Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge

Leipzig: Im Insel-Verlag, 1914. Fourth (and fifth) printings of Rilke’s prose masterpiece, his inspirational novel about a young poet. Presentation copy, inscribed by Rilke on the second blank leaf of the first volume: “Lil & Vara, danke für deine schoenen ‘Londener Spaziergänge’ durch die Foliantenwand vom nachbarlichen Schreibtish hineubergereicht, Rainer Maria Rilke, Wein, Kriegs-Archiv, April 1916.” In English, the inscription reads in part: “Thank you for the lovely London walks . . .”. The rarest of Rilke’s works to find inscribed, with a lovely inscription. A fine set, preserved in a full morocco clamshell box. 2 volumes, 8vo, original publisher’s green cloth with paper labels on spines, in publisher’s card slipcase. The rarest of Rilke’s works to find inscribed, with a lovely inscription. A fine set, preserved in a full morocco clamshell box.