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Hafniae (Copenhagen): Literis Wilhadi Jersini, Universit. Typogr, 1703. First and only edition. 8vo, pp. 21. Bound in original stiff paper boards, some water staining, heavier at the end. A very good copy. Not in OCLC. Rare. This seems to be a doctoral dissertation defense concerning the art of saluting or greeting.

NY: Delta, 1991. Fifth printing. 8vo, pp. xxiii, 467. Appendix, index. Foreword by Joan Borysenko. Paper wraps.

NY: Hyperion, 2005. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 631. Readings, index. Fine, in slightly wrinkled dj.

Denver, CO: Ally Press, 1976. Second printing. 12mo, pp. 10. Paper wraps. Cover slightly soiled, o/w VG. Born around 1400, son of a Moslem weaver in Benares, Kabir was influenced by Sufi poets.

Kent OH: Kent State University, 1994. First Edition. 8vo, pp. xiv, 346. Appendices, notes bibliography, index. Dark blue cloth stamped in copper. Top edges lightly spotted, o/w a nice copy.

New Haven CT: Yale, 1991. First printing. 8vo, pp. xxiii, 338. Bibliography, index. A nice copy in little scuffed dj. A social history of literacy in the U.S. that broadens the definition of literacy.

Cambridge MA: Harvard, 1973. First Edition. 8vo, pp. xiv, 205. Bibliographical notes, index. Top edge slightly spotted, o/w a VG tight copy in somewhat worn dj. How public schools evolved in response to population growth, immigration, and the social problems posed by an expanding city.

NY: Twice a year press, 1946. 2nd edition, revised enlarged. 8vo, pp. 120. A VG copy. Includes miscellaneous translations of Kafka's work by Sophie Prombaum, from Biography of Franz Kafka by Max Brod, etc.

NY: William Morrow, 1987. 8vo, pp. 575. Includes a dictionary of foods and techniques. Fine, in dj. Nearly 600 recipes, with exact timings for different quantities and ovens of different powers.

NY: Schocken, 1971. 8vo, pp. vii, 486. Chronology, bibliography. Cover little soiled, o/w a VG tight copy.

London: Secker and Warburg, 1949. First UK edn., first edtiion in English. 8vo, pp. 298. Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir. Little foxing at ends, cover slightly stained and faded, o/w a nice tight copy. Scarce. This collection of stories and prose pieces has been devised to include all the works that Kafka saw fit to publish during his lifetime.

NY: Schocken, 1973. First English edition. 8vo, pp. xxv, 592. Notes, chronology, index. Edited by Erich Heller and Jurgen Born; translated by James Stern and Elisabeth Duckworth. Frontis portrait. A nice copy in somewhat scuffed dj. A record of five crucial years in Kafka's live and off his relationship to the woman to whom he was twice engaged, but never married.

NY: Modern Library, 1969. Small 8vo, pp. xvii, 481. Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir, with additional material translated by Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser. With an Homage by Thomas Mann. Blue cloth. Edges spotted, edges of cover little scuffed, o/w a VG tight copy in soiled dj. Includes alternative versions of passages, and parts deleted by the author.

New Haven: Yale, 1987. First printing. 8vo, pp. xvii, 396. Index; references and notes at the ends of articles.Foreword by Urie Bronfenbrenner. Yellow cloth. Top edge spotted, o/w a nice copy in little faded and soiled dj. A fairly comprehensive treatment of the subject, with copious reference lists at ends of articles.

Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, 1954. Reprint. Small 8vo, pp. 162. Illustrated. Little warped green cloth, very good.

Chicago: University of Chicago, 1986. First printing. 8vo, pp. ix, 208. Index. Edited by Roger Weiss, introduction by Jonathan Frankel. Frontis photo. Blue cloth. About as new in very slightly chipped dj.

NY: Praeger, 1972. First Edition. 4to, pp. 112. Foreword by Laura Gilpin. Sixteen color plates and 81 half-tone illustrations. Published in association with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to go with an exhibition. A nice copy in slightly chipped dj. Includes a brief history of the Navajo tribe, and a description of the changes in materials and design as the Navajos came in touch with Indian, Spanish and Anglo cultures.

Princeton NJ: Princeton University, 1973. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 214. Index. Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. [Bollingen series LXXXIII.] Cover slightly scuffed at ends of spine, o/w a nice copy in little chipped and soiled dj.

NY: Braziller, 1961. Second printing. 8vo, pp. 700. Bibliography, notes, index. A VG tight copy in little chipped dj. A philosophical book by the Czech writer.

NY: Random House, 1955. First printing. 8vo, pp. 302. Illustrated. VG in somewhat soiled and chipped dj. An excursion into the Broadway of 1871 through 1885.