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195473556London: Secker and Warburg 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The first edition in English translated by Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins. The title story was never completed but is significant as showing Kafka at the outset of his literary career already a master of language but still uncertain how best to handle his material whether to write in the first person singular or whether to adopt the famous "K" as the symbol for his hero. A volume in the Definitive Edition of The Works of Franz Kafka. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding with gilt titles. The boards are ever so slightly bowed with some fading along the spine and a minor bump to the spine head. The dust jacket is browned along the spine and folds with a single tape reinforcement to the verso; else very good. Secker and Warburg 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
1915140937916Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag 1915. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing with no stamps to title page case-bound issue. Sans-serif variant of type to front cover and spine no priority. 73 1 5 ads pp. Publisher's printed blue paper-covered boards. In German. Very Good with typical sunning along top edge of front and back boards rubbing along edges of head boards bowed outwards a little worn tips spine slightly darkened. Internally bright. The first book appearance of Kafka's The Metamorphosis issued simultaneously in wraps and boards a landmark of 20th century literature. Kurt Wolff Verlag unknown books
2005035593New York: Artisan 2005. xii 708p. b/w illus. dj. Artisan unknown books
1953WRCLIT76775Paris: Chez A. Kroll 1953. Small quarto 19 x 17cm. Loose folded sheets laid into stiff wrappers with pictorial vignette. Plates. A few plate guard tissues creased a few lower margins show a bit of foxing but a near fine copy in very good board slipcase and chemise. The label on the chemise is partially chipped away. First printing in this format of the translation into French by Alexandre Vialatte printed in company with an appended letter from Max Brod. Illustrated with 12 original burin engravings by A. Krol. From a total edition of 165 copies of which 15 were hors commerce printed on vélin d'Arches this is one of 113 numbered copies. All copies were signed by the artist Abram Krol. MONOD 6488. BENEZIT VIII:101. [Chez A. Kroll] 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
197847645NY: Knopf. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1978. Hardcover. Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir and E. M. Butler. Book club edition. Fine in a near fine a bit sun faded along the spine dust jacket. . Knopf, hardcover 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
1936174523New York: Transition 1936. First edition. Softcover. 216 pages. A terrific issue of this important and influential literary journal. Features a cover with an illustration by Joan Miro along with internal illustrations by Matthew Brady Piet Mondrian L. Moholy-Nagy Constantin Brancusi Paul Klee Henri Matisse Paul Strand and others. Includes literary and other contributions by Harry Brown Eugen Jolas Dylan Thomas Oliver Wells Franz Kafka and others. A clean very near fine copy in yapped wrappers with some very minute wear. A lovely copy of this nearly 85 year old periodical. Transition 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
WELLER9781782274391New. New book. 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
197547493Avon CT: Limited Editions Club 1975. Edition limited to 2000 copies signed by the artist 4to pp. xv 5 220 2; illustrated in black & white line and with colored line-and-wash drawings; publisher's red morocco with titles in blind and gilt; fine in slipcase. Printed at the Stinehour Press. LEC Bibliography 495. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club unknown books
194894626NY: Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir and E. M. Butler. Seventh printing of the first American edition. Very good in a very good moderate edge wear with two small chips age darkened dust jacket with the original $2.75 price on the front flap.; 297 pages . Knopf, hardcover books
1998Embry 141637Schocken 1998. Book Club edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with minor crinkle to crown of spine in mylar cover. Schocken, 1998. Book Club edition. unknown 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
196847494Lock Haven PA: Hammermill Paper Company 1968. One of an edition limited to 2500 copies this being # 487. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. Designs for KafkaÕs The Trial by George Salter P.J. Conkwright Merle Armitage Carl Zahn Joseph Blumenthal and Marshall Lee. Lock Haven PA: Hammermill Paper Company 1968. With an essay on The Trial by Kenneth Rexroth. One of an edition limited to 2500 copies this being # 487. Hardcover. . Gilt lettering to spine and front board. Bumped to head & heel; rubbed to spine; light foxing to edges of page block and preliminaries; else very good. Very good/No dust jacket. Hammermill Paper Company hardcover books
196192859NY:: Modern Library. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. B0895ZRZGQ . Modern Library number 318. Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir. Revised and with additional materials translated by E. M. Butler. Stated first printing of this Definitive Edition. Very good in a very good minor edge wear dust jacket with $1.95 price on front flap and 408 titles listed on verso.; 341 pages . Modern Library, hardcover books
1962135566N.p.: Roger Corbeau 1962. Two oversize double weight still photographs from the set of the 1962 film. Each shot and stamped by still photographer Roger Corbeau and with unique rubber stamped reference numbers on the verso. <br/><br/>"Le proces" released as "The Trial" in the UK and the US was co-produced by entities in France West Germany and Italy and was shot in France between March and June of 1962. Welles considered it his best film and it remains one of the few great twentieth century adaptations of existentialist literature and the definitive visualization of Kafka's work. <br/><br/>9.5 x 8 inches. In an archival mat. Fine. <br/><br/>Grant US. Spicer US. Roger Corbeau unknown books
197286273NY: Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir and E. M. Butler. Seventh printing thus. Remainder mark on bottom edge else very good in a very good price clipped dust jacket.; 341 pages . Knopf, hardcover 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
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
19371810048Gollancz 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very good first UK edition with 1937 on title page with a stain on bottom edge of book block. Gollancz hardcover books
1964162452New York: The Modern Library 1964. Later printing. Hardcover. Definitive edition translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir. Revised and with additional materials translated by E.M. Butler. A tight near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. The Modern Library unknown books
