Duino Elegies
Rilke, Rainer Maria
Sold by Ray van Wyk Rare Books, Cape Town, WC, South Africa
AbeBooks Seller since April 8, 2025
Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Near fine
Ships from South Africa to U.S.A.
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSold by Ray van Wyk Rare Books, Cape Town, WC, South Africa
AbeBooks Seller since April 8, 2025
Condition: Used - Near fine
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basket160pp. Parallel German and English text. B/W Frontispiece of Picasso?s Saltimbanques The first English translation of the Elegies was produced by Vita and Edward Sackville-West and published by their Hogarth Press in 1938, consisting of 238 copies, 230 in quarter vellum and printed on handmade paper. This is a new translation by J.B. Leishman and Stephen Spender and the first widely accessible English translation of Rilke?s late, grand work. E9(b) in Ritzer. Near Fine in a near fine jacket, the jacket spine faded as is common with blue ink of the period. Orange boards, gilt titles to spine. Deep blue dust jacket, with a few white flecks to top panel and spots to lower panel. A small, blue spot to f.f.e.p. (jacket offsetting?) A few spots to the lower board, a 1mm shelfwear scuff to the top board edge. Bookplate of Michael Scott to front pastedown.
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