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a centennial exhibition at the Grolier Club and Oberlin College libraries
36 unnumbered pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
A centenary study of Melville's Billy Budd. Billy Budd, Sailor (An Inside Narrative) is Herman Melville's most-read book after Moby-Dick and is regularly taught in literature courses. A century after publication its textual history and interpretive criticism as a literary artifact continue to evolve. This book traces the bibliography of this evolution through numerous "reading," "genetic," and "fluid" editions, as well as critical and biographical works illustrating the ranges of approaches to and appreciation of Melville's great unfinished text. -- from publisher.
introduction and descriptions by William Palmer Johnston.
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Melville's Billy Budd at 100, presented at the Grolier Club of New York September 12-November 9, 2024, and at Oberlin College Libraries November 17-December 20, 2024" -- title page verso.
"Three hundred and seventy-five copies of this catalogue were produced by Bradley Hutchinson at his letterpress workshop in Austin, Texas ... Twenty-five signed and numbered copies were bound by Jace Graf at Cloverleaf Studio in Austin, Texas" -- colophon.