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Kurt Wolff. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket 2nd edition. Spine cover missing. (woodcuts, stories in pictures)

München (Kurt Wolff), 1928.. (4)ff., 25 plates after woodcuts. Sm. 4to. Publisher’s boards (chipped).

München: Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1924. 2. Auflage. Hardcover . Good. slight library mark new boards

1924. Small 4to. Oboards. Wrappers with tears. Back loose.

Kurt Wolff, 1928-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Minor tears to dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Generally clean.

Munich: Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1927.. Spine defective, otherwise a very good copy, text and plates are clean and crisp.. Edition: Second edition., Binding: Original publisher’s paper boards with title and vignette to upper board, spine defective. , Notes: The publisher, Kurt Wolff, was an influential German publisher who was responsible for the skyrocketing success of Franz Kafka’s early career. This book, telling the story of a poor worker fighting for workers’ rights, juxtaposes the humanist sentiment invoked by a young man’s being made to suffer in a capitalist society with the cruel rigidity identified with the traditional family, the factory, the police, and eventually the church and the courts. The motif of a man bearing a cross seen on the cover and the title seems in this context a stark contrast with the crucifix depicted in the trial plate, seeking to identify the young man with Jesus, different from the unjust system identified with the crucifix., Size: Square 8vo. , Illustration:… Read More