Herman Melville — Benito Cereno

London, The Nonesuch Press, 1926. Cloth. A smart limited edition copy of this novella from Herman Melville, with hand-coloured illustrations throughout. Limited edition of 1650 copies, of which this is number 1243. Reproduced from that of the first edition of The Piazza Tales, 1856. 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 full red cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor shelf wear. Fading to the spine and board edges. The odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: E. McKnight Kauffer. Very Good .