Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, Illus. Robert Kipniss, 1981, SIGNED, NF HC w/slipcase.

Rilke, Rainer Maria, Boston: Press and Letterfoundry of Michael and Winifred Bixler for the Limited Editions Club, 1981, #1393/1500, Near Fine octavo, 9 1/2" x 6 1/2", v-xxxiii + 2-129 pp. Illustrated and SIGNED by Robert Kipniss.

Near Fine octavo, 9 1/2" x 6 1/2", hardcover in blue paper over black cloth backing, stamped gilt lettering to spine. Very light wear to tail and faint white soiling to front panel. Very Good+ slipcase in blue paper over navy cloth, some wear to tips, light soiling to one side panel, and minor sunning to other side panel. 

v-xxxiii + 2-129 pp. Rainer Maria Rilke's body of work, including poems from Das Buch der Bilder (The Book of Pictures), Neue Gedichte: Erster Teil (New Poems: First Part), and Neue Gedichte: Anderer Teil (New Poems: Another Part). Illustrated with the lithographs by American painter and printmaker, Robert Kipniss. Includes an Introduction by the American poet and translator, C.F. MacIntyre, a Preface by African-American educator and civil rights leader, Harry T. Moore, and Notes. Signed by Kipniss to the copyright page. Original glassine present in Good+ condition, some chipping to top edge. 

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