DANCE OF DEATH: 50 Drawings and Captions

New York: Sheed & Ward, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Inscribed, with an original drawing, by Jean Charlot on the half-title. Dedicated to José Guadalupe Posada, this work was praised by Anthony Boucher as "superlative macabre humor in a welcome modernization of a great ancient art-form." Charlot (1898-1979) spent an extensive period of his life living and working in Mexico where he developed a fascination with pre-Columbian manuscripts and art. Oblong octavo: unpaginated. Original black cloth binding, with silver-stamped titles and decorations. Some minor edgewear; otherwise very good. (Inventory #: 78698)