This is a list of titles that expressly state the book is “without words” or implies the same. Buyer Beware.
- Day, Clarence; Thoughts Without Words 1928.
- Each page with an illustration and then a pithy poem.
- Liebermann, Max; Bilder ohne Worte (translated: Pictures Without Words) undated c. 1922;
- a long essay followed by Dutch related images with titles but no story arc.
- Magill, Mary Tucker; Pantomimes; Or, Wordless Poems 1882. 8vo, pp. 80.
- Instructions and music notations, plus many drawings of the proper poses to express emotions in the poems.
- Märchen ohne Worte (translated: Fairy Tales without Words) books published in at least 1907, 1909, and 1911.
- They are illustrated by various artists showing one or two illustrations from famous children’s stories
- Mawer, Irene; Twelve Mime Plays – A Collection of Wordless Plays Arranged To Music 1933, Publisher: Methuen & Co Ltd, London;
with eight plates and eight illustrations in the text.- while it purports to be mime plays, there is dialogue – not sure why it refers to “wordless” plays
- Olson, Elder; A Novel in Pictures contained in Poetry, A Magazine of Verse, July 1933, Vol. XLII, No. IV; pages 181-240.
- Apparently this is a written poem, 9 pages long, with no explanation as to the title.
- Verlaine, Paul: Romances sans paroles (German- Romanzen Ohne Worte) translated: Romances without words; first published in 1873
- This is a poem ie lots of words