Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Franz Kafka – Three First Editions – 1919-1926
Opening: $400
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Three books by Franz Kafka, first editions. German.
1. Ein Landarzt: kleine Erzählungen [A Country Doctor – Short Stories]. Munich and Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, 1919.
[3] ff., 189 pp, [1] f., approx. 23 cm. Good condition. Foxing and minor blemishes. Pen notation to title page. Remnants of paper and adhesive to pastedowns. Wear, stains and abrasions to spine and boards.
2. Der Prozess [The Trial], published within the series Die Romane des 20. Jahrhunderts. Berlin: Die Schmiede, 1925.
[6], 411, [1] pp., 19.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Small ink stains to some pages, with minor damage to text. Original cloth over boards (printed labels on front board and spine). Pen notation to inside back board. Binding slightly faded, with minor stains. Tear to top of spine.
3. Das Schloss [The Castle]. Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1926.
[6], 503, [1] pp., 19.5 cm. Good condition. Foxing (some dark staining). Marginal tear to one leaf (pp. 97-98). Minor creases. Wear and stains to binding. Minor tears to edges of spine. Spine faded.
1. Ein Landarzt: kleine Erzählungen [A Country Doctor – Short Stories]. Munich and Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, 1919.
[3] ff., 189 pp, [1] f., approx. 23 cm. Good condition. Foxing and minor blemishes. Pen notation to title page. Remnants of paper and adhesive to pastedowns. Wear, stains and abrasions to spine and boards.
2. Der Prozess [The Trial], published within the series Die Romane des 20. Jahrhunderts. Berlin: Die Schmiede, 1925.
[6], 411, [1] pp., 19.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Small ink stains to some pages, with minor damage to text. Original cloth over boards (printed labels on front board and spine). Pen notation to inside back board. Binding slightly faded, with minor stains. Tear to top of spine.
3. Das Schloss [The Castle]. Munich: Kurt Wolff, 1926.
[6], 503, [1] pp., 19.5 cm. Good condition. Foxing (some dark staining). Marginal tear to one leaf (pp. 97-98). Minor creases. Wear and stains to binding. Minor tears to edges of spine. Spine faded.
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