Gods' Man: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Lynd Ward
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Brooklyn, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 8vo.. 8vo,1/4 black cloth over illustrated boards with a paper label on the backstrip. Publisher's black top stain. Black endpapers. Boards rubbed, repair to backstrip, front endpaper& half title, occasional smudges. The first of Ward's six wordless novels that is told exclusively through 144 striking woodcut illustrations. Lynd Ward was not only a talented printmaker, but he was a socially-conscious storyteller as well. "Gods' Man," a modern morality play, was the work that built his reputation. It depicts the deadly bargaining of the soul that a struggling young artist is willing to make..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18as
- Title
- Gods' Man: A Novel in Woodcuts
- Author
- Lynd Ward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books
About the Seller
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