Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke [FIRST EDITION / 1939] REDWHITEANDBLACK_TAG His quest will lead him

His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined

Dust jacket has some very mild wear

Filled with expanded material—including all-new personal anecdotes and insights

Dramatizing what

a few tiny stains to top of text block

Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke [FIRST EDITION / 1939] REDWHITEANDBLACK_TAG His quest will lead himFIRST EDITION [1939] W. W. NORTON & COMPANY Rare US First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket is in tact with some small tears and general soiling discoloration. Book itself is gorgeous and reads Like New with just a hint of tanning to pages. Written in a period of spiritual crisis between 1912 and 1922, the poems that compose the Duino Elegies are the ones most frequently identified with the Rilkean sensibility. With their symbolic