Frankenstein

or The Modern Prometheus

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

illustrated by Lynd Ward 

New York:  Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934 

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD+ condition, in a VERY GOOD slipcase.

• Cream cloth covers have illustration, black on blue ground, laid on. 
• Boards show some exposure, smudges, edgewear.  Corners are sharp.  
• Spine has label with black text and is darkened with firm ends.  See photos.  
• Binding is strong. 
• Pastedowns and feps have some toning.  
• Illustrations are bright and clear. 
• Interior is gently age-toned.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges have publisher's black ink at head, fore and foot edges untrimmed. 
• Slipcase, paper wrapped board, blue with illustrated title band laid over.  Blue paper sunned to gray at periphery, some edgewear at foot.  See photos.  
• PS2026.0114

259 pages. 6 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches

Published by Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, New York, in 1934, this edition of Mary Shelley's Gothic masterpiece Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus features 15 full page and 31 smaller illustrations by Lynd Ward.  Cream cloth boards are mostly clean, with the spine tanned.  Interior is supple, unmarked, with a little age toning.  Condition is Very Good Plus.  Original, very good illustrated slipcase shows some sunning and edge wear. 

The illustrations, engravings on wood, are the work of Lynd Ward (1905–1985).  This is Lynd Ward at the height of his powers, and Frankenstein may be the perfect avenue for his work.  Commenting on Ward’s illustrations, John Lauritsen wrote, “More than any other illustrator, Ward grasped the ambivalence with which the author of Frankenstein portrayed the “monster” (also called “Being”, “creature”, “fiend”, “demon”, “wretch”, and “devil”).  As seen by Ward, the Being is both pathetic and terrifying; his body is both athletic and deformed.  You can pity him, sympathize and even identify with him, without quite wishing to hold his hand or let him cry on your shoulder.”

First Edition thus.

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