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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
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
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
198128365Beersheba - Jerusalem 1981. Wrappers 450 231 pp. in Hebrew English and German. Very good. The editor Puah Menzcel taught Hebrew to Franz Kafka. Kafka is pictured in the book. <br/><br/> unknown books
197120897West Burke VT: The Janus Press 1971. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Van Vliet Claire. Lithographs printed from stone on Zerkall Butten paper text set in Monotype Times New Roman. Lithographs by Claire Van Vliet. 100 copies produced: first ten copies numbered I-X include an extra set of lithographs this is copy number 58 of the remaining 90 copies signed by the artist at colophon. Unpag. Ten loose signatures as produced in an olive green cloth covered clamshell box in Fine condition with paper label at spine. The Janus Press unknown books
19562312570New York: The Modern Library 1956. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Salter George. 1961-1968 printing Toledano 318.1. Includes original jacket in the first of two different design styles with unnumbered list of titles printed on reverse. Top edge lightly foxed jacket a bit rubbed. 1956 Hard Cover. 340 4 pp. Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir revised with additional materials translated by E.M. Butler illustrated by George Salter. "The Trial tells the terrifying tale of Joseph K. a respectable functionary in a bank who is suddenly arrested and must defend his innocence against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential take a parable or a prophecy this hauntingly believable story stands out as one of the great novels of our times. Kafka's unsurpassed nightmare vision rings with chilling truth as it foreshadows the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the mad agendas of twentieth-century totalitarian regimes. The Modern Library hardcover books
19772303197Franklin Center Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library 1977. Reissue. Reissue. Very Good/No Jacket. Thomas Phero. A few minor scuffs to front board. 1977 Full-Leather. 341 3 pp. Grey full leather gilt titles and decorations all edges gilt silk moire endpapers ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with woodcuts by Phero Thomas. Translated from the German by Willa & Edwin Muir revised and with additional material translated by E.M. Butler. Appendices following text include unfinished chapters deleted passages and postscripts by Max Brod to the first second and third editions with a translator's note. "Written in 1914 The Franklin Library unknown 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
1975RKAFTRI00MELLimited Editions Club 1975. Fine. Kafka Franz. The Trial. Muir translators Willa and Edwin; Heller introduction Erich; Cober illutrator Alan E. Avon CT: Limited Editions Club 1975. #1461 of 2000. 220pp. Illustrated. 4to. Signed by author. Book condition: Near fine with former owner's bookplate affixed to front pastedown. In very good slipcase with paper label lightly rubbed at right edge. Signed by illustrator Cober on number page. Limited Editions Club 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
19911308466Berlin: Springer-Verlag 1991. Softcover. Octavo: VG/no-DJ paperback: Blue spine with black text: Covers are clean with light shelfwear slight fraying in upper corner small chip at head of spine some age toning to spine joints binding solid: Textblock has some age toning pages clean and unmarked: Text is in German: 172 pp. 1308466. FP New Rockville Stock. Springer-Verlag unknown books
19911308469Berlin: Springer-Verlag 1991. Softcover. Octavo: VG/no-DJ paperback: Blue spine with black text: Covers are clean with light shelfwear slight fraying at upper corner small chip at head and tail of spine binding solid: Textblock has some age toning pages clean and unmarked: Text is in German: 172 pp. 1308469. FP New Rockville Stock. Springer-Verlag unknown books
19911308468Berlin: Springer-Verlag 1991. Softcover. Octavo: VG/no-DJ paperback: Blue spine with black text: Covers are clean with light shelfwear small chip at tail of spine binding solid: Textblock has some age toning very small liquid stain along exterior head edge pages clean and unmarked: Text is in German: 172 pp. 1308468. FP New Rockville Stock. Springer-Verlag unknown books
19911308464Berlin: Springer-Verlag 1991. Softcover. Octavo: VG/no-DJ paperback: Blue spine with black text: Covers are mostly clean with light shelfwear slight fraying in upper corner small chip at head of spine staining along back head edge binding solid: Textblock has some age toning pages clean and unmarked: Text is in German: 172 pp. 1308464. FP New Rockville Stock. Springer-Verlag unknown books
19911308463Berlin: Springer-Verlag 1991. Softcover. Octavo: VG/no-DJ paperback: Blue spine with black text: Covers are clean with light shelfwear slight fraying in upper corner small chip at head of spine binding solid: Textblock has some age toning pages clean and unmarked: Text is in German: 172 pp. 1308463. FP New Rockville Stock. Springer-Verlag unknown books
19422311459Pennsylvania: Military Service Publishing Co 1942. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Jacket edges rubbed with a few small chips. 1942 Hard Cover. xii 248 pp. ".a practical common sense guide to everything the pilot must know to keep himself at the peak of physical and mental fitness."--jacket Military Service Publishing Co hardcover books
1993916343Boston/NY: Houghton Mifflin. 1993. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
199390055ABoston: Houghton Mifflin 1993. First edition first prnt. Signed & dated "October 30 '93" by Kafka on the half-title page. Publisher's promotional postcard laid in. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover books
1993703803Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1993. The advance reading copy of this novel partly an e-mail epistolary novel. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Award for first fiction. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Houghton Mifflin paperback books
199319930Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1993. 1st edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, unknown books
200059324Westport:: Greenwood Press. Fine. 2000. Hardcover. 0313311226 . Second printing. Fine in green glossy printed boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Greenwood Press, hardcover books
199378360NY:: Garland Publishing. Near Fine. 1993. Hardcover. 0815311605 . First edition. About fine in light brown cloth. No dust jacket as issued. . Garland Publishing, hardcover books
194661162New York: Cornell Maritime Press. Very Good. 1946. Hardcover. Victory Edition. 1167pp. navy cloth gilt printing some spotting to covers gently bumped spine ends corners front hinge starting. Contents show a light toning to edges but are otherwise bright and complete. A near Very Good copy. . Cornell Maritime Press hardcover books
1946UKAFWAR00fpCornell Maritime Press 1946. Very Good. Kafka Roger. Warships of the World. Pepperburg Roy L. New York NY: Cornell Maritime Press 1946. Victory edition. x 1167pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Royal 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed and both ends of spine bumped. Hinges cracked but holding. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed and chipped. Small loss on foot of spine. Cornell Maritime Press hardcover books
2001261984Boston: Houghton Mifflin 2001. Hardcover. 248p. near-fine first edition first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards and bright unclipped dj. Sophomore effort from the author of "Love" A comedy of romance and marriage between gays straights rich and poor old and young. Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
