The Castle

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First American Edition, published simultaneously with the British edition, preceded by the First German Edition in 1926.

Franz Kafka's final, unfinished novel, posthumously published by his executor Max Brod, despite the author's wishes that the manuscript be burned.

Top corners lightly bumped, backstrip lightly toned, overall about Near Fine in a Very Good plus, price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket with corresponding moderate toning and a few small splashes to the spine panel, along with toning to the top edge of the rear panel, and flap folds.

Housed in a custom quarter-leather maroon cloth clamshell box.

[Book #171452]