Geschichten. Vom Lieben Gott

Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1904. First edition. Von Mises 13. Presentation copy, inscribed by Rilke to his cousin on the first blank leaf in the year of publication: “Meinem lieber [name] in freundlichen gedanken Rainer Maria Rilke, Borgeby gard, im August 1904.” Translated, the inscription reads: “my dear . . . in friendly thoughts.” In August of 1904, Rilke was staying in Borgeby Gard, Sweden. From which some of his “Letters to a Young Poet” are dated. Offsetting from laid in newspaper clipping between pages 160-161, otherwise a fine copy, preserved in a full brown morocco clamshell box. 8vo, original flexible black cloth with yapped fore-edges. Offsetting from laid in newspaper clipping between pages 160-161, otherwise a fine copy, preserved in a full brown morocco clamshell box.