Buy this book on-line E.MCKNIGHT KAUFFER. Herman Melville : Benito Cereno. With pictures by E.McKnight KauferThe Nonesuch Press, London, 1926
First edition with these Kauffer illustrations, one of 1650 numbered copies (this being #897). 4to. 122pp. Full buckram lettered in gold at the spine. With a title-page design, one headpiece, one tailpiece and seven splendid full-page illustrations, all hand-coloured through stencils, by E.McKnight Kauffer. Printed at the Curwen Press on Van Gelder paper. Free endpapers very lightly browned, backstrip lightly faded. Very good indeed, albeit lacking the dust wrapper. Melville's novella concerning a slave revolt on a Spanish merchant ship was first serialized in Putnam's Monthly in 1855 and subsequently a slightly revised version appeared in his 1856 collection 'The Piazza Tales'. This McKnight Kauffer-illustrated edition did not appear for a further seventy years, but is certainly worth the wait.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of E.MCKNIGHT KAUFFER. Herman Melville : Benito Cereno. With pictures by E.McKnight Kaufer. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including used books, livres anciens, incunabula, collectables and livres illustrées. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |