Duineser Elegien;
SACKVILLE-WEST, Vita & Edward (translators); RILKE, Rainer Maria.
Elegies from the Castle of Duino.
Stock Code 109026
London, Printed at the Cranach Press for the Hogarth Press, 1931
First edition, first printing; limited edition, number 76 of 230 copies on handmade Maillol-Kessler paper and signed by the translators; large 8vo; text in English and German, designed by Count Harry Kessler, printed in red and black in Edward Johnston italic cut by E. Prince & G.T. Friend, wood-engraved initials by Eric Gill; publisher's vellum-backed boards, titlesto spine gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. WIth the publisher's card slipcase. occasional scattered spotting as so often, light foxing to the fore edge, spine perhaps a touch faded but really nice copy in the original slightly chaffed and tanned card slipcase.
Cross & Ravenscroft-Hulme A25; Woolmer 268.
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