Benito Cereno
By: by Herman Melville ; with a foreword and afterword by Lawrance Thompson, and illustrations engraved on wood by Garrick Palmer.
Contributors: Thompson, Lawrance Roger, 1906-1973; Palmer, Garrick; McLean, Ruari; Palmer, Garrick (autograph); Imprint Society
Published: 1972
Place of publication: Barre, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
Notes: Includes Particulars of the capture of the Spanish ship Tryal, at the island of St. Maria, with the documents relating to that affair, by Amasa Delano, from his A narrative of voyages and travel, in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres (Boston, 1817)

The text of Benito Cereno is reproduced from the New York, 1856 ed. of the author's The Piazza tales.

" ... printed in an edition of 1950 copies for the Imprint Society.  The book has been designed and produced by Ruari McLean in London ... The illustrations were engraved on wood by Garrick Palmer ..."  Cf. Colophon.

In slipcase, as issued.

RBSC copy: Unnumbered; signed by the illustrator.