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Gods' Man and Madman's Drum (two volumes)

Gods' Man and Madman's Drum (two volumes) by Ward, Lynd

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Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Title
Gods' Man and Madman's Drum (two volumes)
Author
Ward, Lynd
Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavos [21.5 cm] Black cloth spines with black and white illustrated paper over boards. Publisher's black topstain. The spines are rolled and the extremities are lightly rubbed. The top fore-edge corner of the rear board of Gods' Man is quite dinged. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown of Gods' Man and there is a bookplate on the front flyleaf of Madman's Drum. Gods' Man also has a name in pen on the verso of the front flyleaf. Publisher's review slip tucked into Gods' Man. Ward's first and second "wordless novels." Ward wrote of the works "I had earlier believed that every block should be conceived in the simplest terms possible, then cut with an absolute minimum of tool work. I had worked on the premise that every image should be developed only as far as was necessary to produce a comprehensible statement for that particular point in the visual sequence. Now, with those earlier miles behind me, it seemed reasonable to take a different approach to the actual cutting of the blocks. In God's Man, except for the use of round and flat gravers to remove the white areas, all the rendering of figures and landscapes had been done with a single line tool. In Madman's Drum, by contrast, I sought to develop a wider range of tool work and utilized small round gravers to break up a large dark area with small jabs of the tool, thus achieving a variety both of tonal effect and textural quality. At the same time, I put more emphasis on decorative patterns in such things as dress material and the walls of interiors, which I hoped would not only result in richer and more varied impact from block to block but also help the reader identify recurring characters and backgrounds more readily as the story developed.

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