Das Marienleben
by Rilke, Rainer Maria
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Lake Huntington, New York, United States
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About This Item
Leipzig: Insel Verlag, 1912. 26 pp. + Inhalt + adv. Spine completely missing, beautiful paper-covered boards showing soiling and rubbing, ffep 4-inch rip at spine, repairable. Bookseller's sticker of Franz Leo & Comp, Vienna, on verso of ffep. Lovely p.o. inscription in German on 2nd free endpaper, dated 1916. A thirteen poem cycle set to music by Paul Hindemith in 1923. . Later Printing. Paper-covered Boards. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Veery Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000381
- Title
- Das Marienleben
- Author
- Rilke, Rainer Maria
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Insel Verlag
- Place of Publication
- Leipzig
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Rilke, Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Rilke;
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.