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Schocken Books, 1948. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Schocken Books, 1968. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Independently Published, 2019-11-24. paperback. Used:Good.

Independently Published, 2019-11-24. paperback. Used: Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

NY. Schocken Books (1971) TRADE PAPERBACK. VG. (light cover wear, beverage ring stain on back cover else interior clean/unmarked/tight/bright) Small 8vo. Parallel German & English text. ** DOMESTIC SHIPPING VIA USPS 1st CLASS MAIL. FOREIGN ORDERS VIA USPS AIR MAIL ** Partial Foreign Postage Refund Credited upon Receipt Relative to Cost. Bilingual German & English text. English translation by Willa & Edwin Muir. Later 1971 Reprint of the 1968 Schocken edition. NO Notes or Commentary.

W.W.Norton & Copany, Inc., New York, 1960. Very Good. 90 p., clean and completely unmarked (not ex-lib., no former owner's name or book plate); binding tight; German-English glossary included; white p wrapper with red lettering, artwork and photo of Kafka on back is clean but foxed..

Shinchosha, 1952-01-01. Paperback Bunko. Good.

Paperback. Like New.

Independently published, 2017. Paperback. New. 103 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.24 inches.

Parapara Books, 2016. Paperback. New. 112 pages. German language. 7.64x5.04x0.39 inches.

Paperback. New.

Schocken Books, 1968-06. Paperback. Good.

Parapara Books, 2016. Paperback. New. 112 pages. German language. 7.64x5.04x0.39 inches.

Paperback / softback. New.

Shinchosha. Paperback Bunko. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

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… Read More

Leipzig: Der Weissen Bücher, 1915. First edition. Original wrappers. Very Good. 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… Read More

Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1915. 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… Read More

Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1915. First Edition. Very Good+. 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.