Gods' Man: A Novel in Woodcuts

New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 black cloth over illustrated boards with a paper label on the backstrip. Publisher's black top stain. Black endpapers. Spine subtly rolled. Age toning and light rubbing to boards. The first of Ward's six wordless novels that is told exclusively through 144 striking woodcut illustrations. Lynd Ward was not only a talented printmaker, but he was a socially-conscious storyteller as well. "Gods' Man," a modern morality play, was the work that built his reputation. It depicts the deadly bargaining of the soul that a struggling young artist is willing to make.