Notes on Kafka’s The Castle

Kafka's The Castle was published in February 1969 with a price of $2.45 on the dust jacket, but the price immediately rose to $2.95. The first edition book has Fujita endpapers; blank endpapers were used in later 1969 and 1970 printings.

First copyright page text:         Modern Library Edition

First binding style:     14

First inverse DJ number:     [ none but look for Fujita endpapers
                                                 & Binding 12 torchbearer on the title page ]

First DJ flap price:        $2.45

Dates in print:     1969 - 1975

Toledano number:     388.1

GT42

Confirmed buckram sighting?            yes

Intro author:     Thomas Mann

Genre:     Novel

Original language:      German

Translator:      Edwin & Willa Muir

Thanks to the contributors:
Henry Toledano Barry Neavill Bill DiBenedetto
Darrell Johnson

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