first edition Hardcover
1928 · New York
by Rideout, Henry Milner; Illustrations by Lynd Kendall Ward
New York: Duffield & Company, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good. Lynd Ward. 158pp. Octavo [21 cm] Brown branch-patterned cloth over boards. Four full-page illustrations by Lynd Ward. Bookseller's discreet ticket on the rear pastedown. In a price-clipped dust jacket, with very subtle soiling, lightly chipped edges, and a 1" closed tear to the top edge of the rear panel. A very attractive dust jacket. A scarce early work illustrated by Lynd Ward. Dance 015. Chicago-born illustrator, printer, and novelist Lynd Ward was known for his series of wordless novels illustrated with woodcuts and wood engravings, often referred to as a precursor to the modern graphic novels. (Inventory #: 67553)
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