Original Lynd Ward woodblock, sketch and assorted ephemera

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Author: Ward, Lynd

Title: Original woodblock and sketch by Lynd Ward with assorted ephemera

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Date Published: Woodblock: 1939, others: various dates

Description:
Collection of Wardiana. Includes:

Original printing woodblock from 1939 Christmas card plus an unused block.14x9x2.4 cm (5½x3½x1").
Original sketch of picketing worker and strike-busting goon.
As Mark Twain Says. Saddle-stitched chapbook. 1963 keepsake by May McNeer and Lynd Ward.
Typed sheet of instructions for Lynd Ward's care by May M. Ward addressed to Nancy Gilbert.
Envelope of 5 blank Lynd Ward postcards (1 signed) with 2 Ward-designed bookplates for Dan Burne Jones.
Bibliognost: The Book Collector's Little Magazine. Special Lynd Ward Issue. Signed by Lynd Ward on cover.
File of assorted ephemera related to Lynd Ward and May McNeer Ward.

 

Original woodblock from one of the great wood engravers of the twentieth century and maverick artist who brought Franz Masereel's wordless novel to America.