Madman's Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts

New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 9x6x1. Ward, Lynd. First edition. Five prelim pages creased (none of the story images are affected), spine label toned as usual, minimal wear to corners. 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 installment in Ward's series of books which describe the action entirely through woodcut illustrations. This book tells the story of a slave trader driven insane after killing a slave and stealing his drum. Two of the images from the work were used in Henry Murray's Thematic Apperception Test of personality traits. Ward's work has been credited with inspiring Will Eisner and Art Spiegelman, and paved the way for modern graphic novels. (Inventory #: 2349966)