The Sonnets To Orpheus de Rilke, Rainer Maria - 1985

Simon & Schuster. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Simon & Schuster. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Simon and Schuster, 1985-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 0.9000 9.3000 5.6000. First Edition / First Printing as identified with ""1"" in the full number line.

UsedGood. *****HARDCOVER COPY***** DJ has some wear, tear and a stain. Clean pages. Tight binding.

UsedVeryGood. Noticeably worn/torn dj w/ sun fading/foxing. Text is mostly clean & readable.

Simon and Schuster, 1985-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 1985 Simon & Schuster hard cover - same ISBN as Paperback - 1st edition THUS 1st printing - slight staining to dust jacket and closed page edge - price clipped - otherwise dust jacket and cover fine binding strong contents clean - an overall nice copy - enjoy

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. first thus. hardcover. Book VG: shelf wear/soil to boards and spine, corners bumped, text unmarked, binding tight/DJ VG-: corner and edge wear, age toning, NOT clipped.. 8vo 183pp. translated and introduction by Stephen Mitchell. from front flap: "The Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke represents one of the most amazing outpourings of concentrated poetic achievement in world literature. Written in conjunction iwth the great DUino Elegies and dedicated to the memory of Vera Knoop, a beautiful young Dutch woman whose premature death deeply affected the poet, the cycle of Sonnets was completed in less than a month. [. . .] The result was both a masterpiece of German literature and a landmark of modern poetry." #02516.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

First printing. Translation by Stephen Miller of "Die Sonette an Orpheus" (Insel, 1923), with translator's introduction and notes. Volume, measuring approximately 5.75" x 9.75", is bound in quarter black cloth and light blue paper-covered boards, with stamped silver lettering to spine. Book displays very light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Interior is clean and bright. Dust jacket, with price of $13.95 on front flap, displays very light shelfwear. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. 183 pages.One of the literary masterpieces of the century, this translation is now presented with facing-page German. To Rilke himself the "Sonnets to Orpheus" were "perhaps the most mysterious... in the way they came up and entrusted themselves to me, the most enigmatic dictation I have ever held through and achieved; the whole first part was written down in a single breathless act of obedience, between the 2nd and 5th of February, without one word being doubtful or having to be changed."

First printing. Translation by Stephen Miller of "Die Sonette an Orpheus" (Insel, 1923), with translator's introduction and notes. Volume, measuring approximately 5.75" x 9.75", is bound in quarter black cloth and light blue paper-covered boards, with stamped silver lettering to spine. Book displays very light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Interior is clean and bright. Dust jacket, with price of $13.95 on front flap, displays very light shelfwear. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. 183 pages.One of the literary masterpieces of the century, this translation is now presented with facing-page German. To Rilke himself the "Sonnets to Orpheus" were "perhaps the most mysterious... in the way they came up and entrusted themselves to me, the most enigmatic dictation I have ever held through and achieved; the whole first part was written down in a single breathless act of obedience, between the 2nd and 5th of February, without one word being doubtful or having to be changed."