The Trial
by Kafka, Franz (Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Modern Library, 1966. Later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. George Salter. Green cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, ML hexagonal logo blind stamped onto top board, 12mo (7 inches tall), pp. 340, [341], ads [2], beige Kent ML illustrated endpapers. Volume with pencil erasure to half-title and spine ends slightly softened. Price intact ($2.45) DJ lightly rubbed with edge wear and shallow chips to spine ends and flap edges. An unusual copy in that there is no indication of a ML title count and the DJ verso is blank, thus confirming a post 1963 printing date. DJ has the Blumenthal Binding DJ spine. Ref. Toledano, 318.1* et al!
Synopsis
It is the fate and perhaps the greatness of that work that it offers everything and confirms nothing' Albert CamusThe terrifying tale of Joseph K, a respectable functionary in a bank, who is suddenly arrested and must defend his innocence against a charge about which he can get no information. A nightmare vision of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the mad agendas of twentieth-century totalitarian regimes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1123
- Title
- The Trial
- Author
- Kafka, Franz (Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir)
- Illustrator
- George Salter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
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Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...