Description of a Struggle by Kafka Franz (40 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Wear to cover. Pages tanned. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm.

green, black & gilt decorative full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). no dustwrapper. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. 2nd printing (1984) (#2 in # line). 241p. fiction. novels. english literature. german literature. ~ Publisher's Note: The stories in this volume are presented for the first time in English. The original German text is contained in Beschreibung eines Kampfes. The title story, which Kafka wrote at the age of twenty, is the only complete piece from his early period. For a long time considered lost, it turned up in Max Brod's library, together with the fragment of the novel, Wedding Preparations in the Country. The Warden of the Tomb is the novelist's only piece in drama form; it was contained in one of Kafka's blue octavo notebooks and, partly, in a typescript. CONTENTS = Description of a Struggle, / Blumfeld, an Elderly Bachelor / The Warden of the Tomb. /The Refusal. Short Pieces = Poseidon; The Vulture; The Departure; Give It Up!; At Night; The Helmsman; The Top; The Test; Advocates; Home~Coming; Fellowship; Fragments of "A Report to an Academy"; Fragment of "The Great Wall of China"; The Conscription of Troops; Fragment of "The Hunter Gracchus";

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Condition: Good. 1960. First Edition Thus. 345 pages. Dust jacket over paper covered boards. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Heavy tanning to endpapers. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Mild crushing to spine ends. Boards are mildly warped. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Heavy tanning to spine and edges. Notable rubbing and marking all over.

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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Book softcover reprint of 1979 edition pp152. Condition Light tanning to edges. small stain to back cover lower edge. Unread.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 74 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.17 inches. In Stock.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Good. 1958 Hardcoer edition with dust jacket. Small tear on dust jacket. Otherwise, a nice, clean copy free of any marks.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Penguin Books 1979, first thus. Binding firm. Pages clean and bright, no markings. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

150 pp, rear wrapper repaired, else very good copy in illustrated, limp wrappers.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO20268237: 1988. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 151 PAGES - en anglais - couverture tâchée. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Light wear to tips and ends, tiny indentation to bottom cover edge, slight discoloration to top edges, light fading to top text block, and previous owner's stamp to first endpaper, otherwise a very nice copy with clean pages and tight binding. Dustjacket has two half inch tears previously taped at top front spine and flap creases, half inch crease across top of front and two inches at bottom front, light edgewear, discoloration along flap creases, owner's stamp to front flap, foxing to backside with faint smell, remains a nice jacket in protective archival cover. Overall, an attractive copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Proof copy. Wrappers. Covers rather marked, upper cover slightly creased, corners of prelims slightly bumped. With the ownership signature of Euan Cameron. "This volume completes, in the Definitive edition, the English translation of Kafka's fictional writings. With the exception of four short pieces . . . it includes all the contents of 'The Great Wall of China' translated by Willa and Edwin Muir (1933), together with a considerable amount of new material now translated for the first time by Tania and James Stern" (publisher's note).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85.

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Original Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Proof Copy. Vol. V of the definitive edition, translated by the Muirs and Tania and James Stern. Slight spotting on edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1958 Shocken hard cover - some wear to edge of dust jacket - minor staining to closed page edge - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy.

HB BLUE BOARDS OWNER SIGNATURE FOXING V G PP345 DW DARKENED ON SPINE STAIN REMNANTS BOTTOM FRONT PANEL VG 8V0 Sixteen stories and other pieces.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good hardback copy. No dustjacket. 345 pages. Previous owner's name inside cover. Translated from the German by Willa & Edwin Muir and Tania & James Stern. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First UK Edition, Thus. Cover is in good condition, save for rubbing/yellowing with age. DJ is unclipped and presents with rubbing/yellowing with age, edge/corner chipping, some soiling to length of spine, and slight edge wear. Text is otherwise tight in binding. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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