Lot 164
"Amerika", by Franz Kafka – Published by Schocken Books, New York, 1962 – Copy Signed by Max Brod
Amerika, by Franz Kafka, translated by Willa and Edwin Muir. New York: Schocken Books, 1962. English. Notes on verso of title page: "First Schocken Paperback Edition".
English edition of the novel "Amerika" by Franz Kafka, with illustrations by Emlen Etting. Inscribed by Brod on title page (in pen; German) "To Chava" [Eva Hoffe], signed "Max".
The novel "Amerika" was written during the years 1911-1914, and remained unfinished. First published in 1927, three years after Kafka's death, it was edited by Max Brod, and published despite Kafka's request that his works be destroyed after his death. Brod arranged the order of chapters and gave the novel its title "Amerika" (in newer edition, the novel is titled "The Missing Person" – Der Verschollene).
[1], XVIII, 299, [2] pp. 20 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor creases. Some unopened leaves.
