Billy Budd and Benito Cereno.

Creator

Herman Melville.

Title

Billy Budd and Benito Cereno.

Coverage

Introduction by Maxwell Geismar and paintings by Robert Shore. New York:

Publisher

The Limited Editions Club,

Date

1965

Description

This hybrid edition uses the 1948 Harvard corrected text with the 1962 Chicago title. The five illustrations, by the American painter Robert Shore, won the 1966 Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators. Seen here is ìBilly Budd and the Dansker.î

Source

From the Collection of William Palmer Johnston.

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