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More imagesThe Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke (Signed and inscribed to Erica Jong)
Edited and Translated by Stephen Mitchell; with an Introduction by Robert Haas
Language: English
Published by Vintage International, a Division of Random House, New York 1982
- Softcover
- Signed
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. In English and German. Later printing. Signed and inscribed by the editor/translator Stephen Mitchell on the title page. The inscription reads 'To Erica, Ken, and Mollly, with love. Stephen.' A very rare signed book. The book is in excellent condition. You can see the covers in the photos. They…are very clean. There is a slight bit of soiling on the middle page edge, no spotting, and no impact on the actual pages. The pages are exceptionally clean. I haven't found any soiling at all. I'm not seeing any creasing. There are no markings. And no writing other than the aforementioned signed inscription. The book is very solidly bound from cover to cover with nicely tight pages throughout and nicely tight covers as well. From the rear cover: 'Stephen Mitchell's translations bring the qualities that I most cherish in the originals into English with new intimacy and authority. Rilke's voice, if it's extraordinary combination of formality, power, speed and lightness, can be heard in Mr. Mitchell's versions more clearly than in any others. His work is masterful.'-- W. S. Merwin. 'It is easy to feel that if Rilke had written in English, he would have written in this English'-- The New York Times Book Review. Inscribed by Author(s).
