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Franz Kafka. Two editions of Amerika translated into English.... (Total: 2 Items)
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Franz Kafka. Two editions of Amerika translated into English.Amerika. Translated from the German by Edwin and Willa Muir. London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., [1938]. 8vo. 4 pages of publisher's ads at rear. Publisher's red boards, spine gilt; original dust jacket. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Condition: Light edgewear to boards; spine somewhat toned; pale spotting to text, more significant on preliminaries and textblock edges. Dust jacket clipped, affecting text on front flap; spine sunned and chipped at spine head, not affecting text; some staining and pale spotting; other edgewear with small chips and short tears.
Amerika. Translated by Edwin Muir. Norfolk, Conn.: New Directions, [1940]. 8vo. Illustrations by Emlen Etting. Title page printed in blue and black. Publisher's blue boards; printed paper spine label. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Condition: Light edgewear and some staining to boards; a few pale spots to text; illustration of Kafka by K.S. Woerner glued to rear pastedown with toning from glue stains. Dust jacket decoratively clipped as issued, price retained (priced "$2.50"); spine sunned; some staining and pale spotting; light edgewear with a few chips and short tears.
References: Flores, p. 14.
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