Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Franz Kafka. Metamorphosis. The Vanguard Press, 1946.
Price: US$249.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American Edition. Vanguard Press. No jacket and the book is fine but for previous owner's bookplate on front inside cover which is a shame as it covers an amazing illustration, hence the $250 price or it would be more
Seller: Bergen Book Studio, Hillsdale, NJ, U.S.A.
Kafka, Franz. Metamorphosis. Vanguard Pr, 1946.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Third printing stated. Hardcover. Very Good condition. No dust jacket. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear Text. Minor shelf-wear. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.
Seller: SatelliteBooks, Burlington, VT, U.S.A.
Kafka, Franz. Metamorphosis. Vanguard Press, New York, 1946.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Very Good, bound in full black cloth, with a Fair dust jacket. Chips and tears to jacket edges, front panel separated but present (shows well in new mylar sleeve). Interior is clean and unmarked. 8vo, 9"h x 6 1/4"w.
Seller: Evolving Lens Bookseller, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$380.00 + shipping
Description: Third printing black cloth, Good++, 98pp. in a Good Dust-jacket with a one inch section missing at the top, brittle with sunning and small chips and tears, now in a mylar cover
Seller: Westsider Rare & Used Books Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Kafka, Franz. Metamorphosis. Vanguard Press, 1946.
Price: US$395.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, April 29 (sale item)* first printing of the first American edition; 98 pp., original decorated black cloth (hardcover), two wear marks to the front paste down where scotch tape had been removed, two pieces of old scotch tape to the rear endpaper, head of spine slightly frayed, small old moisture stain to the fore edge, else very good in an edge-worn dust jacket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.
Seller: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good copy in hardcover with good jacket. Light edge-wear. Jacket has a closed tear running diagonally front bottom fore-edge fold to center of front cover. Minor chipping to spine ends and fore-edge folds. Edges of spine are rubbed. Price-clipped. Now in mylar.
Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Kafka, Franz. The Metamorphosis. The Vanguard Press, New York, 1946.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in brown. A fantastic copy, Near Fine with lean to binding with light rubbing to tips. Contents lightly toned and several hinges over opened. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with trivial fading to the spine, minor wear to extremities including a short tear to the top edge of the front panel, light surface wear. Foxing to blindside and rear panel. A typographically pleasing production, with illustrations by Leslie Sherman.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
KAFKA, Franz. Metamorphosis. Vanguard Press, (New York), 1946.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition. Drawings by Leslie Sherman. Binding a trifle worn and a tiny bit of almost imperceptible spotting on the endleaves, very near fine in very good or better dust jacket with a small chip at the crown, the blank lower panel lightly toned and soiled, and a bit of nicking. A nice copy of a modern classic, uncommon in this condition.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Kafka, Franz. The Metamorphosis. The Vanguard Press, New York, 1946.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in brown. A fantastic copy. Near Fine with slight edge wear, pages toned and printer's error to bottom margin of pages 30/31. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with trivial fading to the spine, light wear at the spine ends; toning and several faint splashed streaks to the blindside. A typographically pleasing production, with illustrations by Leslie Sherman.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.