The Diaries of Franz Kafka: 1910–1913; 1914–1923.

First UK edition. 2 vols., complete. 1948–1949. Blue linen-covered boards, spines stamped in gilt, in tan jackets printed and decorated in dark blue [priced 16s. net to front flaps]. Top edges stained yellow. Edited and annotated by Max Brod. Volume I, 1910–1913: 8vo., pp., 345. Translated from the German by Joseph Kresh. Volume II, 1914–1923: 8vo., pp., 343. Translated by Martin Greenberg, with the co-operation of Hannah Arendt. First UK edition of the first complete edition of Kafka's diaries to appear in any language. Printed in the US.

A fine, crisp set, in the complete dustwrappers tanned as usual to spines and extremities.