Rilke, Rainer Maria

First edition uniquely desirable copy of this rich and lovely book, produced for the Rilke centennial.

• Rainer Maria Rilke (Austrian).
• Omaha, Nebraska: Abattoir Editions, the University of Nebraska, 1975.
• Folio.
• Number 116 of 225 copies. 
• Large initial capitals printed in red.
• Inscribed on the title page by Rika Lesser to poet Tom Disch, on March 29, 1982: "...a little late, but I don't think the language has changed too drastically...With love, Rika."
• Portrait photograph of Richard Howard by Thomas Victor, inscribed by Howard to Disch and companion laid in.
• Bound in linen with paper spine label.