Verwandlung (The Metamorphosis)

Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1915. First Edition. Very Good+. First edition, first printing with no stamps to title page, case-bound issue. Sans-serif variant of type to front cover and spine (no priority). 73, [1], (5, ads) pp. Publisher's printed blue paper-covered boards. In German. Very Good+ with typical sunning along top edge of front and back boards, rubbing along edges of head, boards bowed outwards a little, worn tips, spine slightly darkened. Internally bright. The first book appearance of Kafka's The Metamorphosis, issued simultaneously in wraps and boards, a landmark of 20th century literature. (Inventory #: 140937916)