This portfolio contains a set of prints one of forty-four sets from six wood blocks engraved by Lynd Ward to illustrate Alice Raphael's translation of FAUST and proofed by him in December, 1930.
Number 34 of 44 numbered sets, each plate signed by Ward. cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards, paper cover label with six loosely inserted sheets, each containing a tipped-on proof.. small 4to..
LYND WARD (1905-1985) illustrated more than two hundred books for children and adults throughout his prolific career. Winner of the Caldecott Medal for his watercolors in The Biggest Bear, Mr. Ward was also famous for his wood engravings, which are featured in museum collections throughout the United States and abroad.
Married to May Yonge McNeer, several of whose works he illustrated. /author/show...