The Castle by Franz Kafka (translated by Willa and Edwin Muir, Eithne Wilkins and Ernst Kaiser) - 1953

London: Secker and Warburg, 1953. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First edition, first printing, of the newly expanded "Definitive Edition." This is the first British edition and the first edition in English. First-issue price-clipped dust jacket. Bright blue cloth hardcover with gold lettering on front cover and spine. 451 pages. Laid in appears to be the publisher's promotional flier for an earlier edition of The Castle which includes a photo of Kafka. NEAR FINE book in VERY GOOD dust jacket. Book has light sun-toning to the spine and is otherwise Fine. Bright and clean, tight and square, with no bumping or wear and a flawless interior. No previous owner signature. Dust jacket has a sun-toned spine, light sun-toning around the edges, light chipping at the spine ends and bottom edges, three closed tears along the top edges, light creasing along top and bottom edges, and price torn from bottom corner of front flap. Otherwise, bright, very clean and unworn. Jacket is protected in a mylar cover..