VOLUME ONE ONLY. RARE FIRST EDITION of Franz Kafka`s Collected Writings edited by Max Brod. This volume contains Kafka`s stories and short writings, as well as and afterword: Zwei Gesprache aus einer spater vernichteten Erzahlung "Beschreibung eines Kampfes"; Betrachtung; Das Urteil, Die Verwandlung, Ein Landarzt; In der Strafkolonie; Ein Hungerkunstler; Anhang - Max Brod und Franz Kafka: Die erste lange Eisenbahnfahrt. 195x125mm. 280 pages. Dark-orange cloth Hardcover. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Cover slightly curved. Cover and spine rubbed and dirty/somewhat stained. Cover corners bumped and peeling. Spine rear hinge slightly torn (20mm). Spine edges peeling/tattered. Small sticker on front endpaper upper left corner. Previous owner`s name written in pen on front whitepage upper left corner. Front whitepage upper edge and several pages slightly age-stained. Pages 12-16 age-stained. Pages slightly wavy and yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare first volume of Kafka`s collected writings first edition is overall in good condition.