Billy Budd Sailor. An inside narrative

by Donald . Melville Glaister, Herman, binder

$4,500 · Offered by The Veatchs Arts of the Book

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Mount Holly : Married Mettle Press, 1987. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2. 101 pages. Two full page wood engravings in brown, head pieces, & vignette by Deborah Alterman. Bound by Donald Glaister in green morocco with vertical windows, giving the sense of a brig; painted & woven inlays of laminated mylar reflect the ship's rigging with sky & light penetrating the scene. Burgundy suede endpapers, all edges gilt on the rough; signed by Glaister at rear hinge. Fine in

• Binding: Leather

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