. Unmarked… Read more about this item

New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated black boards with clean, intact paper spine label. Fine in slightly nicked dust wrapper.. Unpaginated. 21 x 15 cm. Ward's second woodcut novel, a tale told in 120 woodcuts. Bright, fresh copy with $3.00 price inside front cover of dust wrapper, and critical reviews of… Read more about this item

New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated black boards with illustrated spine paper label. Near fine. Unpaginated. 21 x 15 cm. Bright, crisp copy, Ward's second woodcut novel of a total of six. The 118 wood engraved images portray a slave trader who steals a demon-faced drum from an African he murders,… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.75 x 8 inches (14.5 x 20.5 cm). Quarter black cloth with illustrated paper covered boards. Paper title label to spine, wear to corners of boards, rubbing to edges and spine label. Light marking to boards. A couple of tiny marks to first two pages, otherwise in very clean… Read more about this item

New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 9x6x1. Ward, Lynd. 2nd printing. Corners a bit rubbed, ink gift note on front flyleaf. 1930 Hard Cover. Unpaginated. Decorated paper over boards with paper spine label over black cloth (not the plain cloth boards edition released by the same publisher). The second… Read more about this item

New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Lynd Ward's second wordless novel; this being one of 309 copies printed from the original wood blocks (essentially, this is a bound volume of 128 original wood engravings by Lynd Ward). Like Ward's other proto-graphic novels, he explores social-realist themes here, incorporating that with tropes… Read more about this item

Dover Publications, 2005-09-08. Paperback. New. 9x6x0. Brand new paperback. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.

New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930 Clean tight copy with black and white decorations over blue cloth. Book has bumped corners and is very slightly cocked. Jacket is foxed and shows holes from insect activity [not affecting the book in any way], a chip at the head of spine and a 1" closed tear at the bottom… Read more about this item

No place, , no year, about 1930,. 205x140mm,. Boarding binding. The title page is missing. Binding a little undone.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. First British Edition. Fine. First British edition, first printing. Fine. An impossibly bright copy, with pages just faintly toned but covers as fresh as they must have looked on the day this book was published. Lacking a dust jacket.

New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First trade edition, first printing. Signed by Lynd Ward on the half title page. Bound in publisher's decorated paper covered boards over black cloth spine, with paper title label on spine. Very Good with light toning and light rubbing at edges, light fraying at spine… Read more about this item

New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth and patterned paper-covered boards. Small postage stamp-sized scuff on rear endpaper where old bookstore label removed else fine. One of Ward's famed woodcut novels, wherein he mastered the aret of telling a story in pictures alone.

New York: Jonathan Cape Harrison Smith, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Near Fine with light lean to spine, light bumping to spine ends, pages lightly toned and offset from images, in a Very Good dust jacket with toning and light edge wear, a water drop stain to the spine, wear to spine ends… Read more about this item

New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Quarter cloth and decorated paper covered boards with printed paper spine label. Contemporary gift inscription, edgewear along the edges of the board, good plus. An arresting novel in woodcuts.

New York Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith. 1930. Pictoral paper boards. 8vo. First Edition. Signed by Lynd Ward on the half title. Illustrated in full page woodcut illustrations by Lynd Ward. Very slightly cocked. Some very mild edgewear, else a Fine, signed copy of this renowned work.

Dover Publications, 2005-09-08. Paperback. Used: Good.

Dover Publications, Incorporated. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In a Near Fine Jacket $3.00 on Flap. First Edition Stated Excellent Fresh Copy..

New York : Jonathan Cape Harrison Smith, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo. Lynd Ward. Madman's Drum is the author's second of six wordless novels. In art deco style, Ward uses woodcut illustrations only to tell the story of tragedy and ultimate insanity that befalls a slave trader after stealing a demon-faced drum from Africa. Ward's… Read more about this item