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In The Penal Colony
by Kafka, Franz; Muir, Willa (trans.); Muir, Edwin (trans.)
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- very good
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Very good
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Paris, France
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About This Item
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1987. Paperback Quarto in Slipcase. Paperback. Very good. Hafftka, Michael. hand-sewn and hand-bound by Carol Joyce, printed on mould-made magnani paper, cream parchment jacket with yapp edges, author's name in black at spine, 53 pp, housed in fine sand cloth clamshell box with velvet lining and paper label at spine, numbered 191 of 800, lithographs by Michael Hafftka printed on hand-made japanese paper, signed by illustrator, Michael Hafftka, at the colophon
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- Bookseller
- San Francisco Book Company
(FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56386
- Title
- In The Penal Colony
- Author
- Kafka, Franz; Muir, Willa (trans.); Muir, Edwin (trans.)
- Illustrator
- Hafftka, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Paperback Quarto in Slipcase
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
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- Literature;
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- Quarto
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