IN THE PENAL COLONY -The Limited Editions Club-
by Franz Kafka
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1987. First Thus (In a limited edition of 800 numbered copies) . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to (54 pages, illustrated with four tipped-in black & white lithographs). Elegant rendering of Kafka’s excruciating work, hand-sewn and hand-bound in vellum paper over parchment boards, housed in a linen-covered clamshell box. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir, with lithographs by Michael Hafftka. This is number 673 of 800 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. A virtually mint copy.
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- Bookseller
- Chartwell Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140638
- Title
- IN THE PENAL COLONY -The Limited Editions Club-
- Author
- Franz Kafka
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus (In a limited edition of 800 numbered copies)
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 4to (54 pages, illustrated with
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...