In the Penal Colony: translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir; with lithographs by Michael Hafftka [with box]
by Kafka, Franz
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1987. Hardcover. Fine. Hafftka, Michael. [2], 53, [5] p., 4 leaves of lithographed plates; 30 cm. Sewn and bound in vellum paper wrappers with yapp edges and the author's name printed in black on the spine; sewing bands are visible on the wrapper sides. Clamshell box is covered in light grey cloth with a small printed label on the spine bearing the author's name. Edges of box are black; lined with black felt. This is number 198 of a limited edition of 800 copies. Set in monotype Walbaum at the Out of Sorts letter foundery in Mamaroneck, N.Y. and printed on mould-made Magnani paper at the Shagbark Press in South Portland, Me. The lithographs were printed on hand-made Japanese paper at Trestle Editions, N.Y. City. The book design was by Benjamin Shiff. Hand-sewn and hand-bound by Carol Joyce. Signed by the artist at the colophon. In Fine/Fine Condition.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- In the Penal Colony: translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir; with lithographs by Michael Hafftka [with box]
- Author
- Kafka, Franz
- Illustrator
- Hafftka, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Prints, Engravings, & Photographs; Fine Binding & Printing;
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- Spine
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- Colophon
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Vellum
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- Edges
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