21.3 x 13.5 cm. 72 pages, 3 sheets of advertising. Illustrated original paperback by Ottomar Starke with title in red and black. - First edition. The print run was 800 copies, of which fewer than 400 were sold. The novel is correspondingly rare, especially since it is presented here in the best binding version with the illustration by Ottomar Starke. "When Gregor Samsar awoke one morning from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." This is how Kafka's perhaps most famous story begins. A good copy of the rare edition. - The Last Day 22-23. - Raabe 146/3. - Dietz 26. - Wilpert/Gühring 2/3. - Smolen 22/23.1.A.1 with illustration 55.