RILKE, Rainer Maria (1875-1926). Das Buch der Bilder, fünfte Auflage, Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1913. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR July 1916 to Milan Morgenstern. Original calf-backed boards in original cardboard slipcase with printed label (a little worn); Zwei Prager Geschichten. Stuttgart: Bonz, 1899. Original vellum-backed boards, dustwrapper (torn), in paper-board slipcase; Das Buch der Bilder, Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1913. One of 300 copies. Original half calf, t.e.g., in dustwrapper and slipcase; Erste Gedichte, Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1913. Original calf-backed boards (spine stained), in dustwrapper; Die Sonette an Orpheus. Leizig: Insel Verlag, 1923. (Some foxing throughout). Original boards (slight wear of spine) dustwrapper (slightly worn). Duineser Elegien. Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1923. Original boards; and 3 others by Rilke. ALL FIRST EDITIONS, EXCEPT THE FIRST ITEM. All with Morgenstern's name in ink on the title. 8°.

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RILKE, Rainer Maria (1875-1926). Das Buch der Bilder, fünfte Auflage, Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1913. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR July 1916 to Milan Morgenstern. Original calf-backed boards in original cardboard slipcase with printed label (a little worn); Zwei Prager Geschichten. Stuttgart: Bonz, 1899. Original vellum-backed boards, dustwrapper (torn), in paper-board slipcase; Das Buch der Bilder, Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1913. One of 300 copies. Original half calf, t.e.g., in dustwrapper and slipcase; Erste Gedichte, Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1913. Original calf-backed boards (spine stained), in dustwrapper; Die Sonette an Orpheus. Leizig: Insel Verlag, 1923. (Some foxing throughout). Original boards (slight wear of spine) dustwrapper (slightly worn). Duineser Elegien. Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1923. Original boards; and 3 others by Rilke. ALL FIRST EDITIONS, EXCEPT THE FIRST ITEM. All with Morgenstern's name in ink on the title. 8°.

Milan Morgenstern was manager of Heller's bookshop in Vienna, where Rilke used to buy his current literature. (9)

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