Kafka, FranzABAA
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2002réf. 34645New York: New Directions. 2002. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Softcover. Wraps uncorrected proof. Very good minor rippled pages throughout. New translation by Michael Hoffman. An interesting quote from Eliot Weinberger on the rear wrap: "A major act of historical restoration: Max Brods' renovations have been torn down. Edwin Muir's English furniture has been removed and the result is that Amerika the plot of the novel can finally be seen as The Man Who Disappeared a thrilling piece of writing." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pp . New Directions paperback books
1958réf. 622102New York: Schocken 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Translated by Tania and James Stern. Topstain slightly sunned near the crown modest edgewear near fine in a very good dust jacket with small chips and tears. A collection of stories including "Description of a Struggle" the only longer piece from Kafka's early period which he wrote when he was 20. Schocken hardcover books
1946réf. 569846Norfolk Connecticut: New Directions 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 411pp. Illustrated. Cloth with modest soil and sunning spine a bit toned very good or better lacking the dust jacket. The interior is fine. "An Annual Exhibition of New & Divergent Trends in Modern Literature" with contributions by Henry Miller Tennessee Williams Octavio Paz Franz Kafka Kenneth Rexroth Kenneth Patchen Robert Lowry William Carlos Williams Boris Pasternak and more. New Directions hardcover books
1946réf. 564820Norfolk Connecticut: New Directions 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. 411pp. Illustrated. Small splash mark on foredge two faint stains on front board very good in a slightly rubbed very good dust jacket with small chips and tears along the edges and a faintly tanned spine. "An Annual Exhibition of New & Divergent Trends in Modern Literature" with contributions by Henry Miller Tennessee Williams Octavio Paz Franz Kafka Kenneth Rexroth Kenneth Patchen Robert Lowry William Carlos Williams Boris Pasternak and more. New Directions hardcover books
1994réf. 26303New York: Continuum 1994. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Continuum 1994. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 231 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket gently rubbed along edges. Boards show mild shelfwear. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Continuum unknown books
1952réf. 260545New York: Modern Library 1952. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Later printing. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir. Introduction by Philip Rahv. Owner's name on front fly fine in a nearly fine lightly edgeworn and foxed dust jacket. Modern Library hardcover books
1998réf. 2354552New York N.Y: Schocken Books 1998. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x7. Reprint. Brand new from publisher. 1998 Trade Paperback. 266 pp. A brilliant translation of one of the most important novels of the twentieth century revealing a tale that is as full of energy and power as it was when it was first written. From the author of The Metamorphosis. Written in 1914 The Trial is the terrifying tale of Josef K. a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale a parable or a prophecy of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the madness of totalitarianism Kafka's nightmare has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers. This new edition is based upon the work of an international team of experts who have restored the text the sequence of chapters and their division to create a version that is as close as possible to the way the author left it. Schocken Books paperback books
1995réf. 2354554New York: Schocken Books 1995. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x7. Reprint. Brand new from publisher. 1995 Trade Paperback. 317 pp. From one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century the author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial: A collection that brings together the stories he allowed to be published during his lifetime including his best-known tale of a man who wakes up transformed into an insect. To Max Brod his literary executor Kafka wrote: "Of all my writings the only books that can stand are these. Schocken Books paperback books
1971réf. 2354553New York: Schocken Books 1971. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 1x1x7. Reprint. Brand new from publisher. 1971 Trade Paperback. 486 pp. Foreword by John Updike. The Complete Stories brings together all of Kafka's stories from the classic tales such as "The Metamorphosis" "In the Penal Colony" and "A Hunger Artist" to shorter pieces and fragments that Max Brod Kafka's literary executor released after Kafka's death. With the exception of his three novels the whole of Kafka's narrative work is included in this volume. Schocken Books paperback books
1940réf. 1394475Norfolk CN: New Directions 1940. Advanced American Copy. Hardcover. Octavo xviii 299 1 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Missing issued dust jacket. Blue cloth spine aged brown with white publisher's paper aged tan with blue lettering. Boards have mild shelving wear light fraying along the corners stains on the front and rear boards and moderate age-toning along the extremities. Textblock has light soiling on some pages liquid stains from the front end-page to page xiii and the fore edges adhesive stains along the hinges mild wear along the edges and moderate age-toning along the edges. Shelved in Room Z. Advanced copy as indicated by the publication stamp on the front end-page. 1394475. Special Collections - Upstairs. New Directions hardcover books
1930réf. 2396First Edition in English; A Near Fine book in a Very Good or better dust jacket. An outstanding copy of this UK Edition the first translation of a Kafka novel into English preceding both "The Trial" and "The Metamorphosis"; very scarce in this condition particularly with the Original intact dust jacket. Housed in a beautiful custom quarter leather clamshell box. This copy is in near fine condition with a square tight binding bright blue boards with sharp gold lettering and pages free of any markings with mild age-toning; the book does show minor rubbing to the board edges moderate sunning to the spine and light soiling to the exterior text block. Housed in a crisp and bright very good or better original dust jacket that shows mild rubbing and chipping to the ends edges and corners a light dampstain to the spine and a small closed tear at the spine fold near the head of the spine. Overall a sharp and presentable copy of a book rarely seen in this condition; an important addition to the Kafka collection or the 20th century literature collection. Not remaindered not price clipped not ex-library; in a fresh Mylar protective cover and will be shipped carefully wrapped in a sturdy box. This work was unfinished before Kafka's death in 1925; Kafka had requested that all his papers and unfinished works be burned upon his death however novelist Max Brod also executor of Kafka's will chose to have them published some years later to preserve Kafka's work. Martin Secker hardcover books
1945réf. 5688London: Secker and Warburg 1945. Later Printing. orig. publisher's cloth and dustjacket. A very good copy; backstrip a somewhat faded. 8vo. This is a re-issue of the 1936 Willa and Edwin Muir translation. It is the first title of Kafka's published by Secker & Warburg who would go on to publish the definitive edition of Kafka in the UK. Secker and Warburg hardcover books
1927réf. 140948937Munich: Kurt Wolff Verlag 1927. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing. 392 pp. text in German. Bound in publisher's orange cloth with white title labels printed in blue to spine and front board blue topstain. Near Fine with sunned spine light rubbing and fading to cloth and topstain and minor staining to textblock edges. Contents toned erased pencil inscription to back pastedown. A lovely copy of Kafka's unfinished first novel published posthumously. Kurt Wolff Verlag unknown books
1987réf. 8669New York. The Limited Editions Club. 1987. Hand-bound and sewn by Carol Joyce in stitched Velum over boards. Cased in felt lined linen covered Solander box. Tall 8vo. 7.25" 10.25". This Edition Limited to 800 numbered copies of which this is # 724. Signed by Michael Hafftka to Colophon. Illustrated with lithographs by Michael Hafftka. A Very Fine pristine presumably unread copy. The Limited Editions Club. hardcover books
1984réf. 8668New 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
1919réf. 41061Praha Prague: Fr. Borovy 1919. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Large quarto 11 3/4 x 9". 9 3pp Text 54 leaves Plates. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth with facsimile of Kafka's signature in gold on front cover. Photo-illustrated catalog featuring the artwork produced from 1900 to 1918 by Bohumil Kafka 1878-1942 a renown Czech sculptor and pedagogue who studied in Prague with sculptor Josef Václav Myslbek. Considered a predecessor to the Art Nouveau style Bohumil Kafka worked in an Expressive symbolist style and was highly influenced by the works of Auguste Rodin. A b/w photographic reproduction of each of the 54 pieces of Kafka's artwork is tipped onto a tan heavy cardstock with image size varying from 4 5/8 x 2 1/2" to 7 5/8 x 6". Minor shelf wear and soiling to covers. Gold slightly faded on spine. Text in Czech. Binding in overall good to good interior in very good condition. Fr. Borovy hardcover books
1948réf. 1403492London: Secker & Warburg 1948. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 345 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Age-toned brown spine with black lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar cover price uncut "16s. net" has tears and mild creasing to edges light stains and age toning throughout. Boards have fading to spine and edges rubbing wear and bumping to spine ends and fore corners. Textblock has pencil marks to the rear pastedown stains to edges and mild wear. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1403492. Special Collections - Downstairs. Secker & Warburg hardcover books
1977réf. 1403539New York: Schocken Books 1977. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo vi 509 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Tan spine with black lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar cover price uncut "$24.50" has discoloration and tears and creasing to edges. Boards have rubbing wear to edges and light bumping to fore corners. Textblock has stains to fore edges. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1403539. Special Collections - Downstairs. Schocken Books hardcover books
1980réf. 6019New York: Dover Publications 1980. stiff paper wrappers. Bookbinding. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. iv 25 pages. Illustrated. Good condition. Dover Publications unknown books
1946réf. 311085Paris: Maeght 1946. Limited. paperback. fine. Atlan. Lithographies Originales par Atlan. Traduction de Clara Malraux et Rainer Dorland. Preface de Bernard Groethuysen. 8 full page lithographs plus head & tail pieces. Pictorial wrappers. Folio leaves in loose quires as issued within board folder & slipcase. Paris: Maeght Editeur 1946. Fine. Number XXVI of only 50 copies printed on Auvergne bottom & fore-edges uncut. Maeght unknown books
1937réf. 140948644London: The Parton Press 1937. First English Edition. Near Fine. First English language edition first printing. vi 74 pp. Bound in publisher's charcoal-colored paper boards over blue cloth spine lettered in black and blue printed title label to upper board. Near Fine with lean to binding slight toning to spine light wear. Former owner's name on front free endpaper small spot of abrasion to top edge of front gutter. A nicer than commonly found copy of Kafka's masterpiece translated by English folklorist and key figure of the post-WWII British folk music revival A. L. Lloyd. Lloyd's translation swiftly went out of print amidst abysmal sales much like the first German edition Die Verwandlung. Flores p. 20. The Parton Press unknown books
1925réf. 140948670Berlin: Verlag Die Schmiede 1925. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing with text in the original German. Bound in publisher's green cloth with paper title labels lettered in dark maroon at spine and front board. Very Good with lean to binding fading spine light dampstain to cloth at top edges. Foxing and light offseting at endsheets with woodcut mounted by former owner at front free endpaper and light pencil sketch at rear endpaper. The scarce German language edition of Kafka's never completed work--a posthumously published novel about a man arrested on undefined charges with no hope of redemption or acquittal. Flores p. 6. Verlag Die Schmiede unknown books
1930réf. 140948911New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1930. First American Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition first printing. xi 1 340 pp. Bound in publisher's dove grey cloth stamped in black black topstain. Near Fine with light toning and foxing to cloth and textblock edges slight bumping to corners. Binding square and firm. In a superlative Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket with sunning to spine panel and extremities and light wear and rubbing; colors bright. Kafka's final and unfinished philosophical novel posthumously published by his executor Max Brod who refused to honor his friend's request that the manuscript be burned. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1937réf. 140948920New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1937. First American Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition stated first printing. Bound in publisher's rust-colored cloth over semi-flexible boards with stamped in blue and black blue topstain. Near Fine with lean to binding light foxing to text block edges offsetting to endsheets. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with moderate toning to spine light wear to the extremities and light soiling with a few small light stains. A sharp copy in the scarce dust jacket. Kafka's darkest work a posthumously published novel about a man arrested on undefined charges with no hope of redemption or acquittal. Adapted into the 1962 film of the same name directed by Orson Welles starring a young Anthony Perkins as Josef K. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1937réf. 140948199New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1937. First American Edition. Near Fine. First American edition stated first printing. ix 297 1 pp. illustrated throughout by Georg Salter. Bound in publisher's rust-colored cloth over flexible boards with pictorial stamping in blue and black blue topstain; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with lean to binding light wear and soiling to cloth soft crease to front board and foxing to upper edge of textblock. Offsetting to endpapers owner signature to front free endpaper. A much nicer copy than normally encountered. A nice copy of Kafka's darkest work a posthumously published novel about a man arrested on undefined charges with no hope of redemption or acquittal. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir who introduced Kafka's works to the English-speaking world. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
