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CRANACH PRESS RILKE (RAINER MARIA) Duineser Elegien; Elegies from the Castle of Duino. Translated from the German... by V. Sackville West and Edward Sackville West, printed at the Cranach Press for the Hogarth Press, 1931 image 1
CRANACH PRESS RILKE (RAINER MARIA) Duineser Elegien; Elegies from the Castle of Duino. Translated from the German... by V. Sackville West and Edward Sackville West, printed at the Cranach Press for the Hogarth Press, 1931 image 2
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CRANACH PRESS
RILKE (RAINER MARIA) Duineser Elegien; Elegies from the Castle of Duino. Translated from the German... by V. Sackville West and Edward Sackville West, printed at the Cranach Press for the Hogarth Press, 1931

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CRANACH PRESS

RILKE (RAINER MARIA) Duineser Elegien; Elegies from the Castle of Duino. Translated from the German... by V. Sackville West and Edward Sackville West, one of 230 copies on handmade Maillol-Kessler paper and signed by the translators, 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, t.e.g., original wrappers (spine toned), original slip-case (rubbed and browned), preserved in modern cloth solander box, roan label, 8vo, printed at the Cranach Press for the Hogarth Press, 1931

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Provenance: Haven O'More, morocco bookplate.

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