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1972CNJL832Newark Vermont: The Janus Press 1972. Limited Edition. Folio. Fine. Kaplan Jerome. No. 23 of 100 copies folio size 10 folios signed by Jerome Kaplan in German with English translation at the end. "The Bucket Rider" is a short story first published in 1917 by Franz Kafka 1883-1924 a significant figure in twentieth-century literature especially known for his short stories. In this tale composed mostly of dialogue a poor man haggles with a coal dealer for coal to fill his bucket. <br/><br/>This edition is especially interesting with relief etchings from the original copper plates by American artist Jerome Kaplan. The original German text is presented on facing pages with the illustrations terminating with the full English translation.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Original unbound folios printed in black brown and grey one vignette on the limitation page eight full-page etchings with original tissue guards; Franklin Gothic and Times New Roman types Rives BFK paper folio size 13.5" by 11.75" ten folios are paginated on German text pages only 2-9 pp. one of 100 copies this number 23 signed by Jerome Kaplan on the limitation page. Housed in a clamshell box covered in grey cloth with brown paper spine label with silver lettering.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: A fine copy folios are clean and bright with no prior owner markings complete with all plates and tissue guards. The clamshell box is near fine strong and sturdy clean except for some minor age-toning with corners slightly bumped. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions we are here to help. The Janus Press unknown books
19211007NBoston: Cornhill Publishing 1921. First Edition. Signed presentation copy to Walter Lantz inscribed: “To Walt Lantz my very dear friend and able confederate in the perpetration of this little volume with my affectionate regard and esteem. Frederick Kafkaâ€. This is Lantz’s first illustrated book and contains 25 black & white illustrations plus the dust jacket cover. A book of humor. Lantz shortly went on to take his comic art inventiveness into the world of animation and gained acclaim for creations like Woody Woodpecker and Andy Panda. Very good in a chipped and tape-repaired dust jacket. Cornhill Publishing unknown books
1962WN50114Philadelphia: The Janus Press 1962. Original brown linen cloth with gilt lettering on spine with only a couple of minor blemishes. Number 26 of 250 copies signed by the artist on the limitation page. 12 relief etchings done from the original plates at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art. Black paper covered slipcase has a little splitting starting on spine edges and minor wear at corners of mouth otherwise near fine. Signed By the Artist. Limited/Numbered. Cloth. Near Fine/Slipcase Very Good. Illus. by Van Vliet Claire. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Trade. The Janus Press Hardcover books
1916140938241Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag 1916. Third Edition. Near Fine. Third edition pre-May 1917 variant without stamp to title page. Although only copyright date is 1913 text is re-set from 2nd edition. 11. Lame Duck Books Catalogue #32. 47 pp. Original black wraps with blue label. Text in German. Near Fine with rubbing to title label light shelf wear. A nice copy of the short story "The Stoker" a fragment of the uncompleted book Amerika. Kurt Wolff Verlag unknown books
1946140941328New York: The Vanguard Press 1946. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in brown. Near Fine with light lean to spine light wear to edge of front free endpaper and small indentations to several rear pages. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with several chips at the extremities including the spine ends and light surface wear. Features illustrations by Leslie Sherman. The Vanguard Press unknown books
198422390New York: Limited Editions Club 1984. Boards. Quarter gray Niger goatskin and gray striped boards. Fine in fine matching slipcase. Cuevas Jose Luis. 76 pages. 27 x 21 cm. Illustrated with pen and ink drawings intaglio techniques and lithographsby by Jose Luis Cuevas. Limited edition copy 1267 of 1500 signed by Cuevas bound at the Gray Parrot bindery. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir; introduction by Robert Coles. LEC Newsletter laid-in. NEWMAN & WICHE 539. As new copy. Limited Editions Club unknown books
193327905London: Martin Secker 1933. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Blue cloth stamped in black. Cloth very slightly faded at edges else a clean very good to near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some restoration to spine panel and extremities. Contains a number Kafka's better known short pieces. Precedes the American volume by 14 years. <br/><br/> Martin Secker hardcover books
1987290055New York: Limited Editions Club 1987. Limited. hardcover. fine. Michael Hafftka. Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir. With 4 lithographs by Michael Hafftka. Small 4to white flexible boards wallet edges. New York: The Limited Editions Club 1987. Fine.<br/><br/> One of 800 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. Fine in biege linen folding case.<br/><br/> Limited Editions Club unknown books
198795587N.P.: The Limited Editions Club 1987. limp paper wrappers cord-tied folding box lined in velvet paper spine label. Limited Editions Club. small 4to. limp paper wrappers cord-tied folding box lined in velvet paper spine label. ii 53 5 pages. Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir. With Lithographs by Michael Hafftka. Limited to 800 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. Text set in Monotype Walbaum at the Out of Sorts Letter Foundry and printed on mould-made Magnani paper at the Shagbark Press in South Portland Maine. The lithographs were printed on hand-made Japanese paper at Trestle Edtions with design by Benjamin Shiff and bound by Carol Joyce. The Limited Editions Club unknown books
199218082729San Francisco: The Ascensius Press 1992. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of about 50 copies quarto size 52 pp. Franz Kafka 1883-1924 is considered by many to be one of the twentieth century's pre-eminent authors fusing elements of realism with the fantastic; he is known for his use of an isolated and detached protagonist who is forced to face a bizarre surreal predicament and his works often explore themes of alienation existential anxiety and guilt n. b. info from Wikipedia. "The Metamorphosis" is his best known work beginning with the famous line "When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin"; the story is tragic in its descriptions of a family's struggle with abrupt isolationism and change.<br/><br/>This publication by The Ascensius Press contains the complete text of Kafka's story beautifully printed letterpress and bound in marbled paper over soft boards giving the grisly tale of Gregor Samsa a gentle and inviting appearance. Although 150 copies were printed according to the publisher only about a third were ever bound and the number of copies distributed is closer to fifty; the rest of the copies no longer exist.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Grey cloth shelfback with turquoise blue and grey marbled paper boards red leather spine label with gilt lettering and ruled borders yellow endpapers bookbinder's ticket for Gray Parrot Hancock Maine on rear pastedown; Linotype Fairfield type quarto size 11.5" by 7.5" pagination: i-vi 1 2-45 46-47 one of about 50 copies unnumbered.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: A fine copy overall; the covers clean the corners straight and unrubbed the binding tight with solid hinges the interior clean and bright and free of prior owner markings; a hint of foxing to the marbled paper covering at the corners of the front board else fine.<br/><br/>___CITATION: The Ascensius Press Catalogue.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Ascensius Press hardcover books
191923462Munich: Kurt Wolff 1919. First edition. Original full white linen lettered in dark red. Spine faded waterstain on front cover and edge of 35 pages some spotting to back cover and foxing of text. A good copy of the last book published in Kafka's lifetime. W / G 6. <br/><br/> Kurt Wolff unknown books
19878669New York. The Limited Editions Club. 1987. Hand-bound and sewn by Carol Joyce in stitched Velum over boards. Cased in felt lined linen covered Solander box. Tall 8vo. 7.25" 10.25". This Edition Limited to 800 numbered copies of which this is # 724. Signed by Michael Hafftka to Colophon. Illustrated with lithographs by Michael Hafftka. A Very Fine pristine presumably unread copy. The Limited Editions Club. hardcover books
1991150037N.p.: N.p. 1991. Vintage matte finish reference photograph of Steven Soderberg on the set of the 1991 film. Printed snipe "PPCM" and "Reuters/Corbis-Bettmann" labels on verso.<br/><br/>Loosely based on the life of Franz Kafka combined with elements from Kafka's novels "The Castle" 1926 and "The Trial" 1925.<br/><br/>Soderbergh's second feature film experimental in concept and execution was a box office disappointment which has since become a cult favorite frequently compared in theme tone and execution to Terry Gilliam's 1985 film "Brazil" and David Cronenberg's 1991 "Naked Lunch."<br/><br/>An insurance clerk Mr. Kafka Jeremy Irons becomes involved with an underground terrorist group attempting to bring down a secret organization controlling society. <br/><br/>Set in 1919 Prague shot on location in Prague Czech Republic. <br/><br/>8 x 10 inches wide bottom margin. Very light creasing in right margin else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
19879025746New York: Limited Editions Club 1987. Softcover. Near fine. Michael Hafftka. In publisher's original cream paper wraps with yapp edge and sewn on cloth tapes. Spine stamped in black. Clamshell with linen covers and black cloth trays with printed paper label on spine. Back of clamshell has some red markings and foredge has some sunfading. Designed by Benjamin Shiff with four original lithographs by Michael Hafftka printed at the Trestle Editions. Bound by hand by Carol Joyce. Signed by Michael Hafftka. One of 800 numbered copies. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club paperback books
1987171031151New York / South Portland Maine: The Limited Editions Club printed at the Shagbark Press 1987. Limited Edition. Wraps. Fine. Michael Hafftka. No. 351 of 800 quarto size 56 pp. signed by Michael Hafftka. Franz Kafka 1883-1924 is considered by many to be one of the twentieth century's pre-eminent authors fusing elements of realism with the fantastic; he is known for his use of an isolated and detached protagonist who is forced to face a bizarre surreal predicament and has been interpreted as exploring themes of alienation existential anxiety guilt and absurdity n. b. info from Wikipedia.<br/><br/>This work was penned during the course of only two weeks while Kafka was working on "The Trial" in 1914. Not published until 1919 it along with much of Kafka's work did not become widely known until after World War II when the first translations into English were made.<br/><br/>Michael Hafftka the artist was born to Holocaust survivors in 1953 and is an American figurative expressionist painter. He has work in the permanent collections of many museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art the New York MOMA the San Francisco MOMA and the Carnegie Museum of Art n. b. info from Wikipedia and the artist's website.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Heavy ivory paper folded over cardboard wrap yapped fore-edges hand-sewn and hand-bound by Carol Joyce Stockton NJ black lettering on the spine lithographs by Michael Hafftka on hand-made Japanese paper with tissue guards throughout; printed on mould-made Magnani paper in monotype Walbaum quarto size 10.5" by 7.25" pagination: i-iv 1-4 5-53 54-56 1 colophon one of 800 copies this number 351 signed by illustrator Michael Hafftka on the colophon. Housed in a clamshell box covered in natural linen with tray covered in black cloth lined with black felt with a cream paper spine label with black lettering.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volume is fine; the paper wraps are bright and clean without wear the text block is strong with solid hinges and the book is entirely free of prior owner markings; clean crisp as new. The clamshell box is also fine strong and sturdy clean without wear.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Limited Editions Club [printed at the Shagbark Press] unknown books
1984WRCLIT83781New York: The Limited Editions Club 1984. Small quarto. Quarter morocco and pastepaper boards by Gray Parrot. Illustrations and original etchings by José Luis Cuevas. Bookplate shadow on pastedown spine a shade sunned otherwise about fine in near fine slipcase. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the artist. The Muir translation with an Introduction by Robert Coles. Printed at the Wild Carrot Press with the etchings printed at the Water Street Press. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1984WRCLIT63063New York: The Limited Editions Club 1984. Small quarto. Quarter morocco and pastepaper boards by Gray Parrot. Illustrations and original etchings by José Luis Cuevas. Bookplate shadow on pastedown spine a shade sunned otherwise about fine in near fine slipcase. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the artist. The Muir translation with an Introduction by Robert Coles. Printed at the Wild Carrot Press with the etchings printed at the Water Street Press. The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
19848668New York. The Limited Editions Club. 1984. Bound in 1/4 gilt titled Goatskin and paper covered boards. Housed in gilt titled paper covered slipcase. 8vo. This Edition Limited to 1500 numbered copies of which this is # 724. Illustrated with 4 drawings in pen-and-ink by Jose Luis Cuevas. Mild sunning to spine else a Very Fine Copy. The Limited Editions Club. hardcover books
03673Avon Connecticut: The Limited Editions Club 1975. Arrested and Prosecuted by a Remote Inaccessible Authority."<br/><br/>KAFKA Franz. The Trial. Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir. With an introduction by Erich Heller and illustrations by Alan E. Cober. Avon Connecticut: The Limited Editions Club 1975. <br/><br/>Limited to 2000 copies signed by Alan E. Cober this being no. 524.<br/><br/>Quarto 9 7/16 x7 3/8 inches; 239 x 190 mm. 268 pp. Ten full-page color plates by Alan E. Cober and numerous black & white drawings in the text.<br/><br/>Publisher's full red oasis grain leather stamped front cover and spine stamped in gilt and blind. A fine copy housed in the publisher's black cloth slipcase with red lettering label on spine.<br/><br/>Franz Kafka 1883-1924 was a German-language writer of novels and short stories who is widely regarded as one of the major figures of twentieth-century literature. His work which fuses elements of realism and the fantastic typically features isolated protagonists faced by bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehensible social-bureaucratic powers and has been interpreted as exploring themes of alienation existential anxiety guilt and absurdity. His best known works include Die Verwandlung "The Metamorphosis" Der Process The Trial and Das Schloss The Castle. The term Kafkaesque has entered the English language to describe situations like those in his writing.<br/><br/>The Trial tells the story of a man arrested and prosecuted by a remote inaccessible authority with the nature of his crime revealed neither to him nor to the reader. Heavily influenced by Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov Kafka even went so far as to call Dostoevsky a blood relative. Like Kafka's other novels The Trial was never completed although it does include a chapter which brings the story to an end.<br/><br/>Alan E. Cober 1935-1998 was an American illustrator. His artwork appeared in The New York Times Life and Time. His drawings of institutionalized people prisoners the mentally disabled and the elderly were compiled into a book called The Forgotten Society which was also published in 1975.<br/><br/>Limited Editions Club Bibliography 495. Avon, Connecticut: The Limited Editions Club, 1975 unknown books
195917512Philadelphia: Falcon Press 1959. Boards. Very Good. Jose Luis Cuevas. The 1959 stated 1st editon of this wonderful fusing of the words of Franz Kafka with the wild illustrations of the Mexican artist Jose Luis Cuevas. One of only 600 copies issued by the Falcon Press of Philadelphia. Bright and VG in its slate-black boards with light rubbing at the panels mild chipping and creasing along the spine crown and one thin vertical crease running along the spine. Elephant folio 22" tall text in both English and Spanish. Edited and designed by Louis R. Glessmann and Eugene Feldman. <br/><br/> Falcon Press hardcover books
1984282678New York: Limited Editions Club 1984. Limited. hardcover. fine. Jose Luis Cuevas. Translated by Willa & Edwin Muir. Drawings & Etchings by Jose Luis Cuevas. Introduction by Robert Coles. Thin 4to olive green leather-backed boards spine faded slipcase scuffed. New York: Limited Editions Club 1984. A fine copy in a very good slipcase.<br/><br/> Limited edition - One of 1500 copies signed by the artist.<br/><br/> Limited Editions Club unknown books
1937904171937. KAFKA Franz. THE TRIAL. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1937. 8vo. First British Edition. Pale blue cloth. As is: This is a candidate for rebinding. Spine missing cloth soiled. Pages toned but clean aside from one stain on verso of title page. unknown books
19871336777New York: The Limited Editions Club 1987. Limited Edition #200/800. Octavo 53 pages; VG; bound in full white parchment with yapp edges; housed in a VG linen-covered clamshell box; minor foxing to parchment wraps; Illustrated with four lithographs by Michael Hafftka printed on hand-made Japanese paper. Limited Edition #200/800 signed by Hafftka on the limitation page; shelved case 9 3/4. 1336777. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Limited Editions Club unknown books
197522364Avon CT: Limited Editions Club 1975. leather_bound. Full oasis grain red leather stamped in gold and in blind. Fine in fine black slipcase red spine label. Alan. E. Cober. 268 pages. 26 x 19.5 cm. Translation by Edwin and Wilma Muir revised by E.M. Butler with an introduction by Erich Heller. illustrated with ten full page color wash drawings and black and white drawings by Alan E. Cober. printed at the Stinehour Press. Limited edition copy 1267 of 2000 signed by Cober. Laid-in the LEC Monthly Letter. NEWMAN & WICHE 495. Fresh very bright copy. Limited Editions Club unknown books
1973229682Milan: Olivetti 1973. hardcover. near fine. Folon. Text in Italian. Full page color plates by Folon. Tall slim 4to brown cloth with inlaid picture on front cover. Milan: Olivetti 1973. Scarce. Near Fine.<br/><br/> Olivetti unknown books
