Lynd Ward Prelude To A Million Years Original Prints 

Lynd Ward. Prelude To A Million Years. A book of original wood engravings by Lynd Ward. NY: Equinox Press, 1933, limited edition, numbered and signed by Ward, 9 x 5 1/2. Hand bound original decorative boards with a separate copper-like, black string tied, spine. The title is blind stamped on the spine. The thirty original wood engravings are printed directly from the wood-blocks on a special rag paper. One of the scarcest of Ward's woodcut novels. A bookplate on the first blank page. The pages are uncut and the book covers are in vg/fine condition.

"Prelude was the third publication of the Equinox Cooperative Press, a group of young people, including myself (Lynd Ward), working in printing, publishing, and the book arts, who wanted to do non-commercial books, just for the love of doing it. Each copy of Prelude was bound by hand and made with loving care."