Stated First American Edition, 1932. 38 pp. excl. black linen Not price-clipped, DJ has 4 small tears removable plastic sleeve. Scarce. No unwanted marks no past owners' names or, bookplates. "This little prose-poem about a young soldier in the Austro-Turkish war of the early 1660's was written during a single night in 1899, when Rilke was twenty-three. It had a modest success when it first came out. But when it was republished in 1912, in a more popular format, it took Germany by storm, much to the author's amazement. The first edition was sold out within weeks; there was one new printing after another; soldiers on the front lines during the World War I carried the book in their knapsacks, along with, possibly, the Bible. By 1920 it had sold 200,000 copies � " an astounding figure for that time � " and by the late '50's over a million. An intensely romantic meditation on the nature of masculinity, it is the book by which, among German readers, Rilke was primarily known and loved".

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Title

The Tale Of The Love And Death Of Cornet Christopher Rilke

Publisher

W.W. Norton & Co. Inc

Publication Date

1932

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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