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

Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1951. FIRST EDITION. Octavo., pp.277. Elegantly bound in black full morocco, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, original spine bound in at rear. A clean, fresh copy with one faint mark to half-title, in a fine, unmarked recent leather binding. Item #48926
Callil & Toibin; Modern Library. (200 Best Novels in English since 1950), p.154. Listed in The Observer: All-Time 100 Best Novels [2003];also Time Magazine: 100 Best Modern Novels; Modern Library's Top 100 Novels [1998]; BBC Big Read (200 Best Novels) [2003]; The Times: NovelList Top 60 Poll [2013].
Price: £1,650.00