Madman's Drum. A Novel in Woodcuts by Ward, Lynd (1905-1985) - 1930

UK: Hodder & Soughton. Very Good. N.D.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Twenty tipped in colour plates by Thomson with tissue guards. Ornate gilt decoration on red cloth cover. A lovely vintage (circa 1920 est. ) gift edition. Spine cloth slightly faded with spine bands worn. Nice copy, solidly , bound , clean, unmarked, gilt bright, gently used. Scanned image available. ; Tipped in colour plates; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Printed at the Spamerschen Buchdruckerei in Leipzig and designed by Carl Otto Czeschka including decorated end-papers in colour, double title page and 3 full page illustrations. Overall size c.7.1/2 x 5.inches. c.19 x 12.5 cm. pps 218. Text in German. Spine darkened and boards slightly soiled and rubbed, bookplate on verso of title page but a very good copy internally near fine. Typical decorations by one of the Wiener Werkstatte / Wiener Secession leading artists.

A 'De Luxe Edition' limited to 500 numbered copies (no.24) signed by the author and illustrator. The frontispiece is an original etching by Michael Ayrton. A fine copy in the original chipped and slightly torn tissue wrapper as issued. Overall size c.10 x 7.1/2 inches. c.25.5 x 19 cm. Printed on Abbey Mills Antique laid paper.

Incomplete copy of a popular book on the Regency spa town of Scarborough.18 (of 21) handcoloured aquatint plates etched by Thomas Rowlandson after original sketches by J. Green. (Plates aquatinted by J. Stadler and J. Bluck.)Missing the title page and frontispiece Widow Ducker, pages I-XV, and the plates The Breakfast Room and The Shower Bath. The surviving 18 plates show life at a fashionable resort town, with scenes of people drinking the healing waters at the Spa Wells, swimming in the sea, dancing at the Ball Room, promenading on the Terrace, shopping at the Shoe Shop, borrowing books at the circulating Library, etc. The naked woman bathing in The Warm Bath is said to be the poet Mary Robinson, George IV's mistress, The poems are by Rowlandson's frequent collaborator William Combe, John Buonarotti Papworth and Francis Wrangham.Condition: Half red morocco, spine with five raised bands, gilt decoration, red buckram boards. Binding strong and solid, a few pages and plates with damaged edges, some… Read More

Eckville AB, Spur of the Moment, 2002, oblong paperback (8.5" x 11"), 80 pp, One of 100 Signed, Numbered, Limited Edition copies in original slipcase, Fine condition, slight corner touches, in Very Near Fine brown, textured slipcase with gold spur decoration and gold spine lettering. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Slipcase untouched except for slightest of wear to corners. A compilation of hilarious, detailed, and vividly colorful cartoons of country life from the world renowned western artist and musician. Text by Phil Callaway, Forward by Boots Reynolds. ISBN 9780969530053

Magpie Publications. HBDJ, August 1990, stated 1st edition, Yellow decorated Cloth, DJ some Rub, Scuff & Tiny Chips & small mended Tear, small piece missing top spine, Xhuntington school library,95 pgs, bibliography, Inte rior Nice, Tight Clean, NF/VG-,.

Troy, NY: Nims and Knight, 1891 Illustrated boards with cloth spine, light cover soil, minor edge rubbing, front hinge re-enforced, rubbed spot on first page. A collection of short verses by famed authors and poets, each poem surrounded by color chromo illustrations with illuminated accents, printed on one side of paper only. A very lovely Victorian era book, printed by Armstrong & Co of Boston, MA.. First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Very Good. Illus. by Chromolithographs. Slim Oblong Folio.

New York: Scribners & Sons Black cloth with color pastedown, spine gilt bright, tiny nick to pastedown, sporadic internal soil, gift inscription dated 1928, but plain top edge, so early but not first. 14 color plates plus color title page, illustrated endpapers.. Early Printing. Very Good. Royal 8vo.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.. Very Good+. 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean violet cloth has gilt title on spine. Gilt embellished front cover with a centered paper paste-on. Top edge gilt. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece. Each page is printed within a broad ornate border. Color illustrations by Harrison Fisher and decorations by Theodore B. Hapgood. Prior owners inscription dated 1909. Beautiful women in color. Women; Color Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 152 pages .

Recueil de ses compositions gravées au trait. Par Réveil. Introduction + 38 engravings. Librairie Audot, Félix Niclaus & Cie, Successeurs, Paris, 1872. --- The frontispiece is missing. Wear at spine and edgewear. Marks of water on the upper right margin on first pages and on the first 10 engravings (not affected). Foxing on introduction. Engravings bright and clean.