The Trial

by Kafka, Franz

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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by Kafka, Franz

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1st Edition
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1937
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Hardcover
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Knopf, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine first US edition in a fine dust jacket. First American edition stated on the copyright page. Original price still on front flap of the jacket. Housed in a custom-made collector's clamshell case.
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by Franz Kafka

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1st UK
Published
1937
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Blue Cloth
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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… Read more about this item
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The Trial: Definitive Edition (Modern Library #318.1)
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by KAFKA, Franz

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[c.1963]
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Hardcover
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New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Good in Good+ dust jacket. [c.1963]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition of Kafka's acclaimed novel, which tells the absurdist tale of a bank clerk who is arrested on unspecified charges by an unspecified authority and put on trial for that unknown crime. This English language version with an… Read more about this item
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The Trial

by Franz Kafka

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First Edition
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1950
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Light blue wraps. In very good condition, interior clean and unmarked, soiling to cover with some edgewear.
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The Trial

by Kafka, Franz [SIGNED BY PAUL MAGRIEL]

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Reprint
Published
1975
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Paperback
ISBN 10
0140009078
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Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1975. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1975. Reprint. SIGNED BY PAUL MAGRIEL inside front cover. The late Paul Magriel was World Backgammon Champion. He was particularly interested in dark literary figures like Kafka and Dostoyevsky. Spine uncreased. Light edge wear. Pages tan. Very good.. Signed - Association Copy. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 12 mo..
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by Kafka, Franz; Willa and Edwin Muir(Translators)

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Good
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First US Edition Thus/1st Printing
Published
1957
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Hardcover
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. First US Edition Thus/1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A first printing of the definitive edition - 'revised, reset and reprinted from new plates'. In beige pictorial cloth with brown and blue line work. Top page ends tinted blue. Some foxing to board ends and peripheries and a few to page ends and endpapers. Interior… Read more about this item
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Second
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1945
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Second edition, published nine years after the first edition in 1945. Original blue cloth. A little browning to top edge of boards. Edges and endpapers somewhat foxed largely due to the quality of paper used. Knock to the top corner of text block, otherwise very good. The original and unclipped dust jacket is very good indeed with some toning to… Read more about this item
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First American Edition, First Printing
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1937
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Hardcover
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 297 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine brown with black lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$2.50." Moderate shelf wear. Age toning and soiling to dust jacket. Closed tear to front cover near spine, measuring… Read more about this item
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The Trial (Penguin Modern Classics)

The Trial (Penguin Modern Classics)

by Franz Kafka

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Used - Acceptable
Published
1968
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Paperback
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Penguin Books, 1968. Paperback. Acceptable. 1968. Reprint. 255 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Epilogue by Max Brod. Binding is shaky, pages are loose. Pages are lightly tanned throughout with markings and slight stains to some page edges. Water stain to top corner of first few pages, text remains unaffected. Pencil inscription to first page. Paper cover has moderate edgewear… Read more about this item
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The Trial (Penguin Modern Classics)

by Franz Kafka

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Used - Good
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1st / 5th reprinting
Published
1965
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Paperback
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Good with tanned pages. Minor bumps and scuffs to cover. Shelfwear to lower spine. Clean unmarked copy.
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The Trial

by Kafka, Franz

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Used - Fair
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
Reprint Ediiton/First Printing
Published
1956
Binding
Hardcover
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Albany, California, USA
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New York: Modern Library, 1956. Reprint Ediiton/First Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Good. The First Modern Library Printing of the definitive edition. Stated First Printing. In red cloth with black title panels and dulled gilt. Soiling to boards and wear at corners and spine ends with small spot of fraying to head of spine. Names to ffep, and top of title… Read more about this item
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THE TRIAL

by Kafka, Franz

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Used - Good with no dust jacket
Published
1937
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Hardbound
ISBN 10
039444955X
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New York: The Modern Library. Good with no dust jacket. 1937. Hardbound. 340 pages .
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1st Edition
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1937
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Hardcover
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Gollancz, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very good first UK edition, with 1937 on title page, with a stain on bottom edge of book block.
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First
Published
1948
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Hardcover
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New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1948. First. Hardcover. Good. Georg Salter. Hardcover. First American Edition. Sixth Printing (1948) 297 pages. Interior in very good condition. No underlines, no marks. Scarce blue/gray boards with front and spine pictorial with blue and black lettering. Boards have slight staining. Pictorial front board of the trial in blue and black. Owner's name… Read more about this item
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THE TRIAL

THE TRIAL

by KAFKA, Franz

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New and unread. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase
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1975
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Hardcover
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Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1975. Hardcover. New and unread. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Alan E. Cober. Large octavo (7-1/2" x 9-1/2") bound in full red morocco with gilt rules and lettering and blindstamping. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir with an introduction by Erich Heller. Illustrated with color plates and black-and-white drawings by Alan… Read more about this item
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The Trial: Definitive Edition

The Trial: Definitive Edition

by Kafka, Franz

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Used - Very good+
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good
Edition
Definitive edition
Published
1957
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Hardcover
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. Definitive edition. Hardcover. Very good+/good. Brown and blue stamped beige cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, not illustrated. Book has mild toning and wear to edges of boards and spine, binding tight, small sticker to front flyleaf, text clean and unmarked. DJ has edgewear that includes small tears and their related creases,… Read more about this item
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The Trial (Oxford World's Classics (Audio))

by Franz Kafka

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Used
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July 1, 2013
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CD Brilliance Audio; Unabridged edition (July 1, 2013)
ISBN 10
1480527807
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'Someone must have been telling tales about Josef K., for one morning, without having done anything wrong, he was arrested.' A successful professional man wakes up one morning to find himself under arrest for an offence which is never explained. The mysterious court which conducts his trial is outwardly co-operative, but capable of horrific violence. Faced with this ambiguous authority,… Read more about this item
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by Kafka, Franz

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Later Printing
Published
1953
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Hardcover
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First published in 1937; reprinted eight times.This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the tenth printing. Rust-coloured cloth binding with titling on the spine in black. The front cover is has a line drawing of a courtroom scene, stamped in black and blue. Clean text; 288 pages, followed by a nine-page Epilogue by… Read more about this item
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THE TRIAL: Definitive Edition.

by Kafka, Franz (1883-1924)

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Used - Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Published
(1991.)
ISBN 10
0805208488
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New York:: Quality Paperback Book Club,, (1991.). Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. . Trade paperback. Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir; revised and with additional material translated by E. M. Butler, with excerpts and drawing from Kafka's diaries during the period when he wrote this novel. One of a series of specially produced editions… Read more about this item
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by Kafka, Franz

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First American Edition, First Printing
Published
1937
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Hardcover
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Rockville, Maryland, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 297 pages. In Very Good condition, and lacking issued dust jacket. Bound in orange cloth on flexible boards with black lettering and decoration. Minor shelf wear. Sunning to cloth on spine. Tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Light age toning to text block, with top edge dyed… Read more about this item
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