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Franz Kafka. The Metamorphosis. Translated by A.L. Lloyd. [London]: The Parton Press, 1937.8vo. Publisher's blue cloth-backed black paper boards, blue paper printed paper label, spine stamped in black; original glassine dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of Kafka's landmark story. The Metamorphosis (Die Verwandlung) was first published in 1915 by Kurt Wolff in Leipzig, and appears here for the first time in English. Issued by The Parton Bookshop in 1937, this edition introduced Kafka's most famous story to the English-speaking world, more than twenty years after its original publication. The first French translation, by Eugène Jolas, appeared in Transition (Nos. 25-27, Fall 1936 to April-May 1938), the influential bilingual literary review he edited in Paris; a subsequent translation by Alexandre Vialatte was published in book form by Gallimard later in 1938.
Condition: Spine leaned; light edgewear to boards and corners bumped. Publisher's original glassine chipped and torn with some losses.
References: Flores, p. 20.
Provenance: Boris Ford (contemporary ownership inscription dated "1937").
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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