WEDDING PREPARATIONS IN THE COUNTRY AND OTHER POSTHUMOUS PROSE WRITINGS, with Notes by Max Brod by Kafka, Franz - 1954

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Acceptable.

London: Secker and Warburg. Very Good in Fair dj. 1954. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. [light shelfwear, minor fading to cloth at spine ends, age-toning to edges of text block; the jacket is a bit tattered, with small tears and a bit of paper loss at all corners and at ends of spine, shallow chipping at top edge of rear panel, spine panel sun-browned, general light soiling and handling wear]. "This important new collection from the Kafka manuscripts housed in the Schocken Library at Jerusalem, under the editorship of Max Brod, contains at least two pieces of major interest. 'Wedding Preparations,' the title story, was never completed, but it significant in showing Kafka at the outset of his literary career, already a master of language, but still uncertain how best to handle his material. .... Even more important, because fundamental to any understanding of Kafka, is the 'Letter to My [sic] Father,' printed in full for the first time. Written at the age of 36, it… Read More

Secker & Warburg, London, 1973. Hardcover. Good. With notes by Max Brod. Translated from the German by Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins

Penguin, London, 19789 Mass Market Paperback. Book Condition: Good. Moderate reading wear. Clean interior..

London: Secker & Warburg, 1954 First English edition. Hardcover book . Blue cloth, gilt titles, with dustjacket. 446pp. With Notes by Max Brod. Covers aged with faded top to spine Owner's name and date to flyleaf. Light foxing to end-papers and half-title. Jacket has edge wear to top edge and spine with small losses. Spine of jacket darkened. A Very Good copy. in a Good+ jacket.

London: Secker and Warburg, 1954. First English edition. 8vo, original blue cloth in the rare dustjacket. 446. A near mint copy of the book, the jacket with some mellowing to the spine and very minor edgewear. "Wedding Preparations," though never finished, is an early story which shows Kafka "at the outset of his literary career, already a master of language, but still uncertain how best to handle his material" (from the jacket). "Letter to My Father" is an interesting example of the complex relationship between artist son and businessman father. Also included are a large number of stories and fragments from the notebooks, some of which are published here for the first time.