Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1981. Limted Edition. Hardcover. Item #17285
Book condition is Very Good+ bound in 3/4 blue Fabriano Roma paper covered boards handmade in Italy and 1/4 black buckram cloth and gilt title ; housed in a Very Good- blue slipcase. Toning, staining and edgewear to slipcase. Very minimal edgewear to book covers. Text is clean and unmarked, illustrated with lithographs throughout. 168 pages. ; 8vo. 9 3/4"h x 6 1/2"2.
This Limited edition of Rilke's Selected Poems is presented in a format planned by Katy Homans, two thousand copies have been printed for the members of The Limited Eitions Club at the Press and Letterfoundry of Michael & Winifred Bixler in Boston, Massachusetts. The lithogrpahs, printed in New York by Burr Miller, were drawn on the plate by Robert Kipniss, this copy is number 1514. Signed by the illustrator Kipniss.
Price: $150.00