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Lot 143

KAFKA (FRANZ)
In der Strafkolonie, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES, Leipzig, K. Wolff, 1919

27 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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KAFKA (FRANZ)

In der Strafkolonie, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES, printed in black and occasional blue, occasional light foxing, publisher's black half calf over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, joints a little rubbed, 8vo, Leipzig, K. Wolff, 1919

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First edition of Kafka's dark short story, In the Penal Colony, limited to 1,000 copies and one of only five works published in his lifetime.

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