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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
19292905Stara Rise Czech Republic: Josef Florian 1929. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/Very good. Together 2 volumes large 4to and 8vo. PORTFOLIO 310 x 235 mm. Half-title SIGNED by the artist title-page 2-page translation of Kafka's "Ein Traum" into Czech by Gustav Janouch list of plates and statement of limitation printed in red and black. With 6 full-page heliogravures from etchings by Otto Coester numbered 1-6 in pencil. Loose as issued original brown textured wrappers front wrapper with vignette printed in black spine chipped with long tear along fold plates perfectly clean. TEXT VOLUME 170 x 115 mm. 82 3 pp. Pictorial title-page printed in red and black. With 7 b/w illustrations in the text likewise by Coester 3 elaborate decorative initials printed in red. Original pale ivory wrappers front wrapper and spine lettered in purple and grey lightly rubbed. ADDED: 4-page publisher's prospectus and with illustrated card of Coester's "Promena" laid in. The entire ensemble preserved in a light gold colored cloth case. ¶ Important collection of the first illustrations of any Kafka work in any language. Here offered is the scarce first edition in Czech of "Metamorphosis" along with the rare separately published portfolio of six heliogravures from etchings all illustrated by Swabian artist Otto Coester. Coester lived in Moravia in the 1920s and belonged to a close-knit circle of Kafka admirers. Although there is no confirmed record of Kafka and Coester ever meeting in person they certainly knew each other by reputation and their proximity has led some scholars to question whether or not Coester had some inside knowledge of Kafka's vision see: David Gallagher "The Metamorphosis" p. 134. ¶ That Kafka's legendary "Der Verwandlung" is illustrated here for the first time is highly significant. From its "inception" Kafka had insisted that the creature exist only as the product reader's own worst nightmare undefined by any graphic representation on the printed page. Indeed concerning publication of the 1915 Leipzig first edition of "Der Vanderlung" Kafka demanded that: "The insect itself must not be illustrated by a drawing. It cannot be shown at all not even from a distance." ¶ Thus these 1929 illustrations are the earliest published depiction of the mythic creature. The arresting eerie heliogravures depict various highlights of the story from the protagonist Gregor Samsa awakening "from monstrous dreams" to his transformation "right there on his bed into some sort of monstrous insect"; Gregor's wife Grete playing her violin for the boarders; the discovery of Gregor's disgusting carcass and more. The text volume published contemporaneously with the portfolio contains an entirely DIFFERENT series of Coester's "Metamorphosis" illustrations; therefore in order to assess the full compliment of the iconographic tradition of Franz Kafka's writings we must examine both Coester editions together. Doing so is extremely difficult: OCLC identifies Univ. Illinois and Univ. Indiana as the only American institutions holding both the portfolio and the published first Czech edition; Harvard has only the book. ¶ Coester 1902-1990 was close to the Paris Surrealists the Bauhaus and the Werkbund; among his circle of friends were Alfred Kubin Ossip Zadkine Gerhard Marcks and Ewald Matare. He traveled to Moravia in 1927 and there publisher and early Kafka admirer Josef Florian inspired Coester to create book illustrations for "The Metamorphosis." These appeared in 1929 in a portfolio limited to just 120 copies of which ours is number 72 for which the illustrations were printed by the Graphic Union in Prague under the supervision of Josef Capek and the letterpress by Kryl and Scotti in Novy Jicine. That Coester himself assumed responsibility for the distribution of the portfolio and sold a number of copies in Germany may account for its rarity: after all Coester was a painter not a bookseller and both publications appeared during two World Wars during which time the market for artist's books was almost non-existent SOURCE: O.F. Babler "Rane ceske preklady Franze Kafky" in: Franz Kafka: Liblicka Konference ed. Eduard Goldstucker/ Prague: CSAV 1963 p. 146. The first Czech edition of "The Metamorphosis" present here in excellent condition was limited to 400 copies of which ours is number 310 of 400 copies on velin from a total edition of 600. ¶ See the exhibition catalogue: "Otto Coester - prvnà ilustrátor Franze Kafky" Dusseldorf Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande und Westfalen 1990. Borchers / Svestka Otto Coester Monographie mit Oeuvreverzeichnis 1991 p. 22 and no. 13 a-h. Literature: Katerina Nakladalova "Promena Franze Kafky od ilustrace po inspiraci Reflexe Kafkova dila ve vytvarnem umeni v Ceskoslovensku "Transformation of Franz Kafka from illustration to inspiration: Reflection of Kafka's work in fine art in Czechoslovakia" Masters Thesis Masarykova University Brno 2013 figs. 4-6. Josef Florian unknown books
1947WRCLIT30683Paris: Jean Vigneau 1947. Printed wrappers. First edition in French trade issue after ten copies on Alfa translated from the Hungarian by Victor Hintz. Slight tanning and small nick at toe of spine otherwise a very good unopened copy. Jean Vigneau unknown books
1991WRCLIT34903New York: Ticknor & Fields 1991. Large thick octavo. Cloth and boards. Frontis photographs. First edition. About fine in dust jacket. Ticknor & Fields hardcover books
1970WRCLIT34098Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press 1970. Cloth. Frontis plates. First edition. Poet Cid Corman's copy with his ownership signature and annotations. Very good in dust jacket. University of North Carolina Press hardcover books
194765001NY: Vanguard Press 1947. First edition. xiii 265 pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket with two tears and chips to crown of spine. NY: Vanguard Press unknown books
1947229040New York The Vanguard Press Inc. 1947. 1947. First edition. 8vo. Dust jacket unclipped; few nicks. Very good. 265 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Advance review copy with publisher's slip laid in loose with publication date of June 25th. Also laid in loose is a vintage photograph of Paul Goodman announcing the issue of "Kafka's Prayer" by Vanguard. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, The Vanguard Press, Inc. [1947]. hardcover books
197167004NY: Praeger 1971. First US edition. 4to. 191 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs by Isidor Pollak. Translated by P.S. Falla. Uncommon in such condition. NY: Praeger unknown books
194730342New York: Schocken Books 1947. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with a "C"-shaped tear to top edge of rear panel. A biography by Kafka's close friend and literary executor. <br/><br/> Schocken Books unknown books
196085430NY:: Schocken Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1960. Hardcover. B001J1UNKQ . Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir. Fourth printing thus. Foxing on top edge else very good in a very good age toning dust jacket. . Schocken Books, hardcover books
196690748NY:: Schocken Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1966. Hardcover. B0006BNXQG . Bilingual edition: German and English. Translated by Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins. No indication of printing. Very good in a very good price clipped dust jacket. . Schocken Books, hardcover books
1973Embry 180798Schocken Books 1973. First U.S. edition. Near fine in very good moderately rubbed dust jacket in mylar cover. Schocken Books, 1973. First U.S. edition. unknown books
197864137NY:: Schocken Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. 0805236627 . Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. Second printing thus. Very good in a very good minor shelf wear fading along the spine dust jacket. . Schocken Books, hardcover books
195328845London: Secker & Warburg 1953. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Corners a little bumped. Else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket minutely soiled. <br/><br/> Secker & Warburg unknown books
1984Embry 177651The Limited Editions Club 1984. One of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. Fine in fine publisher's slipcase with a faint scuff to front panel and a few tiny rub marks. Illustrated by Jose Luis Cuevas. Gray morocco backed striped boards. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir. The Limited Editions Club, 1984. One of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. hardcover books
198452539NY: Limited Editions Club 1984. First edition. 4to. xii 61 pp. Very near fine in paper-covered boards with leather spine lightly sunned. Translated from the original German by Willa and Edwin Muir. Illustrated with drawings & etchings by José Luis Cuevas. Introduction by Robert Coles. One of 1500 numbered copies on Magnani mold-made paper SIGNED by Cuevas. Original Limited Editions Club newsletter specific to this volume accompanies. NY: Limited Editions Club hardcover books
198383619NY:: Schocken Books. Near Fine. 1983. Hardcover. 0805238565 . Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir. First printing thus. Sun fading along the spine else near fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Schocken Books, hardcover books
198368603NY:: Schocken Books. Very Good. 1983. Hardcover. 0805238565 . Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir. First printing thus. Some light foxing to endpapers else very good in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Schocken Books, hardcover books
196886200NY: Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir. Homage by Thomas Mann. Ninth printing thus. Very good in a very good price clipped dust jacket. Typography binding and dust jacket design by George Salter. . Knopf, hardcover books
