1949, Diaries 1914-23 by Franz Kafka, HBw/dj, Schocken, FIRST PRINTING, EX COND

Description: This book was purchased from the estate of William Christensberry in Washington DC. On this photographer from Wikipedia: "William Andrew Christenberry Jr. (November 5, 1936 – November 28, 2016) was an American photographer, painter, sculptor, and teacher who drew inspiration from his childhood in Hale County, Alabama.[1] Christenberry focused extensively on architecture, abandoned structures, nature, and extensively studied the psychology and effects of place and memory. He is best known for his haunting compositions of landscapes, signs, and abandoned buildings in his home state. Christenberry is also considered a pioneer of colored photography as an art form; he was especially encouraged in the medium by the likes of Walker Evans and William Eggleston." CHRISTENBERRY SIGNED HIS LAST NAME ON THE ENDPAPER BEHIND THE FRONT BOARD (see listing photo). This is the FIRST PRINTING, not stated on the copyright page, but others claim that the features of the copyright page, particularly, "Translated by Martin Greenberg, with the co-operation of Hannah Arendt" and with the copyright 1949 statement below, indicate a First Printing, and one listing cited "McBride" for this information. Found with the dust jacket encased in an old-style mylar protector with brown borders - will be conveyed as found. The jacket is clipped, looks like some light soiling of back cover. Clean green cloth boards with light edge and corner wear, with clear gilt and black titling and decoration front board and spine. 343 clean and solidly bound pages, no interior marks besides the Christenberry autograph, light age-toning around page edges. This book is the second of the "Diaries.." books, the first covering the years 1910-14. Here is a brief comment on the pair of books from the internet: "These diaries cover the years 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka’s death at the age of forty. They provide a penetrating look into life in Prague and into Kafka’s accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped, and the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt, and his feelings of being an outcast. They offer an account of a life of almost unbearable intensity." B41

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