Bauer, Johann; P.S. Falla, translator — Kafka and Prague

New York, Praeger Press, 1971. First English Edition. Hardcover. Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. First English language edition, the original German being translated by P.S. Falla. 191 pp. and with an attractive but moderately worn and lightly chipped pictorial dust-jacket, Mylar-protected, over handsomely produced gray cloth, a bit of sunning to edges thereof, bumping to tips. Plentiful black-and-white photographic plates, printed on high-gloss paper. Book was designed by Jaroslav Schneider and provides a fine and evocative pictorial overview of the author's native city of Prague, Czechoslovakia and how it relates to his literary works. One chapter, "Kafka and the Czechs" provides a deep reading also of his personal psychology. Augmented with letters, police dossier excerpts and then snippets from his own works. Complete with chronology, notes, index and bibliography. Published previously as Kafka und Prag.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Good,