WOOD, Clement. The Laugher. New York: Bernhardt Wall, 1922. 15 etchings, 3 signed by Wall. Various colored inks. 12.5 x 10 cm. (4-7/8 x 4 inches), heavy wove paper. Original hand-bound ivory paper-covered boards, etched spine label. Portrait of Wood slightly cockled. Signed: "Bernhardt Wall ipse dixit."
Limited edition (100 copies). Weber, p. 33: "This poem by Clement Wood (1888-1950), the author of many novels, volumes of verse, and books of games, is dedicated to Don Marquis." 70000022
Plate list:
THE LAUGHER CLEMENT WOOD... [illustrated title]. Yellow. 10 x 7.5 cm.
CLEMENT WOOD | Wall 1922 [bust portrait]. Umber. Signed. 10 x 7.5 cm.
To My Master, DON MARQUIS: Ne'er did dove, swan, lark... [dedication leaf with vignette]. Burnt sienna. 8 x 5 cm.
[Man laughing] | Wall [illustration]. Black. Signed. 10 x 7.5 cm.
The Laugher. I'd liefer be a laugher and a loafer... [illustrated text]. Olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
2 Than burrow like a gopher... [illustrated text]. Olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
2 Than burrow like a gopher... [illustrated text]. Olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
3 A gopher is aloofer... [illustrated text]. Olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
4 Why shouldn't joy be rifer?... [illustrated text]. Olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
SUNSHINERS | Wall 1922 [illustration]. Black. Signed. 10 x 7.5 cm.
5 I differ from the duffer... [illustrated text]. Olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
6 He'll find the going rougher... [illustrated text]. Olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
7 I'd liefer be a loafer and a laugher... [illustrated text]. Olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
8 Than labor like a Kaffir...Clement Wood [illustrated text with Wood's facsimile signature]. Olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
BERNHARDT WALL. ETCHER [printer's illustrated device]. Burnt sienna. 8 x 5.5 cm.
WOOD, Clement. The Laugher. New York: Bernhardt Wall, 1922. 14 etchings (plus cover etching). Mostly brown and green inks. 15 x 11 cm. (6 x 4-1/2 inches), wove paper. Original hand-bound grey cloth over grey mottled paper-covered boards, etching on upper cover. With Wall's ms. note: "Etcher's Copy—Series No. 5 Bernhardt Wall."
Limited edition (#5 in the Etcher's Copy Series, signed by Wall). Wall issued at least nine of his early works (1922-24) in this special, limited series. 70000011
Plate list:
THE LAUGHER CLEMENT WOOD 1922 [cover etching with vignette]. Slate green. 5 x 3 cm.
THE LAUGHER CLEMENT WOOD... [illustrated title]. Sienna. 10 x 7.5 cm.
[Man laughing] | Wall [illustration]. Black. 10 x 7.5 cm.
Copyrighted by Bernhardt Wall 1922 [copyright notice]. Olive green. 2 x 6 cm.
To My Master, DON MARQUIS: Ne'er did dove, swan, lark... [dedication leaf with vignette]. Blue. 8 x 5 cm.
The Laugher. I'd liefer be a laugher and a loafer... [illustrated text]. Olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
2 Than burrow like a gopher... [illustrated text]. Olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
3 A gopher is aloofer... [illustrated text]. Olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
4 Why shouldn't joy be rifer?... [illustrated text]. Olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
SUNSHINERS | Wall 1922 [illustration]. Brown. 10 x 7.5 cm.
5 I differ from the duffer... [illustrated text]. Olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
6 He'll find the going rougher... [illustrated text]. Olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
7 I'd liefer be a loafer and a laugher... [illustrated text]. Olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
8 Than labor like a Kaffir...Clement Wood [illustrated text with Wood's facsimile signature]. Olive green. 10 x 7.5 cm.
BERNHARDT WALL ETCHER OF BOOKS [printer's illustrated device]. Burnt sienna. 6 x 3.5 cm.
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