Kafka Franz
Vor Dem Gesetz
Bucherei Des schocken Verlags 1934. Book. Good Book Condition. Hardcover. Backstrip missing else Very Good. Our rating system: 1.Fine; 2. Near fine; 3. Very good; 4. Good; 5. Fair. Bucherei Des schocken Verlags Hardcover
Référence libraire : 034824
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Kafka Franz / Andringa Els
Wandel der Interpretation - Kafkas "Vor dem Gesetz" im Spiegel der Literaturwissenschaft
1994. Opladen Westdeutscher Verlag = Konzeption empirische Literaturwissenschaft Band 17 1994 8° 223 S. illustr. original Kartonage Paperback tadelloses sauberes Exemplar ohne Mängel K32 - A Should your order's weight exceed 1kg we shall need to message you to recalculate the shipping cost. paperback
Référence libraire : 24713AB ISBN : 3531125931 9783531125930
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Kafka Franz. Text Kaiser Ernst & Eithne Wilkins. Trans. Brod Max. Notes
Wedding Preparations. Definitive Edition.
London: Secker & Warburg. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4"; 446 pages . Secker & Warburg hardcover
Référence libraire : 3115228
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Kafka Franz
Wedding Preparations in the Country and Other Posthumous Prose Writings
London: Martin Secker & Warburg Limited 1973. Hardcover in very good condition with good jacket. Reprint. With notes by Max Brod. Price-clipped jacket is marked and worn. Front lower edge is nicked. Jacket and hardcover spine feet are bumped. Page block is marked. Light abrasions on front pastedown and FEP. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW. Hardcover. Very Good. Used. Martin Secker & Warburg Limited Hardcover
Référence libraire : 492360 ISBN : 0436230461 9780436230462
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Kafka Franz.
Wedding Preparations.
London: Secker & Warburg. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First British Edition. Fine in very good dust jacket. Chipping at edges of jacket. Couple longish tears. Previous owner's neat signature inked on front end paper. 'Printed in Great Britain' sticker at head of copyright page with bleed through to title. ; 5 1/4" X 7 1/2"; 446 pages . Secker & Warburg. hardcover
Référence libraire : 3113512
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KAFKA FRANZ
Wedding Preparations in the Country
Secker & Warburg 1973. ex library hardback octavo with d/w VG; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost Secker & Warburg 1973 hardcover
Référence libraire : 133754
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Kafka Franz
WEDDING PREPARATIONS IN THE COUNTRY
New York: Penguin Books Ltd. 1978. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Softcover. 0140044418 . Very Good- in wrappers. Scratches and rubbing to wrappers. ; Modern Classics; 7.60 X 5 X 0.50 inches; 192 pages; Original binding. All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box. . Penguin Books Ltd paperback
Référence libraire : 75266 ISBN : 0140044418 9780140044416
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Kafka Franz
Wedding Preparations in the Country and other posthumous prose writings
London: Secker and Warburg 1954. First English language edition. Paperback. Very Good/near Very Good. 1st printing. Translated from the German by Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins. Notes by Max Brod. Blue cloth boards stamped in green on the spine and gilt on the upper panel. Name and address of ownership stamped on the ffe else a clean unmarked copy in a tight binding and unclipped dust jacket. The protected dust jacket is a little nicked and worn at the edges with a soiled spine and very small hole at the upper spine fold. <br/><br/> Secker and Warburg paperback
Référence libraire : 89480
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Kafka Franz
Wedding Preparations in the Country Modern Classics
Penguin Books Ltd. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. Penguin Books Ltd unknown
Référence libraire : GRP64657772 ISBN : 0140044418 9780140044416
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Kafka Franz
Wedding Preparations
London: Secker and Warburg 1954. Jacket has some chipping rubbing and bumping. Open and closed tears to front and rear. Damp marks to boards some damp damage prelim PP does not affect text. First Edition. Hard. Good/Good Minus. 8vo. Secker and Warburg Hardcover
Référence libraire : 61048
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Kafka Franz
Wedding Preparations in the Country; And Other Post Humous Prose Writings
Secker & Warburg 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. notes by Max Brod. Translated by Ernst Kaiser & Wilkins Eithne. Blue coloured boards with gilt title to the front panel and backstrip. Plain text dustwrapper with black and pale gray big coloured titles to the front panel and red and black coloured titles to the backstrip. These six short stories from Franz Kafka have all been sourced from manuscripts housed at the Schocken Library in Jerusalem. It shows the working of a young writer the title piece and other works that show Kafka's fantastic mind. But perhaps more important " . because fundamental to understanding of Kafka Is the Letter to My Father printed in full for the first time. Written at the age of 36 can surely be called unique in world literature a classic example of the complex relationship between artist son and businessman father." � From the front panel blurb. Softening and fading commensurate with dustwrapper lost to the backstrip edges and bumping to the book corners. There has been sunning to both top and bottom book edges. Browning to the textblock edges. Offset tanning to the endpapers and light age toning of the internal text. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and backstrip edges. There are small tears and creasing to the other dustwrapper edges. Sunning to the backstrip and the dustwrapper panel show stains and rubs. Clipping of the dustwrapper front fold over lower right-hand corner. The rear fold over panel shows the crease the full-length of the panel. This is the first edition in the English language. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. 6 seven-or hundred and 46 2 pages. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; Short Stories; Inventory No: 0112758. . Secker & Warburg hardcover
Référence libraire : 0112758
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Kafka Franz
Wedding Preparations in the country and other posthumous prose writings
London: Secker & Warburg 1954. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Previous owner's signature otherwise a nice clean copy in the original dustwrapper with a few short tears and some light wrinkling to the rear panel. Cloth. <br/><br/> Secker & Warburg hardcover
Référence libraire : 514
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Kafka Franz
WEDDING PREPARATIONS IN THE COUNTRY AND OTHER STORIES
GB: Penguin 1978. Penguin Modern Classic. 1st Thus. Paperback. VG. Penguin Paperback
Référence libraire : p04441
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Kafka Franz
Wedding Preparations in the Country
Secker 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The boards are a bit sunned and rubbed. Some foxing and a few rubber stamps. Soundly bound. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Secker hardcover
Référence libraire : dm12
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Kafka Franz
Wedding preparations in the country and other posthumous prose writings ;; With notes by Max Brod ; Translated by Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins
London: Secker and Warburg 1954. First English edition stated. Hardcover. Spine midly sunned; tiny spot to front board center; endpaper and edges lightly foxed; else tight and Very Good. Lacks DJ. Small octavo in pale blue cloth brds 446 p. 19 cm. Contents: Wedding preparations in the country.--Reflections on sin suffering hope and the true way.--The 8 octave note-books.--Letter to his father.--Fragments.--Paralipomena. Published in the U.S. as: Dearest Father. <br/><br/> Secker and Warburg hardcover
Référence libraire : 13787
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Kafka Franz
Wedding Preparations in the Country and Other Stories
Penguin London 1984. Mass Market Paperback. Book Condition: Good. Moderate reading wear. Clean interior. paperback
Référence libraire : 023989 ISBN : 0140044418 9780140044416
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Kafka Franz
Wedding Preparations in the Country and Other Posthumous Prose Writings
London: Secker and Warburg 1954. Octavo 446pp. British copyright notice taped over American notice on c.r. page leaving tape stain. Slight wear. V.Good in Fair dust jacket Definitive Ed. Trans. by Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins. 1st Eng. Ed. Hardcover. Secker and Warburg Hardcover
Référence libraire : 004350
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Kafka Franz Illustration: Larisch Harald; Kafka Franz; Larisch Harald
Wie K�nnten Narren M�de Werden: Aphorismen
Edition Federchen 2014. Hardcover. New. German language. Edition Federchen hardcover
Référence libraire : __394168342X ISBN : 394168342X 9783941683426
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Kafka Franz; Juliusz KydeynskiTranslators
Wyrok
Panstwowy Instytut Wydawniczy 1975. Polish translation. Pages unmarked. Paper off-white. Covers moderately worn. Binding firm. Paperback. Good. Panstwowy Instytut Wydawniczy Paperback
Référence libraire : 101028 ISBN : 8306006550 9788306006551
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Kafka Franz
Z La metarmofosis - Kafka
2012. Paperback. Very Good-New. Rare book paperback
Référence libraire : T35941 ISBN : 8426135358 9788426135353
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Kafka Franc
Zamak
Nova knjiga - Podgorica. Hardcover. 866369038X Dust jacket edges show some rubbing scuffing flaring and some small tears around corners. . Good. Nova knjiga - Podgorica hardcover
Référence libraire : FORLANGRJ09201923 ISBN : 866369038X 9788663690387
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Kafka Franc
Zamak
Logos 2008. paperback. New. Serbian language cirilica 21 cm Kosmopolis Austrijska knjizevnost Mracna i nadrealisticna atmosfera ovog romana ukazuje na sveopsti strah i otudjenje koje nastaje u eri diktature birokratije drzavnog sistema koji kontrolise svaki pokusaj individiualnog vodjenja poslova i sputava coveka u svakom aspektu zivljenja. Zamak koji dominira nad selom u koji dolazi glavni junak geometar K. s idejom da u njemu nadje zaposlenje simbol je iracionalnog straha koji se uvukao u duse seljana obicnih ljudi a koji ne mimoilazi ni njega. Nemogucnost uspostavljanja kontakta sa upraviteljMracna i nadrealisticna atmosfera ovog romana ukazuje na sveopsti strah i otudjenje koje nastaje u eri diktature birokratije drzavnog sistema koji kontrolise svaki pokusaj individiualnog vodjenja poslova i sputava coveka u svakom aspektu zivljenja. Zamak koji dominira nad selom u koji dolazi glavni junak geometar K. s idejom da u njemu nadje zaposlenje simbol je iracionalnog straha koji se uvukao u duse seljana obicnih ljudi a koji ne mimoilazi ni njega. Nemogucnost uspostavljanja kontakta sa Logos paperback
Référence libraire : 121568 ISBN : 8685063604 9788685063602
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Kafka Franc
Zamak
Kosmos 2018. hardcover. New. Serbian language latinica 20 cm Svjetska knizevnost Austrijska knjizevnost Mracna i nadrealisticna atmosfera ovog romana ukazuje na sveopsti strah i otudjenje koje nastaje u eri diktature birokratije drzavnog sistema koji kontrolise svaki pokusaj individiualnog vodjenja poslova i sputava coveka u svakom aspektu zivljenja. Zamak koji dominira nad selom u koji dolazi glavni junak geometar K. s idejom da u njemu nadje zaposlenje simbol je iracionalnog straha koji se uvukao u duse seljana obicnih ljudi a koji ne mimoilazi ni njega. Nemogucnost uspostavljanja kontakta sa upraviteljMracna i nadrealisticna atmosfera ovog romana ukazuje na sveopsti strah i otudjenje koje nastaje u eri diktature birokratije drzavnog sistema koji kontrolise svaki pokusaj individiualnog vodjenja poslova i sputava coveka u svakom aspektu zivljenja. Zamak koji dominira nad selom u koji dolazi glavni junak geometar K. s idejom da u njemu nadje zaposlenje simbol je iracionalnog straha koji se uvukao u duse seljana obicnih ljudi a koji ne mimoilazi ni njega. Nemogucnost uspostavljanja kontakta sa Kosmos hardcover
Référence libraire : 139049 ISBN : 866369038x 9788663690387
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KAFKA Franz
Zamok
Praha: Slovensky spisovatel 1965. IN CZECH - EN TCH�QUE 337 pages; Translation Perla Bzochova.; Cloth Hardcover with slightly scratched and yellowed boards. Dustjacket is faded but has no tears. Book is clean inside and solid. Good condition. . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo. Slovensky spisovatel
Référence libraire : 016769
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Kafka Franz Beda Allemann
Zeit und Geschichte im Werk Kafkas.
Göttingen Wallstein 1998. Gr.8° 254 S. OLwd. m. OU. Min. bestossen sonst gutes Exemplar. EA. = Veröffentlichungen der Deutschen Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung Bd. 75. 010 Göttingen, Wallstein, 1998 unknown
Référence libraire : 59052
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Kafka Franz; Kafka Franz
Zur Frage Der Gesetze Und Andere Schriften Aus Dem Nachla�: Originalfassung
Fischer Tb. Frankfurt 2008. Paperback. New. 205 pages. German language. 7.40x4.72x0.55 inches. Fischer (Tb.), Frankfurt paperback
Référence libraire : __3596181216 ISBN : 3596181216 9783596181216
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Kafka Franz
Zur Frage der Gesetze: und andere Schriften aus dem Nachlaß Franz Kafka Gesammelte Werke in der Fassung der Handschrift Taschenbuchausgabe
FISCHER Taschenbuch 2008. paperback. gebraucht gut SEHR GUTES EXEMPLAR. 1880 x 1200 x 140. Auf Anfrage per E-Mail können Sie die bei uns bestellten Artikel auch in unserer Buchscheune 01796 Struppen Mo.-Fr. 9-16 Uhr oder im Antiquariat Schloss Pillnitz 01326 Dresden Mo.-So. 10-18 Uhr abholen. FISCHER Taschenbuch paperback
Référence libraire : BB47582 ISBN : 3596181216 9783596181216
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Kafka Franz
Über das Schreiben.Herausgegeben von Erich Heller und Joachim Beug.
Frankfurt am Main: Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag 1983. unknown. gebraucht gut Original-Karton. Deutlichere Gebrauchsspuren am EinbandDeckel und Papier etwas lichtrandig sonst GUTES EXEMPLAR. 19 x 13 cm. Auf Anfrage per E-Mail können Sie die bei uns bestellten Artikel auch in unserer Buchscheune 01796 Struppen Mo.-Fr. 9-16 Uhr oder im Antiquariat Schloss Pillnitz 01326 Dresden Mo.-So. 10-18 Uhr abholen. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag unknown
Référence libraire : BB16979
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Kafka Franz
�Du bist die Aufgabe�: Aphorismen
Wallstein Verlag GmbH 2019. Hardcover. New. German language. 8.66x5.75x0.87 inches. Wallstein Verlag GmbH hardcover
Référence libraire : __3835335103 ISBN : 3835335103 9783835335103
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Kafka Franz
A Country Doctor/Ein Landarzt
Philadelphia: The Janus Press 1962. Original brown linen cloth with gilt lettering on spine with only a couple of minor blemishes. Number 26 of 250 copies signed by the artist on the limitation page. 12 relief etchings done from the original plates at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art. Black paper covered slipcase has a little splitting starting on spine edges and minor wear at corners of mouth otherwise near fine. Signed By the Artist. Limited/Numbered. Cloth. Near Fine/Slipcase Very Good. Illus. by Van Vliet Claire. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Trade. The Janus Press Hardcover books
Référence libraire : WN50114
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Kafka Franz
A FRANZ KAFKA MISCELLANY PRE-FASCIST EXILE
New York: Twice A Year 1940. Bright yellow cloth. Binding slightly dusty crown of spine slightly frayed early ink name but a good to very good copy in lightly chipped and somewhat tanned dust jacket with a couple of closed tears. First edition. Includes a number of short pieces by Kafka translated or published in English for the first time along with essays by Brod Muir and Slochower. A long letter about Kafka from Thomas Mann to Jas. Laughlin appears on the rear jacket flap. Twice A Year hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT76852
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Kafka Franz
AMERICA
London: George Routledge & Sons 1938. Plum cloth lettered in gilt. First UK edition of the Edwin and Willa Muir translation. Spine and top edge a trace darkened otherwise a very good copy in tanned dust jacket with some old internally mended tears and externally mended snagged chips at the bottom edge of the rear panel. MELLOWN D32. George Routledge & Sons hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT70592
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KAFKA Franz
AMERICA; Translated from the German by Edwin and Willa Muir
London: George Routledge & Sons 1938. First UK Edn. 8vo pp. 300 adv. Bound in burgundy cloth some spotting to the foredge and endpapers a very good plus copy in little nicked and worn price clipped dj. Mellodwn D32. The third of the author's novels all published after his death. First published in German in 1927 and translated into English by Willa and Edwin Muir. Amerika also known as Der Verschollene or The Man Who Disappeared was the author's first novel published posthumously in 1927. George Routledge & Sons unknown books
Référence libraire : 55209
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Kafka Franz
Amerika: The Missing Person: A New Translation Based on the Restored Text
Schocken Books 2008. New. New book. Schocken Books unknown books
Référence libraire : WELLER9780805211610 ISBN : 0805211616 9780805211610
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Kafka Franz
Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer The Great Wall of China.
Berlin: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag 1931. First edition of this collection of short stories by Kafka. Octavo bound in full leather gilt titles and tooling to the spine gilt tooling to the front and rear panel all edges gilt marbled endpapers. In fine condition. While written in 1917 it was not published until 1930 seven years after Kafka's death. Max Brod included it in Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer the first posthumous collection of short stories by Franz Kafka.Contained within the story is a parable that was separately published as "A Message from the Emperor" "Eine kaiserliche Botschaft" in 1919 in the collection Ein Landarzt A Country Doctor. Some sub-themes of the story include why the wall was built piecemeal in small sections in many different places the relationship of the Chinese with the past and the present and the emperor's imperceptible presence. The story is told in first person by an older man from a southern province. Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag hardcover books
Référence libraire : 122929
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Kafka Franz
Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer; Ungedruckte Erzahlungen und Prosa aus dem Nachlass
Munich: Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue cloth gold spine label printed in red. Near fine. 266 pages. 19.5 x 11.5 cm. Max Brod Kafka's friend and literary executor was instructed by Kafka to destroy his unpublished work. Fortunately Brod ignored the request published the novels and collected works between 1925 and 1935. Brod edited a collection of prose and unpublished stories as "Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer" The Great Wall of China including the story of the same name as he did with "Amerika" and "Das Schloss." All three are now considered to be the Definitive Editions. Text in German. Epilogue by Max Brod and Hans Joachim Schoeps. Owner inscription second free endpaper dated 1934 three leaves of adverts at rear clean and fresh copy spine sunned. Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag hardcover books
Référence libraire : 20344
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KAFKA Franz
Blumfeld An Elderly Bachelor
London:: Four Corners Books. Near Fine. 2008. Hardcover. 9780954502560 . Translated from the German by Tania and James Stern. First edition thus. Near fine in black paper covered boards. No dust jacket as issued. ; 86 pages . Four Corners Books, hardcover books
Référence libraire : 71890 ISBN : 9780954502 9789780954505
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Kafka Franz
CASTLE
New. New book. unknown books
Référence libraire : WELLER9780805211061 ISBN : 0805211063 9780805211061
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Kafka Franz
Das bunte Buch
Leipzig: Kurt Wolff 1914. Later printing. Kokoschka. Original green printed wrappers some chipping to spine very good. Literary contributions by many authors published by Wolff: Kafka Werfel Walser Trakl Lasker-Schüler Heym and others; illustrations by Kokoschka and others. 11-15 thousand. <br/><br/> Kurt Wolff unknown books
Référence libraire : 30210
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Kafka Franz
Das Schloss. Roman
Munich: Kurt Wolff 1926. First edition. 8vo pp. vi 504. Original blue cloth some mild fading internally fine and fresh with the rare original dust jacket edges and folds minimally restored slightly chipped at the ends of the spine the jacket carries a quote from Hermann Hesse calling Kafka "König der Deutschen Sprache" <br/><br/> Kurt Wolff hardcover books
Référence libraire : 32165
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Kafka Franz
Das SchloÃ
Frankfurt am Main: Im Bertelsmann Lesering 1960. 462 1p. lightly chipped dj. Im Bertelsmann Lesering unknown books
Référence libraire : 039791
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Kafka Franz
DAS SCHLOß
Frankfurt: S. Fischer Verlag 1982. Two volumes. Large octavo. Silk over boards paper spine labels ribbon markets. Fine in dust jackets. First printing of the important critical edition edited by Malcolm Pasley. The second volume is comprised of the critical apparatus. Publisher's review flyer laid in. S. Fischer Verlag hardcover books
Référence libraire : WRCLIT52972
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Kafka Franz
Der Heizer: Ein Fragment
Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag 1916. Third Edition. Near Fine. Third edition pre-May 1917 variant without stamp to title page. Although only copyright date is 1913 text is re-set from 2nd edition. 11. Lame Duck Books Catalogue #32. 47 pp. Original black wraps with blue label. Text in German. Near Fine with rubbing to title label light shelf wear. A nice copy of the short story "The Stoker" a fragment of the uncompleted book Amerika. Kurt Wolff Verlag unknown books
Référence libraire : 140938241
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Kafka Franz
Der Prozess The Trial.
Berlin: Verlag Die Schmiede 1925. True first edition of Kafka's classic work. Octavo bound in full morocco gilt titles and tooling to the spine raised bands gilt tooling to the front and rear panels marbled endpapers all edges gilt. In fine condition. First editions are rare. Kafka's Der Prozess The Trial according to Albert Camus takes us "to the limits of human thought. Indeed everything in this work is in the true sense essential. It states the problem of the absurd in its entirety." Published posthumously in German in 1925 by Kafka's friend and executor Max Brod the book "has passed into far more than classical literary status. In more than one hundred languages the epithet 'kafkaesque' attaches to the central images to the constants of inhumanity and absurdity in our times. In this diffusion of the kafkaesque into so many recesses of our private and public existence The Trial plays a commanding role" George Steiner. In 1999 it was listed in Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century and as number two of the Best German Novels of the Twentieth Century. Verlag Die Schmiede hardcover books
Référence libraire : 122327
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KAFKA Franz
Description of a Struggle
New York: Schocken Books 1958. First U.S. edition first printing. Hardcover. 240 pages. An early work from the author of "Metamorphosis" and 'The Trial." Translated by Tania and James Stern. An about very good copy with a small chip to the bottom front corner and a small former owner signature to the front free endpaper in a very good dust jacket with a number of small edge chips and tears some creases to the front flap and other minor edge wear. Despite the flaws a solid copy that looks better than it sounds. Schocken Books unknown books
Référence libraire : 173077
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Kafka Franz
Die Verwandlung
Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag 1916 First edition. Publishers gray wrappers with 3 leaves of advertisements at rear in original pictorial dust jacket. Book with slight lean to spine interior clean; jacket folds lightly rubbed very light wear to spine ends with title and author inked on spine by previous owner. The Metamorphosis was first published serially in German under the title Die Verwandlung in the avant-garde journal Die weissen Blätter in October 1915 and in book format by Kurt Wolff Verlag in December of the same year. It tells the story of the anti-hero Gregor Samsa an overworked travelling salesman who awakens to find himself transformed into an ungeheueres Ungeziefer or as Lloyd translates "some monstrous kind of vermin;" Kafka's deliberately vague description of Samsa's new insect-like body which in the original German is emphasized as being dirty and bottom-feeding makes a direct translation into English extremely difficult but is generally accepted to be a cockroach. As Gregor realizes his own transformation the cause of which is never explained his family's opinion of him similarly transforms as they are both frustrated by his inability to continue to support them financially and disgusted by his new physical appearance. The Metamorphosis is widely considered one of the most influential works of the 20th century. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag paperback books
Référence libraire : FK003
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KAFKA FRANZ
Die Verwandlung The Metamorphosis
First edition. Original wrappers. FIRST EDITION THE PREFERRED ISSUE IN ILLUSTRATED WRAPPERS OF ONE OF THE MASTERPIECES OF WORLD LITERATURE. "On the evening of November 17 1912 a young employee of the Workmen's Accident Insurance Agency in Prague sat down to work on a 'troubling little story' that had occurred to him 'in bed' the previous night. After spending the first part of the day in the office he returned to the apartment he shared with his parents and thee sisters had lunch napped took a walk and then did a series of strengthening and stretching calisthenics. This was his daily ritual before settling in for the evening - and often far into the night - to what he considered his true life a life dedicated to writing. Then whether acting on a long-meditated plan or following an obscure sudden intuition he set down the words of the first hammerlike sentence of what would become his most famous story and one of the defining works of modern imaginative fiction The Metamorphosis or more simply 'The Transformation': 'When Gregor Samsa woke one morning from troubled dreams he found himself transformed right there in his bed into some sort of monstrous insect.' Ever since readers have been mesmerized amused puzzled irritated and unsettled by Gregor's life-changing transformation" Mark M. Anderson ed. The Metamorphosis.<br /> <br /> With the famous illustration by Ottomar Starke on the front wrapper. Kafka was adamant that the illustration not depict a bug writing in a letter to the publishing house: "The insect itself must not be illustrated by a drawing. It cannot be shown at all not even from a distance." <br /> <br /> The Metamorphosis was one of the few works published by Kafka in his lifetime. <br /> <br /> Leipzig: Kurt Wolff 1915. Octavo original illustrated wrappers dated 1916 as usual over red paper covers; custom cloth box. A little foxing to front wrapper; text exceptionally clean and fresh. An excellent copy of one of the cornerstones of Western literature. unknown books
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KAFKA FRANZ
Die Verwandlung The Metamorphosis; In: Die Weissen Blätter
Leipzig: Der Weissen Bücher 1915. First edition. Original wrappers. Very Good. FIRST APPEARANCE OF A MASTERPIECE OF WESTERN LITERATURE PRECEDING THE FIRST BOOK EDITION. "Kafka read the first section of his 'bug piece' Wanzensache aloud to friends on November 24 1912 and again on December 15. People started talking about it and Kafka received a query from publisher Kurt Wolff in March 1913 on the recommendation of Kafka's friend Franz Werfel. Franz Blei the literary editor of the new avant-garde journal Die weissen Blätter expressed interest and Robert Musil wrote as well soliciting the novella for the more established Die neue Rundschau. But months passed before Kafka had a clean manuscript ready for submission and then World War I intervened causing further delays. In the spring of 1915 René Schickele took over as editor-in-chief of Die weissen Blätter and with Max Brod's help Kafka placed the story there. It came out in October 1915 and then appeared in December 1915 though dated 1916 as a slender volume published by Kurt Wolff Verlag in Leipzig" Susan Bernofsky The New Yorker. IN: Die Weissen Blätter 2 Jahrgang October 1915 pp. 1177-1230. The whole issue October 1915 offered. Leipzig: Der Weissen Bücher 1915. Octavo original wrappers; custom cloth box. Mild foxing to wrappers a little wear at the spine ends. A rare well-preserved copy in the original wrappers of the true first printing; considerably more rare than the first book edition. Der Weissen Bücher unknown books
Référence libraire : 2037
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Kafka Franz
Ein Hungerkünstler. Vier Geschichten
Berlin: Die Schmiede 1924. First edition. Publisher's brown striped boards printed cover and spine labels design by Georg Salter. A fine copy in the rare and fragile dust jacket with only minimal wear. Published shortly after Kafka's death in June 1924 it is the last book for which he corrected proofs. Dietz 66. <br/><br/> Die Schmiede hardcover books
Référence libraire : 32166
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KAFKA FRANZ
Ein Hungerkünstler A Hunger Artist
Berlin and Leipzig: S. Fischer Verlag 1922. First edition. Original wrappers. Very Good. FIRST PRINTING IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. "One of the most highly regarded literary and cultural journals in the German language Die neue Rundschau which is still published today first appeared in 1890. In Kafka's time it was the major periodical publication of one of the leading German literary presses. it published literary works by some of the most significant authors of the time including Herman Hesse Thomas Mann Rainer Maria Rilke. Kafka was a regular reader of Die neue Rundschau throughout his life." After Kafka's submission of "Die Verwandlung" "The Metamorphosis" was rejected due to its inordinate length "Kafka was disappointed not to be able to count himself among the authors represented by this respected journal. However he did eventually join their ranks in October 1922 when the story "Ein Hungerkünstler" "A Hunger Artist" appeared here." Kafka "indirectly lifted this piece to significant stature in his oeuvre by exempting it from the wish of annihilation that he had decreed for most of his other works. In addition he chose it as the title story for the last volume of stories that he was able to oversee" Richard T. Gray A Franz Kafka Encyclopedia. IN: Die Neue Rundschau Vol. XXXIII Band 2 pp. 983-992. Berlin and Leipzig: S. Fischer Verlag October 1922 pp. 961-1056. Tall octavo original wrappers; custom silk box. Slight lean to spine; a touch of dampstaining to extreme edge of text block well away from text. Rare in original wrappers. S. Fischer Verlag unknown books
Référence libraire : 2192
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