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Lynd Ward's first work, God's Man, uses a blend of Art Deco and Expressionist styles to tell the story of an artist's struggle with his craft, his seduction and subsequent abuse by money and power, and his escape to innocence. Ward, in employing the concept of the wordless pictorial narrative, acknowledged as his predecessors the European artists Frans Masereel and Otto Nuckel. Released the week of the 1929 stock market crash, the book was the first of six wood engraving Ward novels produced over the next eight years, including: Madman's Drum (1930); Wild Pilgrimage (1932); Prelude to a Million Years (1933); Song Without Words (1936); and Vertigo (193

Lynd Ward's first work, God's Man, uses a blend of Art Deco and Expressionist styles to tell the story of an artist's struggle with his craft, his seduction and subsequent abuse by money and power, and his escape to innocence. Ward, in employing the concept of the wordless pictorial narrative, acknowledged as his predecessors the European artists Frans Masereel and Otto Nuckel. Released the week of the 1929 stock market crash, the book was the first of six wood engraving Ward novels produced over the next eight years, including: Madman's Drum (1930); Wild Pilgrimage (1932); Prelude to a Million Years (1933); Song Without Words (1936); and Vertigo (193

Novels in woodcut, wordless books, illustrated books, limited edition, Equinox Cooperative Press, Lynd Ward, Frans Masereel, Helen West Heller

Novels in woodcut, wordless books, illustrated books, limited edition, Equinox Cooperative Press, Lynd Ward, Frans Masereel, Helen West Heller

The Equinox Cooperative Press, which published 12 books and 4 soft-covered Equinox Quarters from 1932-1937, was the idea of Lynd Ward and Henry Hart. In her autobiographical memoir addressed to Fay Gold on October 18, 1955, Heller West Heller complained about many things - including about publishing her book of woodblock verse (Migratory Urge), a process she claimed Lynd Ward later took credit for. Regardless of Heller's bitter feelings, she and Ward shared many common interests in terms of printmaking and social concerns - Lynd Ward would be the main speaker at her memorial service on April 13, 1956.
A list of Novels in Woodcuts is here: http://www.pantherpro-webdesign.com/heller/art_of_woodcutting.html#novels

1. Now That the Gods art Dead; by Llewelyn Powers, illus. by Lynd Ward
   
2. This Earth; by William Faulkner
   
3. A Visit from St. Nicholas; by Clement C. Moore
   
4. A Christmas Poem; by Thomas Mann; illus. by Lynd Ward
   
5. Prelude; a poem by Conrad Akins
   
6. We Need One Another; by D. H. Lawrence
   
7. Prelude to a Million Years; a book of 30 wood engravings by Lynd Ward
   
8. Three Blue Suits; by Aline Bernstein
   
9. Nocturnes; by Thomas Mann; lithographs by Lynd Ward
   
10. Comrade Mister; by Isidor Schneider
    
11. One of Us: The Story of John Reed; by Lynd Ward and Granville Hicks
    
12. Imperial Hearst; by Ferdinand Lundberg
    
13. America Today: A Book of 100 Prints,
    from an exhibition at American Artists' Congress.
14. Freud and Marx; by Reuben Osborn
    
15. False Security; by Bernard J. Reis
    
16. The Writer in a Changing World; edited by Henry Hart

A history of the press is presented in "A Relevant Memoir" by Henry Hart.

The Equinox Cooperative Press, which published 12 books and 4 soft-covered Equinox Quarters from 1932-1937, was the idea of Lynd Ward and Henry Hart. In her autobiographical memoir addressed to Fay Gold on October 18, 1955, Heller West Heller complained about many things - including about publishing her book of woodblock verse (Migratory Urge), a process she claimed Lynd Ward later took credit for. Regardless of Heller's bitter feelings, she and Ward shared many common interests in terms of printmaking and social concerns - Lynd Ward would be the main speaker at her memorial service on April 13, 1956.
A list of Novels in Woodcuts is here: http://www.pantherpro-webdesign.com/heller/art_of_woodcutting.html#novels

1. Now That the Gods art Dead; by Llewelyn Powers, illus. by Lynd Ward
   
2. This Earth; by William Faulkner
   
3. A Visit from St. Nicholas; by Clement C. Moore
   
4. A Christmas Poem; by Thomas Mann; illus. by Lynd Ward
   
5. Prelude; a poem by Conrad Akins
   
6. We Need One Another; by D. H. Lawrence
   
7. Prelude to a Million Years; a book of 30 wood engravings by Lynd Ward
   
8. Three Blue Suits; by Aline Bernstein
   
9. Nocturnes; by Thomas Mann; lithographs by Lynd Ward
   
10. Comrade Mister; by Isidor Schneider
    
11. One of Us: The Story of John Reed; by Lynd Ward and Granville Hicks
    
12. Imperial Hearst; by Ferdinand Lundberg
    
13. America Today: A Book of 100 Prints,
    from an exhibition at American Artists' Congress.
14. Freud and Marx; by Reuben Osborn
    
15. False Security; by Bernard J. Reis
    
16. The Writer in a Changing World; edited by Henry Hart

A history of the press is presented in "A Relevant Memoir" by Henry Hart.