Madman's Drum. A Novel in Woodcuts.

First edition. 8vo., ff.[119]. Unpaginated. Publisher's quarter black cloth over illustrated boards, printed paper label mounted to spine, rough-cut bottom edges; black endpapers. Illustrated by Lynd Ward with 116 woodcuts, printed on rectos only. A small numbered edition with engravings printed directly from the woodblocks preceded this, the first trade edition, for which the wood engravings were photo-mechanically reproduced.

The second, crucial work from one of the titans of 20th century illustration, Madman's Drum tells the tale of a man driven by intellect, but marred by the primitive world he exists in. His inexorable journey towards death is depicted exclusively through stark illustrations. "[A] multigenerational saga worthy of Faulkner, [which] traces the legacy of violence haunting a family whose stock in trade is human souls." –Library of America