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1975043199Avon CT: The Limited Editions Club 1975. Book. Illus. by Alan E. Cober. Fine. Hardcover. Red faux leather front cover lettered in blind spine panel lettered in gilt. As issued in original glassine dust wrapper showing loss to lower spine panel and closed tear extending partway up panel. xix222 pp. illus. w/ color plates. Limited to an edition of 2000 copies signed by illustrator Cober this copy out of series. Publisher's slipcase shows a few slight marks essentially as issued. The Limited Editions Club Hardcover
1947002836London: Secker and Warburg 1947. Originally published by Gollancz in 1935; this Secker edition came out ten years later. While not common it is much more accessible than its earlier cousin. This is a Very Good copy of a Later Printing the Third Impression. Blue cloth binding with maroon lettering on the spine. Clean text; 200 pages including a five-page Epilogue by Kafka's friend Max Brod. Translation from the original German is by Willa and Edwin Muir. Spine has faded although the lettering is still bright and there is light fade around the margins; mildly splayed and both front and rear paste-downs have some bubbling. The dustwrapper is complete with some mild edge-wear and a 1/4" chip at the crown of the spine which has darkened. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Secker and Warburg Hardcover
1975014956Avon CT: Limited Editions Club 1975. Hardcover. New and unread. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Alan E. Cober. Large octavo 7-1/2" x 9-1/2" bound in full red morocco with gilt rules and lettering and blindstamping. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir with an introduction by Erich Heller. Illustrated with color plates and black-and-white drawings by Alan E. Cober. One of 2000 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. This copy was acquired directly from the publisher and is not numbered likely an overrun copy. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club hardcover
1995Q-0140184783Penguin Classics 1995-03-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Classics paperback
19692083002115701164Sanshusha 1969. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 288p Size: 18 cm Number of copies: 1 Sanshusha paperback
1989Q-0805208860Schocken 1989-08-05. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Schocken paperback
1967V38589The Hague / Paris (Mouton) 1967 (= Erste Ausgabe). 8°, Originalleinen mit Originalumschlag (Hardcover) 176 S., 1
1983mon0000995206Allen Lane 1983. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. First edition Pages clean and bright Binding firm Light wear to edges Dust jacket unclipped. Allen Lane hardcover
1983G0713916303I3N10Viking 1983. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Viking hardcover
198311457London; Allen Lane Penguin 1983. 1983. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo pp. vii 1 486. Bound in brown publisher's cloth over boards with gilt titles to spine. With the unclipped publisher's pictorial dust-jacket. Clean bright tight and free from inscriptions ever so slightly soiled to fore-edge. Dust-jacket a touch creased to edges. Kafkas's visionary complete shorter fiction collected together for the first time in a single volume. London; Allen Lane [Penguin], 1983. hardcover
1967470467Schocken Books. Good. 1967. Soft Cover. Q107 . Schocken Books paperback
1946558972New York: The Dial Press 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Introduction by Lionel Trilling. Octavo. xvi 688pp. Light foxing on page edges spine ends lightly bumped with spine slightly cocked a bit else a near fine copy in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with short nicks and tears on spine ends and corners. Containing two sonnets entitled "Salem" and "Concord" by Robert Lowell. "Poem" by Kenneth Patchen. "Two Morning Monologues" by Saul Bellow. Much of the material contained in this volume were first published here with contributions by Franz Kafka James T. Farrell Mary McCarthy James Agee Robert Lowell T.S. Eliot Marianne Moore W.H. Auden Stephen Spender E.E. Cummings Katherine Anne Porter Sherwood Anderson John Dos Passos and many others. An important collection of poetry essays and modern literature. Scarce in trade. The Dial Press hardcover
1992Q-0688099823William Morrow & Co 1992-02-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! William Morrow & Co hardcover
1959192811New York: George Braziller 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner name on front pastedown. Text briefly annotated in pencil. George Braziller hardcover
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
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
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
1972BN029866Bantam 1972. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sextodecimo. An extraordinary new translation of Kafka's masterpiece and a paperback original which also includes Kafka's letters entries in Kafka;s diaries and other essays. Near fine with very light general rubbing on covers and very minor light age toning to the text. Extremely scarce. Bantam paperback
1971332027New York: Schocken Books 1971. First Paperback Edition; Fifth Printing. Softcover. Very Good in wraps. Owner personalization inked on FEP. Schocken Books unknown
1996Q-0486290301Dover Publications 1996-04-12. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Dover Publications paperback
1972Q-0553213695Bantam Classics 1972-03-01. Mass Market Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Bantam Classics paperback
1981Q-055321196xBantam Books 1981-06-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Bantam Books paperback
1995Q-0020218079Scribner Paperback Fiction Simon & Schuster 1995-04-20. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Scribner Paperback Fiction, Simon & Schuster paperback
1996Q-1566199700Barnes & Noble Books 1996-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Barnes & Noble Books hardcover