Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 375 [1], 394 [1]pp. Original black half-leather over gray boards with gilt initials on covers, gilt lettering on green leather labels and leather spine; in original dustjackets, black and green lettering on spines. This two volume set replaces the out of print publication..... More
New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., ND. Hardcover. 8vo. 103pp. Tan cloth with brown lettering on spine. Minor discoloration and staining to boards. Text in Gothic script. Very good condition. More
Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1921. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. 9/440. Inscribed to producer and agent Paul Kohner "Dear Paul Merry Xmas 1964 from Lisl and Walter" on blank preceeding title page. Quarto. (6) 105 (5)pp. Original gilt-stamped cream leather with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Gilt fillets and top edge..... More
Berlin: Axel Juncker, 1902. First edition. Softcover. Duodecimo. Unpaginated. Original gray wrappers with gilt lettering on cover. Three short stories by Rainer Maria Rilke: Im Gespräch, Der Liebende, Die Letzten. Wilpert-G. 14. Text in German. Wrappers and block with light wear along edges. Illustrated stamp of previous owner on title..... More
Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 63 (1)pp. Original marbled boards with gilt lettering on debossed green label of cover, protected by modern mylar. Inspired by the death of Wera Ouckama Knoop, playmate of Rilke's daughter, the Sonnets to Orpheus were written in February of 1922 at the Chateau..... More
Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo. 63 [1]pp. Professionally rebacked tan quarter-cloth over marbled boards with gilt lettering and decorative ruling on debossed green leather label of cover and green leather label on spine. Inspired by the death of Wera Ouckama Knoop, playmate of Rilke's daughter, the Sonnets..... More
New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., ND. Hardcover. 8vo. 28pp. Turquoise cloth with gold lettering on spine in dust wrapper. Small piece on tail of spine of dust wrapper missing. Usual browning to pages. Text in Gothic script. Very good condition. More
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Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1921. Later edition (201. bis 230. Tausend). Hardcover. Small 8vo. 31pp. Contemporary green leather wrappers with gold bordering. This is the rare leather bound edition whereby the pages are printed on thick cotton rack paper. It is a special edition, referred to in German as "Vorzugsausgabe". Wonderful work..... More
Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1913. Hardcover. 8vo. 161pp. Half leather over decorated paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Rubbing to leather. Some discoloration to boards. Loose ribbon marker. Slight browning to pages. Wonderful collection of early poems by Rilke. Text in German. Binding in good, interior in very..... More
Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1913. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 161 (2)pp. Original tan wrappers with green and black lettering in cover, black on spine. Publisher's logo on half-title. Titles of poems and initials printed in grass green. Text in German. Wrappers with light foxing, age-toning and wear along edges, small tears. Illustrated..... More
Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1930. 6.-9. Thousand. Hardcover. Octavo. 413[1], 354[1], 482[1], 424, 300[1], 384pp. Original brown cloth with gilt Rilke initials on cover, gilt lettering on spines; housed in cardboard slipcases with brown lettering on spines. Top edge yellow. I. Erste Gedichte - Frühe Gedichte. 2. Das Buch der Bilder -..... More
Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1941. Limited first edition. Hardcover. 73/350. Quarto. 83 (1)pp. Original vellum covered boards with gilt lettering on spine, protected by modern mylar, in light plum paper-covered slipcase. Top edge gilt. Title page with etching by Mario Vellani-Marchi. Top and bottom edges uncut. Thirty-four unpublished Rilke letters to..... More
New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., ND. Hardcover. 8vo. 161pp. Sienna cloth with gold lettering on spine in dust wrapper. Small closed tear on bottom edge of dust wrapper. Two tiny chips on head and tail of spine of dust wrapper. Collection of over 200 "Erste Gedichte" (first poems) by..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 279pp. Original green cloth with gilt lettering on cover and black label of spine, in original dustjacket with red and black lettering on spine. Green top edge. Translated by M. D. Herter Norton, "The letters Rilke wrote during..... More
Paris: Éditions Émile-Paul Frères, (1946). Limited edition. Softcover. 911 of Nos. 101 to 1600 on white vellum. Quarto. 160(3)pp. Original handmade textured gray artists wraps with red vignette and black lettering on cover, housed in light gray cardboard clamshell box with light blue Rilke initials and black lettering on cover..... More