Franz Kafka Parables & Pieces Translations by Michael Feingold Photogravures by Judith Turner.

Kafka, Franz & Turner, Judith (illustrator).

Published by Vincent Fitz Gerald & Company New York 1990. # 14 of 50 signed & numbered copies.

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[Colophon]: Printing: Daniel Keleher Wild Carrot Letterpress Typography: Marc Shifflett; Photogravure Plates: Jon Goodman; Editioning: Sara Krohn Shoshannah Wineburg; Aquatints: Marjorie Van Dyke, Vincent FitzGerald, Bob Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop; Calligraphy: Jerry Kelly Paper Rives Paul Wong Dieu Donne Papermill Binding Zahra Partovi Box BookLab 14/50 [signed] Judith Turner Michael Feingold. Size of cloth-covered clamshell box: 11 ¾ x 13 ¾ ". size of book: 11 ¼ in. x 13 1/8 in. unpaginated printed pages (15 Kafka pieces) & foldout illustrated pages (25 images). Bound in contrasting, dark gray paper-covered boards with title in silver letters on lower front cover; in black cloth-covered clamshell box with author/title in silver on spine, lined with similar dark gray papers. Fine (as new). From the publisher's (October 31, 1990) release: "[.]Parables & Pieces [.] a selection of Franz Kafka's shorter works, newly translated by Michael Feingold and imaginatively interfused with photogravures by noted photographer Judith Turner [.] The twenty-first of Vincent Fitz Gerald & Company's limited editions, many of which are in the collections of major museums here and overseas, Parables & Pieces is bound and covered in a collage of three papers which is itself an original work of art, and encased in a specially designed box covered in Japanese silk. It is certain to prove one of the seminal artists' books of the 1990's. Vincent Fitz Gerald & Co. volumes have recently been featured in two major exhibitions of artists' books: The Boston Atheneum's Artists of the Book, 1988, which displayed eight of the company's previous editions; and the Independent Curators of America's Contemporary Illustrated Books 1967-1988, which selected three Fitz Gerald & Company books for inclusion among the 50 most important such editions in the last quarter-century.". The original (4pp.) release is included with this copy. Weight: 5 lbs. Postage is extra on this item. Seller Inventory # ABE-155871440

Bibliographic Details

Title: Franz Kafka Parables & Pieces Translations ...

Publisher: Vincent Fitz Gerald & Company New York 1990. # 14 of 50 signed & numbered copies.

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition