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Franz Kafka. A group of 12 titles. Comprising:... (Total: 12 )
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Franz Kafka. A group of 12 titles. Comprising:Beim Bau der Chinesichen Mauer. Ungedruckte Erzählungen und Prosa aus dem Nachlaß. (During the Construction of the Chinese Wall. Unpublished Stories and Prose from the Estate). Edited by Max Brod and Hans Joachim Schoeps. [Berlin]: Gustav Kiepenheuer, 1931. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth, spine stamped in red and gilt, front board stamped in gilt; spine sunned. Flores, p. 7.
The Great Wall of China and Other Pieces. London: Martin Secker, 1933. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Publisher's cloth and clipped dust jacket; cloth spine sunned and stained; jacket spine sunned and chipped with losses; jacket with pale spots. Flores, p. 17.
Vor Dem Gesetz. (Before the Law). Berlin: Schocken Verlag, 1934. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. 8vo. Publisher's boards, printed paper labels to spine and front board; pale spotting to boards. Flores, pp. 7-8.
Beschreibung Eines Kampfes. Novellen, Skizzen, Aphorismen aus dem Nachlass. (Description of a Struggle. Stories, Sketches, and Aphorisms from the Literary Estate.) New York: Schocken Books, [1946]. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. 8vo. Publisher's cloth and unclipped dust jacket (no price listed as issued). Flores, p. 8.
Parables in German and English. New York: Schocken Books, [1947]. 8vo. Publisher's cloth and unclipped dust jacket (priced "$1.50"); spine sunned and lightly chipped.
The Penal Colony. Stories and Short Pieces. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir. New York: Schocken Books, [1948]. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. 8vo. Publisher's cloth and unclipped dust jacket (priced "$3.00"); jacket with moderate tears and chips with paper losses on spine and front panels, and folds; spine sunned. Flores, p. 22.
The Diaries of Franz Kafka, 1910-1913. Edited by Max Brod. New York: Schocken Books, [1948]. 8vo. Publisher's cloth and unclipped dust jacket (priced "$3.75").
The Diaries of Franz Kafka, 1914-1923. Edited by Max Brod. New York: Schocken Books, [1949]. 8vo. Publisher's cloth and unclipped dust jacket (priced "$3.75"); jacket with losses to front panel; some splits at folds; moderately scuffed.
The Great Wall of China. Stories and Reflections. New York: Schocken Books, [1960]. Fourth printing. Publisher's cloth and unclipped dust jacket (priced "$4.50"); spine panel sunned; edgeworn; bookplate of Gary L. Adlestein. See Flores, pp. 17-18.
Description of a Struggle and The Great Wall of China. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir and Tania and James Stern. London: Secker & Warburg, 1960. 2 copies, 8vo. Publisher's boards and unclipped dust jackets (priced "25s. net"); jacket spines sunned and with pale spotting. Flores, p. 16.
Franz Kafka, The Complete Stories. Edited by Nahum N. Glatzer. New York: Schocken Books, [1975]. 8vo. Publisher's cloth and unclipped dust jacket (priced "$12.50"), spine sunned; tears to jacket rear panel.
Condition: Generally very good unless otherwise noted above, with occasional edgewear, some spotting and soiling, occasional chips to jackets.
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