WALSER, ROBERT. Der Gehülfe. 8vo, original pictorial cloth after a design by Karl Walser, top edges gilt, others uncut, scattered faint discoloration to front and rear boards; contents clean and unmarked; cloth clamshell box with printed spine label. First edition of the author's second novel. Berlin: Bruno Cassirer, [1908]. [With:] Kleine Prosa. 8vo, original decorated printed paper-covered boards, leaning slightly, faint soiling to front cover. First edition. Bern: A. Francke, 1917. Greatly admired by Franz Kafka, Hermann Hesse and Robert Musil, Walser's work fell into almost total neglect from the 1920s until the 1960s. (2) Vp, vd