"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka

London: Chatto & Windus, 1906. [American Literature] LEATHER-BOUND VINTAGE COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 438 [36]. With 174 illustrations by Kemble, including a frontispiece. Publisher's advertisements dated May 1906. Recently rebound in navy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and the original blue navy cloth with..... More
New York, NY: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. [Literature] FIRST EDITION, earliest state of the cloth issue, now finely rebound in full green morocco, with the original cloth covers preserved at rear. Large octavo (22 x 18cm), pp.366. Illustrated throughout. Binding features gilt titles, and raised bands to spine..... More