Rainer Maria Rilke

40 copies for sale · $20–$1,850 · 13 first editions · 1 signed

Notable copies for sale

Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$1,850
Lettres À Une Amie Vénitienne Letters to a Venetian Friend (first edition) — Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller$500
The Sonnets to Orpheus (signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$800
Ausgewählte Werke Selected Works 2 Vols (first edition) — Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller$125
Die Letzten (first edition) — Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller$125
Wartime Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke 1914–1921 (first edition) — Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller$95
Ausgewählte Werke (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$50
Neue Gedichte (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$40
Diaries of a Young Poet (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$35
Erste Gedichte (first edition) — Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller$65

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Works on the market

THE SONNETS TO ORPHEUS2 copies · $40–$800
Erste Gedichte2 copies · $65–$150
Duino elegies2 copies · €53–€85
Die Letzten1 copy · $125

Market context

43 copies of Rainer Maria Rilke's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $50 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).

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