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Verlag: Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1915
Anbieter: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing bound in the ORIGINAL boards. This is the TRUE FIRST hardcover edition. A wonderful copy with light wear to the boards. The binding is tight, and the pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a beautiful copy housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation. We buy Kafka First Editions.
Verlag: Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1915, 1915
Anbieter: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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First edition, first printing, first issue, without the German censor stamp on the title page. This is an exceptional copy in the scarcer case-bound issue (there was also an issue in wrappers), preserving portions of the rare wraparound band (loosely inserted). Metamorphosis, the first of Kafka's masterpieces, met with unimpressive sales. After a year or so the numerous unsold copies were stamped on the title pages with the official stamp of the German censors, and some copies put in a cheaper binding with wove paper on the boards, distinguishing later issues. Kafka's novel has since become one of the iconic works of 20th-century German literature, and a defining work for the author. This copy is the state with the serif type on the spine and front cover (no priority assigned). Breon Mitchell Collection 17; Dietz 26. Octavo. Original quarter japon, blue paper-covered boards, spine and front cover lettered in black, publisher's insignia to front cover in black, top edge blue. With 5 pp. of advertisements at rear. Light sunning to head of boards, extremities lightly bumped and rubbed, else unusually fresh: a near-fine copy.
Anbieter: Manhattan Rare Book Company, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, USA
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Original wrappers. First edition. 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). 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." The Metamorphosis was one of the few works published by Kafka in his lifetime. 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.
Verlag: Kurt Wolff Verlag, Leipzig, 1915
Anbieter: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, USA
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Zustand: Very Good+. First Edition. First edition, first printing with no stamps to title page, case-bound issue. Sans-serif variant of type to front cover and spine (no priority). 73, [1], (5, ads) pp. Publisher's printed blue paper-covered boards. In German. Very Good+ with typical sunning along top edge of front and back boards, rubbing along edges of head, boards bowed outwards a little, worn tips, spine slightly darkened. Internally bright. The first book appearance of Kafka's The Metamorphosis, issued simultaneously in wraps and boards, a landmark of 20th century literature.
Verlag: Kurt Wolff, Leipzig, 1916
Anbieter: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, USA
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True first edition of one of Franz Kafka's most important works. Octavo, original wrappers. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, rebacked. An exceptional example. The Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect. "While critics have interpreted this chilling story variously as a description of despair in a meaningless world, as a reaction to institutional authoritarianism, and as an expression of conflict between the author and his father, its power seems to rest in its resistance to explanation. W.H. Auden has said of it, 'Had one to name the author who comes nearest to bearing the same kind of relation to our age as Dante, Shakespeare and Goethe bore to theirs, Kafka would be the first one would think of" (New York Public Library's Books of the Century, 13).
Verlag: Kurt Wolff Verlag, Leipzig, 1915
Anbieter: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
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Full Description: KAFKA, Franz. Die Verwandlung [The Metamorphosis]. Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, [1915]. First edition, wrappers issue. One of 1000 copies (according to the publisher). Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 215 x 135 mm.). [1-2], 3-72, [73], [1, blank], [5, ads], [1, blank] pp. Complete. With five pages of publisher's advertisements and on flaps and rear cover. Cream-colored illustrated dust jacket with folding flaps, front of dust jacket with Ottomar Starke's famous charcoal drawing of a man clutching his head in front of an open door (reminiscent of Edvard Munch's "The Scream"). Publisher's advertisements on dust jacket flaps and rear panel. Red wrappers. Fore-edge uncut. Some minor creasing to bottom of spine, and along edges. Light discoloration along edges as well. Top of spine with a small amount of chipping. Front red wrapper with the residue of a removed label. Very minor foxing to first three leaves. Page 10 with a small closed tear to inner margin, not affecting text. Overall, a very good copy of the very scarce first edition of Kafka's most famous novel. "Written between November 17 and December 7, 1912 during the fit of creative passion that also saw the birth of Das Urteil [The Judgement] and the first chapter of Der Verschollen (Der Heizer) [(The Stoker)].This â exceptionally repulsive story' is the most sustained work of fiction published during Kafka's lifetime and the one with which his name is most profoundly associated in the common consciousness: it is the story of Gregor Samsa's transformation into a giant insect. The strange allegory of alienationâ "from the self, from one's very body, from the family, and by analogy from society, the state and the whole of mankindâ "is one of the defining works of the twentieth-century consciousness. In his critical hierarchy of the great prose works of the Twentieth Century, Vladimir Nabokov rates Die Verwandlung second behind only James Joyce's Ulysses" (The Breon Mitchell Collection of the Works of Franz Kafka, p. 7). Dietz 25. Wronski, Kafka 12. HBS 68845. $6,750.
Verlag: Der Weissen Bücher, Leipzig, 1915
Anbieter: Manhattan Rare Book Company, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, USA
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Original wrappers. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. 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.
Verlag: Der Weissen Bücher, 1915
Anbieter: Anniroc Rare Books, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. The first appearance of Kafka's dark exposition on alienation *** The complete 1915 run of the prominent literary magazine, 12 issues in all, featuring the October 1915 issue containing the first appearance of Kafka s masterpiece - released 2 months before the nearly ubiquitous book edition. *** Spines toned, mild foxing and stains at the cover margins, internally very fresh, all Very Good sound copies. Excellent survivals and rare in solid, original condition. *** Kafka s story follows salesman, Gregor Samsa, who awakes to find himself transformed into a verminous creature, increasingly shunned by his family. *** It shows the difficulties of living in a modern society and the struggle for acceptance of others when in a time of need. In this novella, Kafka directly reflects upon many of the negative aspects of his personal life, both mentally and physically. The relationship between Gregor and his father is in many ways similar to Franz and his father Herrman. The Metamorphosis also shows resemblance to some of Kafka s diary entries that depict him imagining his own extinction by dozens of elaborated methods. (Stephens)*** Gregor s predicament gives us a brand of existentialism that is not rooted in absurdity by reflection, but by one s immediate context of existence. (Devita)***Please email us for better pricing.
Verlag: Kurt Wolff Verlag, Leipzig, 1915
Anbieter: Graphem. Kunst- und Buchantiquariat, Berlin, Deutschland
EA, Raabe, Handb. 146, 3. Dietz 26, 8°, Brosch. m. v. Ottomar Starke illustriertem OSU., 73 S., 3 Bl. Verlagsanzeigen - Schutzumschlag nachgedunkelt und mit Wasserrand, innen sauber und gut erhaltenes Exemplar Erste Buchausgabe der zunächst in den "Weißen Blättern" 1915 gedruckten Erzählung. Der jüngste Tag, Bd. 22/23. Wie üblich mit Jahreszahl "1916" auf dem Umschlag. Zu Mitteilung des Verlags, dass Ottomar Starke das Titelbild gestaltet, schreibt Kafka: "Es ist mir nämlich eingefallen, da Starke doch tatsächlich illustriert, er könne etwa das Insekt selbst zeichnen wollen. Das nicht, bitte das nicht! Ich will aus meiner natürlicherweise besseren Kenntnis der Geschichte heraus bitten. Das Insekt kann nicht gezeichnet werden. Es kann aber nicht einmal von der Ferne aus gezeigt werden." (Dietz S. 72). Buch.
OBrosch., 72 Seiten, [8] Vacate und Verlagsanzeige, 8° (13,5 x 21 cm), Decke bei den Kapitalen und an den Rändern leicht berieben, Schnitt mit kleinen Stockflecken, OUmschlag fehlt, Frontispiz-Blatt fehlt, sonst sauber, insgesamt annehmbarer Zustand. Book Language/s: German.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat Die Schmiede, Amsterdam, Niederlande
Lpz., K.Wolff (1915), Or.-Pp.73 S.+ 5 S.Anz.1.Ausg.(Der jüngste Tag).Raabe 146,3; Smolen 22/23,1B (hier in einer Einbandvariante m.grünem Überzugspapier).Band fleckig u.etw.verblaßt, Rücken leicht bestoßen, eingerissen u.mit kl.Fehlstück, Innendeckel m.Exlibris.
Verlag: Vallecchi,, 1934
Anbieter: Libreria Antiquaria Pontremoli SRL, Milano, MI, Italien
Buch Erstausgabe Signiert
Firenze, Vallecchi, 1934, Prima edizione italiana. Straordinario esemplare d associazione: la copia del diplomatico e alpinista Felice Benuzzi, pregiata da bella dedica autografa del traduttore «a Felice Benuzzi, compagno di fede e di studio, con schietta simpatia | Rodolfo Paoli». In più che buone condizioni di conservazione (dorso scurito e leggermente inclinato, con una fessura ricomposta che incide particolarmente nella parte alta e piccole perdite che interessano parzialmente la parte a stampa; fessura fermata anche alla cerniera anteriore; interno normalmente brunito ma pulito). Secondo libro italiano di Franz Kafka, preceduto solo dal «Processo» pubblicato da Frassinelli due anni prima, nella traduzione di Alberto Spaini, e dai racconti del «Medico di campagna» usciti sul «Convegno» IX:8 del 25 agosto 1928 «in una mediocre traduzione di G. Menassè» (p. 196 del presente libro). Questa prima edizione della «Metamorfosi» («Die Verwandlung», terzo libro di Kafka ad essere pubblicato lui vivente), benché ben attestata nel censimento ICCU, è divenuta molto rara a trovarsi. Stampata in un elegante corpo grande impaginato con ampi margini, per dare corpo allo smilzo racconto, si fregia inoltre di una corposa introduzione e di una esaustiva bibliografia finale a cura del traduttore Rodolfo Paoli, che fu insigne musicologo e germanista, professore a Urbino, Firenze, Cagliari, Napoli e Bologna dalla fine degli anni trenta al principio degli anni settanta. La versione di Paoli è ancora oggi molto apprezzata e particolarmente efficace in numerosi passaggi-chiave fra tutti l incipit, analizzato da Lucia Borghese Bruschi nel suo «Tradurre Kafka» (Il viaggio della traduzione: atti del convegno, 2006: 341-s) a paragone di altre cinque versioni (Rho 1935; Zampa 1957; Castellani 1966; Schiavoni 1985; Fortini 1986). in 16°, brossura crême stampata in verde e rosso, pp. 197 [2]. Prima edizione italiana. Straordinario esemplare d associazione: la copia del diplomatico e alpinista Felice Benuzzi, pregiata da bella dedica autografa del traduttore «a Felice Benuzzi, compagno di fede e di studio, con schietta simpatia | Rodolfo Paoli». In più che buone condizioni di conservazione (dorso scurito e leggermente inclinato, con una fessura ricomposta che incide particolarmente nella parte alta e piccole perdite che interessano parzialmente la parte a stampa; fessura fermata anche alla cerniera anteriore; interno normalmente brunito ma pulito). brossura crême stampata in verde e rosso,
Verlag: Prag, beim Künstler, 1992., 1992
Anbieter: Peter Bichsel Fine Books, Zürich, Schweiz
Folge von Titelbogen, Titelblatt, 9 signierten Lithographien und Impressum. Zusammen 13 Blätter (davon 2 Doppelblätter). 4to. Lose wie erschienen in Orig.-HLn.-Kassette und Orig.-Pp.-Schuber. Eines von 30 Exemplaren der Originalausgabe, im Impressum von Michael Karasik signiert und datiert. Neun Lithographien vom Künstler einzeln signiert. Michael (Mikhail) Karasik (geb. 1953) gehört als Künstler-Verleger zu den führenden Vertretern des Artist s Book in Russland. Schuber vorne unten mit Abriebstelle, sonst tadellos.
Verlag: Cideb Editrice, 2008
ISBN 10: 8877548088ISBN 13: 9788877548085
Anbieter: Iridium_Books, DH, SE, Spanien
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Zustand: Muy Bueno / Very Good.
Verlag: Sankt-Petersburg St. Petersburg, Russia, 1993
ISBN 10: 5857890047ISBN 13: 9785857890042
Anbieter: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, USA
Buch Signiert
[80] pp.; 31.5 x 24.5 cm.; sewn bound; slipcase; black-and-white; edition size 150; signed and numbered; offset-printed "Die Verwandlung [The Metamorphasis]," by Franz Kafka with lithographic illustrations by Michail Karasik. Includes a signed and numbered lithograph and an essay by Wladimir Perts. Book and print are housed in a double slipcase - a paper over boards slipcase with a signed and numbered book plate within a thin unprinted cardboard slipcase. Texts in German. Fine. Includes loose, slipped in, signed and numbered lithograph, numbered 4/150. Also includes dust jacket and two slipcases. Book signed and numbered in pencil on colophon, number 4/150. Book, slipcases and print clean and unmarked.
Verlag: Kurt Wolff, Leipzig
Anbieter: Antiquariat Mahrenholz, Oranienbaum-Wörlitz, Deutschland
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Obroschur. Zustand: gebraucht. 74 S., 3 Bl., Obrosch. (Kl. Eckabrisse, Rücken mit Fehlstellen). Titel mit Leipziger Zensurstempel.Der jüngste Tag Bd. 22/23. Ohne Angabe des Jahres oder der Auflage. Auf der Rückseite des Titelblattes nur der Hinweis "COPYRIGHT KURT WOLF VERLAG.LEIPZIG.1917". Gedruckt bei Dietsch&Brückner in Weimar.
Verlag: Leipzig, (Dietsch & Brückner für) Kurt Wolff Verlag, (1917 [recte 1918])., 1918
Anbieter: Versandantiquariat Wolfgang Friebes, Graz, Österreich
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Zustand: 0. Umschlagränder min. bestoßen. Rücken an den Kapitalen u. der hinteren Rückenkante m. Fehlstellen. - Smolen 22/23.2.A. ge Gewicht in Gramm: 350 8°. 72 S., 3 Bll., Schwarzer OKart. m. blauem Deckelschild.
Verlag: Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Vlg. 1917., 1917
Anbieter: Antiquariat Bergische Bücherstube Mewes, Overath, Deutschland
74 S.,2 Bl.Br.mit blauem Deckelschild. *Rücken fehlt, Titel mit Zensurstempel.
Verlag: Leipzig, Wolff,, 1917
Anbieter: Göppinger Antiquariat, Göppingen, Deutschland
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22 x 13 cm, Broschur. 2. Auflage. 74 S. Einband berieben, bestoßen, mit Einrissen und Verlust. Vorderdeckel fast völlig abgetrennt. Titel mit Zensurstempel. Handschriftlicher Besitzervermerk (Erika Jaeck) in Bleistift auf dem fliegenden Vorsatz. Caputo-Mayr/Herz geben als Erscheinungsdatum für die 2. Auflage 1918 an. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1100.
Verlag: Stroemfeld / Roter Stern. 2003., 2003
Anbieter: Antiquariat CoBrA, Oberrohrbach, Österreich
Stroemfeld / Roter Stern. 2003. All 3 Volumes plus Disc. 4°. 651 (6) Seiten. Original Einband im Original Schuber. Unbenutzt. Beiliegend Faksimilenachdruck der ersten Buchausgabe von 1915. Hrsg. von Roland Reuß und Peter Staengle. Historisch-kritische Ausgabe sämtlicher Handschriften, Drucke und Typoskripte. Incl. Franz Kafka-Heft 4. Mit CD-ROM. Frankfurt, Stroemfeld / Roter Stern 2003. 172, 93 S., OKart. im Schuber. - Die 2 Bücher und der Faksimile Nachdruck samt der Disc sind verlagsfrisch. NOCH IN VERLAGSSCHUTZFOLIE EINGESCHWEISST. Sprache: Deutsch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie mich immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact me always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***.
Verlag: VICENS VIVES, 2005
ISBN 10: 8877548088ISBN 13: 9788877548085
Anbieter: Zilis Select Books, Madrid, M, Spanien
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Otros. Zustand: Very Good. 01/02/2005.
Verlag: Leipzig, Kurt Wolff., 1917
Anbieter: Antiquariat Nosbüsch und Stucke, Euskirchen, NRW, Deutschland
74 S., 3 Bll. Orig.-Kartoniert mit blauem Deckelschild. (Der Jüngste Tag 22/23). 2. Ausgabe. - Mit Zensurstempel im unteren Titelblattrand. - Rücken mit Klebestreifen, obere und seitliche Deckelränder teils mit Fehlstellen, 1. Blatt (mit Verlagssignet) entfernt, im Schnitt etwas gebräunt, sonst innen gut.
Verlag: Sankt-Petersburg St. Petersburg, Russia, 1993
ISBN 10: 5857890047ISBN 13: 9785857890042
Anbieter: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, USA
Buch Signiert
[80] pp.; 31.5 x 24.5 cm.; sewn bound; slipcase; black-and-white; edition size 150; signed and numbered; offset-printed "Die Verwandlung [The Metamorphasis]," by Franz Kafka with lithographic illustrations by Michail Karasik. Includes a signed and numbered lithograph and an essay by Wladimir Perts. Texts in German. Very Good. Mild wear to covers with two 2 cm. tears at opposite ends of spine with additional wear to spine edge. Additional light edge-wear. Light yellowing of right side edge of the loose inserted signed and numbered lithograph. Cover has slightly separated from the spine. 1.2 cm. glue stain to colophon and 1.2 cm. crease to colophon edge. Numbered in blue pen 138/150 on colophon and signed and numbered on page 6. Print numbered 138/150.
ISBN 10: 3486006045ISBN 13: 9783486006049
Anbieter: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, USA
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Zustand: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within.
Verlag: Taylor & Francis, 2016
ISBN 10: 1138139645ISBN 13: 9781138139640
Anbieter: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 126 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.
Verlag: Ada Luise Sochi, 2020
ISBN 10: 1716287847ISBN 13: 9781716287848
Anbieter: Ria Christie Collections, Uxbridge, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Zustand: New. PRINT ON DEMAND Book; New; Fast Shipping from the UK. No. book.
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2016
ISBN 10: 1138139645ISBN 13: 9781138139640
Anbieter: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardback. Zustand: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
Verlag: VICENS VIVES, 2008
ISBN 10: 8877548088ISBN 13: 9788877548085
Anbieter: Iridium_Books, DH, SE, Spanien
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Zustand: Muy Bueno / Very Good.
Verlag: Arsis / St. Petersburg, 1993
Anbieter: SinneWerk gGmbH, Berlin, Deutschland
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Softcover. Zustand: Gut. Original Broschur. 4°. (31,5 x 24,5 cm). 59[1] Seiten Text. Mit dem von Barbara Orlowa vom Russischen ins Deutsche übertragenen Essay von Wladimir Perts. Mit 9 signierten Lithographien im Offsetdruck, davon eine doppelseitig. Doppelsetig illustrierter Vortitel und eine beiliegende signierte Original Lithographie. Hier die Nr. 19 einer auf 150 Stück limitierten Auflage. Im Impressum signiert und mit einer Widmung in russisch von Wladimir Perts versehen. Im schwarzen Originalschuber mit mit montierter und ebenfalls signierter Deckelillustration. Einband wenig angestoßen. Rückenbereich sstellenweise leicht abgerieben, und nachgedunkelt. Innen gering lichtrandig nachgedunkelt, in sauberem guten Zustand. Der Schuber wenig berieben, angestaubt. (Quart-750g). Auf Anfrage ist eine alternative Versandart möglich.
Verlag: Taylor & Francis, 2016
ISBN 10: 1138139645ISBN 13: 9781138139640
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Buch Print-on-Demand
Einband - fest (Hardcover). Zustand: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Edited by Dr Peter Hutchinson, Dr Michael MindenFranz Kafka is one of the most important figures in twentieth-century culture. The fascination of his work has long since reached international proportions, and the concept Kafkaesque has entered .