Herman Melville - Benito Cereno

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated limited edition copy of Herman Melville's novella about a Spanish slave ship, with hand coloured illustrations by Edward McKnight Kauffer. A limited edition of 1650 copies, of which this is number 899.Reproduced from that of the first edition of 'The Piazza Tales' (1856), a short story collection.Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette title, six plates, and many vignettes. All of which are hand-coloured. Collated, complete. Set in 1799, this novella tells the fictional account of the revolt on a Spanish slave ship captained by Don Benito Cereno. Written by Herman Melville, an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Illustrated by Edward McKnight Kauffer, an American artist and graphic designer. In the original cloth, lacking the original dust wrapper. Externally excellent with fading to the spine and to the head of the boards. Bookplate of A. K. to the front pastedown, offsetting to free endpapers. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Edward McKnight Kauffer. Near Fine .

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