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KAFKA, FRANZ.
Metamor-
phosis.
Drawings by Leslie Sherman. 8vo,
publisher’s black cloth, small wrinkle on
front cover; dust jacket, unclipped, light
rubbing, restorations at spine panel ends
and along spine fold.
(NewYork):Vanguard Press, (1946)
[600/900]
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
,
FIRST ISSUE
JACKET
.
Ex-collection long time Secker and
Warburg editor Roger Stenhouse, with his pen-
ciled ownership signature on verso of front
flyleaf. Secker was the primary publisher of
Kafka’s work in the UK.
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KILMER, JOYCE.
Trees and
Other Poems.
8vo, original brown
boards, printed paper labels to front cover
and spine; dust jacket, one short closed
tear along front flap fold, tiny chips to
spine panel tips, light finger-soiling, top
edges gilt; bookplate, offsetting on rear
flylear from laid-in clipping, additional
clipping mounted to half-title.
NewYork: George Doran, (1914)
[800/1,200]
FIRST EDITION
,
IN THE RARE DUST JACKET
,
without the words “Printed in the United
States of America” on the copyright page indi-
cating an early issue. Four years after this
collection appeared, Kilmer was killed in the
Second Battle of the Marne. BAL 11104.
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KEROUAC, JACK.
On the
Road.
8vo, original black cloth lettered
in white, slight lean; dust jacket, mild tan-
ning and finger-soiling, lengthy tape
repairs along edges and one fold on verso,
additional small paper restorations on
recto, flap folds rubbed; internally clean.
NewYork:Viking, 1957
[1,000/1,500]
FIRST EDITION
,
FIRST STATE JACKET
with
price present on front flap and blue and red
stripes across back panel. Kerouac’s most endur-
ingly popular work. At the time of publication
he envisioned Marlon Brando starring in the
film version. After several failed attempts, the
film adaptation was finally released in 2012.
Charters A2.
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