Das Urteil. Eine Geschichte.
by KAFKA, Franz
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Leipzig: Kurt Wolff,, 1916. Beautifully preserved in the fragile original wrappers First edition in book form, first printing, of Kafka's The Judgement, one of the author's favourite of his own stories. The story was written in a single night in 1912, through which, as the author remembered, "the story evolved as a true birth, covered with filth and slime". It was originally serialized in Max Brod's periodical Arkadia: Ein Jahrbuch für Dichtkunst, in 1913. Octavo. Original black wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, blue paper label to front wrapper printed in black. Discreet ink stamp to title page. Wrappers lightly creased at foot, tiny marks to front cover and edges, else a fresh, near-fine copy. Dietz 31; Raabe 146.4; Wilpert/Gühring 4.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 170867
- Title
- Das Urteil. Eine Geschichte.
- Author
- KAFKA, Franz
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- Leipzig: Kurt Wolff,
- Date Published
- 1916
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...