Benito Cereno by Herman Melville

London: Nonesuch Press, 1926. Hardcover. Orig. dark salmon cloth with beveled edges, spine a hint faded. Near fine. Kauffer, E. McKnight. 123 pages. 30.5 x 20.5 cm. Illustrated with pochior plates by E. McKnight Kauffer. Limited edition, copy 126 of 1650. This edition reproduced from that of the first (1856) edition of 'Piazza Tales'. Printed in the Walbaum type on Van Gelder paper with the pictures hand-coloured through stencils at the Curwen Press. Bookplate.