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BILLY BUDD SAILOR (AN INSIDE NARRATIVE) BY HERMAN MELVILLE, SIGNED BY BENJAMIN AND DEBORAH ALTERMAN. (MOUNT HOLLY): MARRIED METTLE PRESS, 1987 LIMITED EDITION bound with patinated bronze spine treated to resemble the weathered metal found on 19th-century sailing vessel; boards solid wood bound with doubled linen cords physically laced through tunnels in the board, handmade paper, letterpress printed from handset type on dampened rag with a gray-blue hue and prominent deckle edges; signed by printers Benjamin and Margaret Alterman on the colophon hand-printed from handset type; text set in 13-point Van Dijck with display capitals cut by William Caslon in the 18th century; woodcuts hand cut by Deborah Alterman. The Married Mettle Press was a collaborative effort between Benjamin and Deborah Alterman, who focused on the "total book" concept. Every element of this production—from the papermaking and marbling of the endsheets to the typography and the complex metal-and-wood binding—was executed by the Altermans. The edition uses the definitive text edited from the original manuscript by Harrison Hayford and Merton M. Sealts, Jr. .