Description of a Struggle by Kafka Franz (34 results)

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.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Condition: New. SUPER FAST SHIPPING.

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

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";

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.

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.

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.

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.

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: 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.

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

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

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: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

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: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Hardcover with dustjacket. Book itself near mint. Very light wear dustjacket. Fine. 355 pp.

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.

Condition: Very Good Indeed. First Edition. Very Good Indeed. First Edition. Uncorrected proof copy of this collection, in publisher's paper wrappers. Title in ink to spine. A nice, clean copy. Very scarce in this format.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. Nice copy. Surprisingly well preserved. Blue boards with gold lettering to spine and cover. Unmarked, tight and square. Bright and fresh. Neat signature of former owner on front pastedown but no other markings. No other issues. Price clipped jacket has only very faint tanning to spine. Jacket otherwise is clean and sharp with no tears or creasing. Scarce. This is the 1960 printing with that date on title page. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine to Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine to Fine. First Thus. Nice copy. Surprisingly well preserved. Blue boards with gold lettering to spine and cover. Unmarked, tight and square. Bright and fresh. Small bookstore label on frontn pastedown. Small area of offset near hinge on rear endpapers. No other issues. Price intact jacket has only light tanning to spine. Jacket otherwise is clean and sharp with no tears, creasing or soiling. Scarce. This is the 1960 printing with that date on title page. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

[Modern Literature] VINTAGE EDITION, part of the Kafka 'English Definitive Edition' produced by Secker and Warburg. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.345 [3], blank. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine and upper, typographic dust-jacket with a price sticker of 30'- to front flap. Toning and spotting to edges of textblock with spotting to preliminaries and endpapers with some infrequent markings throughout, unusual toning pattern to pp.100-101 and pp.294-295, rolling to spine with some discolouration to cloth at crown and base, sunning to jacket. This book is a collection of Kafka's shorter works and includes titles such as 'The Description of Struggle', 'The Knock at the Manor Gate', and 'The Giant Mole'. This collection includes sixteen stories that had previously been unpublished in English before this book's publication.