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The Trial (2 copies)
by Franz Kafka
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cape Town, South Africa
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About This Item
1st UK, 1937 - 2 copies available ship together, one price for both copies,no d/w on either copy. Copy 1 has a slight lean, boards shelf worn and spine darkened, ex lib copy with stamps on a Modern Lending Library piece of paper that has been glued to ffep. Tape repairs to hinge of half title page and also title page. Crease to rear free endpaper, slight foxing on prelims and what looks like 5 dampstains on pages 12 and 13 see scans. Copy 2 also grubby boards, spine faded with tears and lower third of spine has pulled away from hinge and torn across. Bookseller sticker on fep, and old faded small stamp of what seems a previous owner. Foxing to prelims and endpapers. Also a slight lean. Price is for both books together and includes free tracked postage. You might consider buying a facsimile dustwrapper for this book for US$25 from
https://www.dustjackets.com
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
- Seller
- Cape Collector
(ZA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 79
- Title
- The Trial (2 copies)
- Author
- Franz Kafka
- Format/Binding
- Blue Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st UK
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
- Pages
- 285
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Cape Collector
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Half Title
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- Dustwrapper
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- 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....
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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