Kafka and Kabbalah
New York: Continuum, 1994. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 231 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket gently rubbed along edges. Boards show mild shelfwear. Binding sound and pages unmarked. More
New York: Continuum, 1994. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 231 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket gently rubbed along edges. Boards show mild shelfwear. Binding sound and pages unmarked. More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991. First Edition. Octavo. 228 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Green cloth stamped in blue. Light shelfwear to dust jacket and boards; front board bows slightly. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876. First Edition. 12mo. 350 pages + 1 p. advertisement. Green boards stamped in black and gilt. Forest green endpapers. All edges stained red. Light wear to extremities. Slight lean to spine. Hinges with exposure but binding is holding. Some spotting and scuffing..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1885. Limited Large Paper Edition, numbered 43 of 50 copies and signed "Charles Whittingham & Co." (the Chiswick Press). Bound by J.P. Gray and Son, Cambridge, with binder stamp at bottom of front pastedown. Bookplate of Percy Lancelot Babington, Esquire of Cossington in County..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1930. First Edition. Octavo; xxvii, 378pp. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Covers lightly rubbed at corners and spine ends, with a bit of fading to spine. Some humidity rippling to preliminary and terminal pages. Long tear lengthwise across 3/4 of pp. 21-22; almost..... More
New York: The Dial Publishing Company, Inc., 1921. First Edition. Octavo (10" x 6"); 728 pp. Original pale pink printed wrappers. Black and white illustrations. Edges rubbed and worn. Chip to top edge of spine with a small closed tear that wraps around to the front cover, text is unaffected..... More
New York: Random House, 1977. First Edition. Signed by Gore Vidal without inscription at title page. Octavo. 285 pp. Printed dust jacket with "$10.00" price present. Black and yellow boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket rubbed and foxed along edges; spine sunned; ghost of a sticker to front flap verso..... More
Secaucus: Lyle Stuart Inc., 1980. First Edition. Signed by Vidal without inscription on full title. Octavo; 319pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $14.95 price intact; bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket shows a couple closed tears with adjacent creasing at top and bottom of back pane., with..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, [ca.1880]. New Edition. Two octavo volumes; I: viii, 531pp, II: [iv], 550pp. Marbled paper-covered boards and leather spine and corner tips, with leather spine labels and gilt lettering and decoration down spines. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Boards edgeworn with scuffing to leather at corners..... More
New York: Algol Press, 1978. Second Printing, stated. Octavo; publisher's brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 192pp. Boards are sturdy and square with no significant signs of shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. A Fine example. Contents include an introduction by Isaac Asimov and assessments by Lee Hoffman, Ted..... More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1890. First Edition. Octavo. 250 pages + 2 pages advertisements. Red boards with spine stamped in gilt. Chipped at spine ends, more heavily at top. Corners bumped and cracked. Boards somewhat crudely recased but binding now sound. Interior unmarked. A very..... More
College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2001. Stated First Edition. Octavo (9.5" x 6.25"); xvi, 209p. Printed dustjacket over black cloth-covered boards. Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and barcodes to book, but no card pocket. Jacket crisp but with remnants of mostly-removed laminate, now in a new mylar cover..... More
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author with brief inscription on full title. Octavo (8.75" x 5.75"); xviii, 104p. Photo-illustrated dustjacket over gray paper-covered boards with black lettering to spine. Jacket is clean and crisp with no chips, tears, or marks. Front..... More
Edinburgh: A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1765. Third Edition. Volume One only of two volume set. Octavo; xvi, 500pp. Full contemporary calf with five raised bands and red leather label to spine. Ruled and lettered in gilt. Bookplate of author and presidential speech writer William..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. First Edition, limited issue of 300 copies with "First Edition" printed on paper spine label and limitation notice to copyright page. Octavo. 116 pp. Latter 2/3 of pages unopened. Dark gray paper-covered boards with tan cloth spine and paper spine label. Published simultaneously with..... More
New York: New York Literary Forum, 1980. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's grey card wrappers; viii,216pp.; illus. throughout. Wrappers erroneously bound upside down, margins a bit chipped and curled from use, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Fourth volume of the Forum's periodical organized by theme..... More
The Hague / Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, 1978. First Edition. Octavo. 160 pp. Green cloth with spine stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards show very faint dark staining along spine with a touch of dust soiling along edges. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper, paper..... More
Philadelphia: The Gebbie Publishing Co., 1897. Limited Imperial Edition, this set being number 1 of 500. Four volumes in eight. Octavo. Frontis portraits to each volume. Red cloth with brown leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt. Spines faded with some staining to boards. Bindings are..... More
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1920 [but 1929]. Quinzième Édition. Small octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's green printed card wrappers; [4],xxviii,303pp. Upper cover and spine toned to tan, the former a bit spotted, textblock uniformly toned, else Near Very Good. Collection of essays on literary theory by the major influencer of the works of..... More
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1868-1869. Six Volumes. Octavos (19cm.); contemporary forest green calf over marbled boards, spines elaborately tooled in gilt in six compartments, each with two red gilt-lettered spine labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; steel-engraved frontispieces at the head of four volumes. Moderate scuffing to extremities, spines..... More
New York: William Pearson & Co., 1835. "Alexandrian Edition." Octavo; [ii], 446pp. Rebound in brown cloth and black leather spine and corner tips, with older black spine strip retained. Boards bumped at corners, spine ends, and along edges, with some scuffing and smudging to cloth. Hinges reinforced. Pencil gift inscription..... More
Totowa, NJ: Barnes & Noble Books, 1981. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 213 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt; dark topstain. Dust jacket creased along edges; spine sunned; light surface scratching; price sticker to front flap. Boards edgeworn with general scuffing. Binding gives a little but overall holding..... More
Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1975. Quarto. 673 pages. Ex-library with usual markings. Blue cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Introductory text in English and Lexicon and Concordance in Cyrillic. No dust jacket. Boards show some light scuffing with institutional markings to front and spine. Binding..... More
New York: Burt Franklin, 1969. Reprint of the 1889 edition. Small quarto (10.25" x 7.25"); [viii], 568pp. Green buckram with gilt lettering to spine. Boards lightly rubbed at corners with a bit of nudging at spine ends. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1957 [Second, 1963, Printings]. Three volumes; small octavos; publisher's cloth in grey printed Oxford University Press dust jackets. Light wear to jacket margins including a few tiny chips, spines toned, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound set. More