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TWO VOLUME SET - Textband & Apparatband. RARE CRITICAL EDITION of the incomplete first novel by Franz Kafka - `Der Verschollene`, also called `Amerika` (in English the title is also `The Man Who Disappeared` or `The Missing Person`), written between 1911 and 1914 and published posthumously in 1927. The novel originally began as a short story titled `The Stoker`. The novel incorporates many details of the experiences of Kafka`s relatives who had emigrated to the United States. 220x150mm. [498] + [492] pages. Dark green cloth Hardcover with dust-jacket and green cloth ribbon marker. Text block upper edge dyed yellow. Ex-libris sticker on front endpaper. [TEXT VOLUME]: Jacket slightly dirty and rubbed. Jacket hinges and corners worn/wrinkled. Two small stains on jacket front. Jacket rear bottom corners/hinges slightly torn. Text block edges slightly dirty. Pencil underlining/notes on some pages. [APPARATBAND]: Contains b&w plates. Jacket spine edges and hinges wrinkled and rubbed. Pencil underlining/notes on few pages. [SUMMARY]: This two volume critical edition of an early unfinished novel by one of the giants of modern literature is otherwise in very good condition.