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WARD, Lynd.. Song Without Words: A Book of Engravings on Wood.. Random House, New York, 1936.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated throughout by Lynd Ward. 8vo, publisher's gold foil-covered boards with art vellum spine. First edition; No. 74 of 1250 copies signed by Lynd Ward. Bookplate on front free endpaper. Very slight tanning at the endsheet hinges as usual; spine tanned; slight rubbing to the gold foil and tiny bumps to corners.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Ward, Lynd. Song without words;: A book of engravings on wood. Random House inc, 1936.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover. SIGNED & numbered 347 by author. Good with regular shelf/age wear. Gift inscribed, clean text. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.
Seller: SatelliteBooks, Burlington, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$349.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Random House, 1936. First edition, number 550 of 1250 copies printed, signed by the author. A novel without words, expressed exclusively with Art Deco woodcuts - essentially an early graphic novel, Metallic copper hardcover with faux vellum spine printed in red, no slipcase. The covers have some light shelf scuffing to the metallic surface, spine age-darkened but legible, good hinges, firm text block, unevenly age-toned endpapers, pages clean, no names or other markings. Signed by the Author. First, Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
Lynd Ward. Song Without Words: A Book of Engravings on Wood. Random House, 1936.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: #1146/1250cc. Signed by the artist. Covers shelfworn, with tanned spine. In Shelfworn slipcase.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Ward, Lynd. Song without Words. A Book of Engravings on Wood. Random House. New York. 1936., 1936.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. White cloth spine with red lettering. Shiny copper paper over boards. Paper scuffed here and there. Originally issued with a slipcase, which is missing here. A limited edition of 1250 copies. This is copy 267. Signed by Lynd Ward on the limitation page. Measures 6.5 x 10 inches. Black and white wood engravings. No text. Title page printed in black and red. Binding tight, pages clean.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
WARD, Lynd.. Song Without Words: A Book of Engravings on Wood.. Random House, New York, 1936.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated throughout by Lynd Ward. 8vo, publisher's gold foil-covered boards with art vellum spine, in publisher's printed slipcase. First edition; No. 625 of 1250 copies signed by Lynd Ward. Very slight tanning at the endsheet hinges and the spine; slight rubbing to the gold foil; light rubbing and use to the slightly dust-soiled slipcase.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Ward, Lynd. Song Without Words. Random House, New York, 1936.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED. Twenty-two woodcuts. Octavo [25 cm] 1/4 cream paper over gold foil boards with paper label on the backstrip. Title page printed in red and black. Deckled fore edges. The boards are heavily scuffed, and the spine and the surrounding area of the boards are darkened. The endpapers are discolored along the hinges and edges, and the pages are toned. No slipcase. Dance 009. Printed in an edition of 1250 signed and numbered copies. This is a copy of 482. Signed by the author on the limitation page. A story told entirely through wood engravings. A masterpiece from one of the giants of twentieth century illustration.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Ward, Lynd. Song Without Words: A Book of Engravings on Wood. Random House, New York, 1936.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED. Twenty-two woodcuts. Octavo [25 cm] 1/4 cream paper over gold foil boards with paper label on the backstrip. Title page printed in red and black. Deckled fore edges. The boards are scuffed, and the spine and the surrounding area of the boards are darkened. The endpapers are moderately browned along the hinges and edges. No slipcase. Dance 009. Printed in an edition of 1250 signed and numbered copies. This is a copy of 227. Signed by the author on the limitation page. A story told entirely through wood engravings. A masterpiece from one of the giants of twentieth century illustration.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Ward, Lynd. SONG WITHOUT WORDS. Random House, New York, 1936.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: Signed Limited First Edition. Hardcover. One of 1250 copies numbered and signed by Ward, of which this is copy #750. 22 woodcuts. A story told entirely through wood engravings by one of the greats of twentieth century illustration. 8vo, 1/4 cream paper over gold foil boards; deckled fore edges. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers. Minor rubbing to boards and slight darkening of spine. Above average copy, with some age toning, but overall nearly fine original slipcase.
Seller: Bert Babcock - Bookseller, LLC, DERRY, NH, U.S.A.
WARD, Lynd. Song Without Words: A Book of Engravings on Wood. Random House, New York, 1936.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, unpaginated. A crisp, clean copy, very near fine, with some mild dust-soiling to the vellum spine. Rather less than the usual amount of rubbing to the copper-toned foil boards. Fresh and clean internally. In the publisher's slipcase, with some isolated spotting and mild wear to extremities, but sound. Original wraparound band, hardly ever present, is retained here, and only shows a little dust-soiling. This is number 168 of 1250 limited copies SIGNED by Ward on the limitation page. One of Ward's best wordless novels, this series of woodcuts is a dark and prophetic exploration of fascism. The signed limited edition has become quite scarce in the publisher's slipcase and with the wraparound band.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
Ward, Lynd. [Signed block print from Song without Words]. [Random House], [New York], 1936.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: An original signed block print of one of the images from Song without Words. Printed from the original woodblock on very thin translucent paper, the image measures 9 cm x 14 cm. Signed in pencil by Ward under the image in the right corner and dated 1936 below. The image depicts the female protagonist wandering disconsolately as rats creep along in the foreground. Presumably printed in a minuscule print run as a keepsake from the author and publisher.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Ward, Lynd. Song Without Words: A Book of Engravings on Wood. Random House, New York, 1936.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED. Slim quarto [25 cm] in 1/4 parchment vellum with rose-gold foil boards and the title in red on the backstrip. Title page printed in red and black. Deckled fore-edges. Housed in publisher's cream slipcase with a gold foil wraparound, and the publisher's original paper band. Rubbing to foiled boards, toning to backstrip. Interior is unmarked. In a darkened slipcase, with rubbing to the edges and foil. Illustrated by Lynd Ward with twenty-one engravings printed in black. From an edition of 1250 signed and numbered copies, of which this is number 950. Signed by Ward on the limitation page. A story told entirely through wood engravings. This is the fifth of six wordless novels that Ward produced between 1929 and 1937. Dance 009.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Ward, Lynd. Song Without Words: A Book of Engravings on Wood. Random House, New York, 1936.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED. Slim quarto [25 cm] in 1/4 parchment vellum with rose-gold foil boards and the title in red on the backstrip. Title page printed in red and black. Deckled fore-edges. With the publisher's original paper band, with small chips to the edges. Housed in publisher's cream slipcase with a gold foil wraparound. Rubbing to foiled boards, toning to backstrip, darkening to endpapers (more so the front) from gluing process during production. Interior is unmarked. In the slipcase, with moderate rubbing to the extremities, and significant areas of darkening. Illustrated by Lynd Ward with twenty-one engravings printed in black. From an edition of 1250 signed and numbered copies, of which this is number 1178. Signed by Ward on the limitation page. A story told entirely through wood engravings. This is the fifth of six wordless novels that Ward produced between 1929 and 1937. Dance 009.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.