Benito Cereno
by Melville, Herman
IN THE year 1799, Captain Amasa Delano, of Duxbury, in Massachusetts, commanding a large sealer and general trader, lay at anchor, with a valuable cargo, in the harbour of St. Maria- a small, desert, uninhabited island towards the southern extremity of the long coast of Chili. There he had touched for water...Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. Both versions are text searchable.
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Benito Cereno
by Melville, Herman
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- 1926
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London: The Nonesuch Press, 1926 Illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer. First edition thus, limited edition, one of 1650 copies, of which this is number 1566. Folio. Publisher's red cloth with title in gilt to spine, Knopf president William A. Koshland's bookplate to front pastedown; original dust jacket stamped in blue. Very good book with tiny chip to head of spine,… Read more about this item Item Price
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- 1926
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London: The Nonesuch Press, 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Large 8vo. [2], 1-122 [6] pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on the spine. With pictures by E. McKnight Kauffer. Number 125 of 1650 copies produced. Some fading to the spine and a small spot of discoloration on the front board. Item Price
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London: The Nonesuch Press, 1926. . With pictures by E. McKnight Kauffer. Pp. [ii]+124(last colophon), coloured frontispiece and 9 illustrations (6 full page); narrow med. 4to; gilt lettered red buckram over bevelled boards, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed, the top fore-corner of upper board slightly frayed, edges and spine slightly faded, spine gilt… Read more about this item Item Price
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Milano, Garzanti, 1974, 16mo (cm. 17.5 x 11) brossura con copertina illustrata a colori, pp. 215. Item Price
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London: The Nonesuch Press, 1926. Cloth. Near Fine. 12.5" by 8". E. McKnight Kauffer. Herman Melville's interesting novella set on a slave ship, beautiful illustrated with hand-coloured plates and vignettes throughout, published by the Nonesuch Press. A limited edition of 1650 copies, of which this is numbered 8.'Benito Cereno' is a novella by the American author Herman Melville.… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: The Nonesuch Press, 1926. Cloth. Very Good. 12.5" by 8". E. McKnight Kauffer. 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. … Read more about this item Item Price
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London, Nonesuch Press, 1926.. One of 1650 numbered copies illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer and hand-colored through stencils at the Curwen Press. Bound in full red cloth with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. Spine sunned, adhesive stains on end papers, otherwise very good.
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Benito Cereno
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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012-11-05. Paperback. New/None as issued. 6x0x9. Brand new copy from bookstore stock. May have very light shelf wear to cover. Several copies available. Books that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Nonesuch Press, 1926. Edition limited to 1650 copies, small folio, title page and 7 full-page illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer stenciled at the Curwen Press; original red cloth, gilt-stamped spine; boards unevenly faded, front hinge cracked, small crack at the top of the spine; a fair copy overall but the textblock remains very good; without the dust jacket.… Read more about this item Item Price
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BENITO CERENO
by Melville, Herman
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- 1926
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Tucson, Arizona, USA
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London: Nonesuch Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 123 pages; Covers with some minor rubbing, soiling and wear. Many pages uncut. #132 of 1650. . Item Price
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BENITO CERENO
by Herman Melville
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- 1926
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Dayton, Ohio, USA
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London: The Nonesuch Press, 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 122p. A large hardcover book bound in brick-red cloth. Spine slightly sunfaded. Lots of small, spotty stains on cloth. Free endpapers lightly tanned. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Limited edition; #91 out of 1,650 copies. Illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer. Measures approx. 12.4" x 8 Item Price
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Benito Cereno.
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Barre:: Imprint Society,. Good. 1972. Hardcover. Illustrated with wood engravings by Garrick Palmer. Limited edition: this copy is number 1,797of 1,950 copies. SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Smells musty, three inch tear to the cloth along the spine, thus only good in very good (age toning/foxing) illustrated slipcase. … Read more about this item Item Price
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From the Estate of Barbara Walters. Limited Edition.Large 8vo. [2], 1-122 [6] pp. Red cloth with gold lettering on the spine. With pictures by E. McKnight Kauffer. Number 72 of 1650 copies produced. Some fading to the spine and a small spot of discoloration on the back board. Item Price
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Benito Cereno
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Benito Cereno
by Herman Melville
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- 1982
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Barcelona: Bruguera, 1982. 1? Edición. Encuadernación de tapa dura. Bien. Julio Montañés. Tapa dura. Buen estado. Ediciones integras e ilustradas. Colección Club Joven. Ilustraciones b/n. Literatura norteamericana S. XIX. Novela Item Price
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Benito Cereno
by Melville, Herman. [Woodcuts by Garrrick Palmer]
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Barre, MA: The Imprint Society. Very Good. 1972. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 1796 of 1950 signed by woodcut artist Garrick Palmer. ; Signed by Artist . Item Price
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BENITO CERENO
by Melville, Herman
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Columbia, Missouri, USA
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1926. 1926 Melville, Herman BENITO CERENO London: The Nonesuch Press, 1925 417/1650cc 123pp Illustrated in color E McKnight Kauffer Thin 4to Spine faded, covers somewhat discolored Previous owner's elegant bookplate on front pastedown, else fine bright copy. Item Price
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Benito Cereno
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