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

London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.110 [2]. Publisher's cream quarter cloth with gilt titles to red backing on spine, and highly unusual decorative red cloth over boards. With the plain typographic dust-jacket, priced at 5s. Some toning to cloth spine and edges. Jacket rubbed and well-handled, with some chipping to edges and heavy browning to spine. Very good. Item #58411
Price: £30.00