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197346376NY: Schocken 1973. First English edition. 8vo pp. xxv 592. Notes chronology index. Edited by Erich Heller and Jurgen Born; translated by James Stern and Elisabeth Duckworth. Frontis portrait. A nice copy in somewhat scuffed dj. A record of five crucial years in Kafka's live and off his relationship to the woman to whom he was twice engaged but never married. Schocken 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
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
194619374NY: Vanguard 1946. 8vo pp. 98. Owner's bookplate. VG. The story of a man who wakes up one morning metamorphosed into a cockroach. Vanguard unknown books
2001179803Basel: Stroemfeld Verlag 2001. Softcover. VG/VG- books are clean and clear. Slipcase has overall wear and scuffing. Three volume set housed in color decorative slipcase. Each volume is white wraps with black lettering. Volume 1 is 244 pp. Volume 2 is 210 pp. Volume 3 is 80 pp. Volume 3 includes a computer optical disc. Three volume set. Text in German. 1. Oxforder Quartheft 1 -- 2. Oxforder Quartheft 2 -- 3. Untitled commentary. Historically critical edition of all manuscripts printing and typeface scripts. An edition of the institute for text criticism. Stroemfeld Verlag unknown books
194773576New York: Schocken Books 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. This collection of Franz Kafka's mythological tales is drawn from his short pieces his notebooks diaries letters and the novel The Trial. The original German is printed opposite the English translation and all the parables are divided into three main groups: "Israel" "Hellas" and "Occident." Small octavo: 127 p. Original green cloth binding with gilt titles. The dust jacket is toned along the spine and extremities with a faint spot to the front panel and a small tape reinforcement to the verso; otherwise very good. Schocken Books hardcover books
1947D16565New York: Schocken 1947. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Small 8vo; original cloth dust jacket. A dual-language edition with German on one side and English on the other. Clean copy in spine-faded priced-clipped DJ. <br/><br/> Schocken hardcover books
195229024New York: Modern Library. 1952. 1st Modern Library Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine copy but for owner's name in upper right corner of title page in very good dust jacket with small chips and tears at spine ends. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 328 pp . Modern Library hardcover books
195239695NY: Modern Library 1952. Hardcover. Very good. H" stamp on front free endpaper top edge of textblock foxed else a very good hardback in a rubbed and darkened jacket that has a few small closed tears. <br/><br/> Modern Library hardcover books
196145452NY: Knopf 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. Page edges foxed else a very good hardback in a tanned jacket that is darkened on the spine and has some minor wear to the extremities. <br/><br/> Knopf hardcover books
1930140938490New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1930. First American Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition first printing. Bound in publisher's light grey cloth stamped in black. Very Good with light toning to spine and top edges light foxing. Pages toned and lightly musty. In a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with light edge wear toned at the spine and top edge. A lovely copy. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1930170331010London: Martin Secker 1930. First British Edition. Very Good. First British edition first printing. Very Good with spine cloth sunned corners bumped and a previous owner name to the front free end paper. A nice copy lacking the dust jacket. Martin Secker unknown books
194876112NY:: Knopf. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. Translated from the German by Edwin and Willa Muir. Introduction by Thomas Mann. Eighth printing thus. Very good in a good edge worn and age darkened dust jacket. . Knopf, hardcover books
193096542New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1930. First edition in English of Kafka's classic work. Octavo original cloth. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Translated by Edwin and Willa Muir. With an introduction by Edwin Muir. A superior example scarce in this condition. The limits of Kafka's messianic vision correspond to the great skepticism with which he regarded the possibility of transcending the human predicament . . . At precisely the point when K. draws closest to his own salvation and to the salvation that he could offer the rest of the world he is also farthest away from it. At precisely the moment when his spirit is called K. is asleep" W. G. Sebald. It is the basis for the 1968 film directed by Rudolf Noelte and starring Maximilian Schell Cordula Trantow Trudik Daniel and Helmut Qualtinger and the 1997 film by Austrian director Michael Haneke. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
196957871NY: Modern Library 1969. Small 8vo pp. xvii 481. Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir with additional material translated by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser. With an Homage by Thomas Mann. Blue cloth. Edges spotted edges of cover little scuffed o/w a VG tight copy in soiled dj. Includes alternative versions of passages and parts deleted by the author. Modern Library unknown books
197145078NY: Schocken 1971. 8vo pp. vii 486. Chronology bibliography. Cover little soiled o/w a VG tight copy. Schocken unknown books
1949173080New York: Schocken Books 1949. Second printing. Hardcover. 345 pages. Edited by Max Brod and translated by Joseph Kresh. A tight near fine copy with some slight bumping to the spine ends and a small former owner signature to the front free endpaper in a very good price clipped dust jacket with price increase rubberstamped to the front flap and a number of small chips and tears. Schocken Books unknown books
1949173081New York: Schocken Books 1949. Second printing. Hardcover. 343 pages. Edited by Max Brod and translated by Martin Greenberg with the cooperation of Hannah Arendt. A clean and tight near fine copy with a small former owner signature to the front free endpaper in a close to near fine price clipped dust jacket with price increase stamped to the front flap some chips to the spine ends and corners and edges and some other minor wear. Still a pleasing copy. Schocken Books unknown books
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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
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
1915140937186Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag 1915. Very Good. First edition first printing. Publisher's original printed blue paper-covered boards. Very Good with toning to covers and rubbing at extremities. Previous owner name crossed out on front paste down and title page several hinges slightly exposed. A landmark of 20th century literature and Kafka's most enduring work. Kurt Wolff Verlag unknown books
1977TB31785Franklin Center: The Franklin Library 1977. Unstated Limited Edition. Fine in gilt decorated medium gray leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine and with gilt text and decorations stamped on the spine and both boards. The edges to the text block are gilt and there is a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. One of the volumes in The Franklin Library's collection of The 100 Greatest Books of All Time. Illustrated by Phero Thomas. 341 pages of text and illustrations. A very attractive copy free of any names inscriptions book plates or markings of any kind. The Franklin Library hardcover books