R. M. Rilke. Autograph letter signed, to the editor of "Nord und Süd", 16 January 1908

Rainer Maria Rilke

Autograph letter signed ("Rainer Maria Rilke"), to the editor of Nord und Süd

stating that his letter from the beginning of the month only reached him very late after a circuitous route, and that, additionally, an indisposition prevented him from replying when it arrived, regretting that at such short notice he has nothing he can send him, hoping that another time might be more favourable, and thanking him for his considerate request

...Aber ich hätte - zu meinem Bedauern - diesmal auch nichts gehabt, was ich Ihnen zu so nahem Termin hätte zur Verfügung stellen können...

2 pages, c.17 x 12.8cm, cut down from a larger leaf, stamped by the recipient ("...17. JAN. 1908..."), newspaper cutting, no place, 16 January 1908, filing holes

An attractive letter dating from Rilke's Paris period, one which saw the publication of Neue Gedichte (New Poems) (1907) and Der Neuen Gedichte Anderer Teil (Another Part of the New Poems) (1908).