Rainer Maria RILKE

Autograph letter in German signed by Rainer Maria Rilke to actress Else Hotop, to whom he writes under her stage name, Elya Maria Nevar. 2 1/2 pages written on a bifolium watermarked “Sackleinen”. Autograph envelope enclosed, addressed to ‘Else Hotop’ bearing postmarks dated November 3, 1918.Published in Freundschaft mit Rainer Maria Rilke, 1946, p. 35.

A precious piece of Rilke’s correspondence, reflecting the delights of an enchanted afternoon spent during WW1 with the actress Elya Nevar, one of his most fervent admirers.

First French edition, one of 35 numbered copies on pure wove paper, the only deluxe paper issue.
A fine copy.

Published by Insel Verlag, '201. Bis 230' (Ritzer, Rainer Maria Rilke Bibliographie, E56).

Bound in half green shagreen, smooth spine with minor rubbing to spine-ends, a scratch at the head of one joint, marbled paper boards, top-edge gilt, contemporary binding.

Rare and precious signed and dated inscribed copy by Rainer Maria Rilke to August Friedrich Ammann:
"To Mr. August F. Ammann In exchange, a small version of the great Reiss ins Globte Land (almost contemporary in content): Rainer Maria Rilke (Muzot, March 17, 1922)."
Herrn August F. Ammann Als eine kleine, der grossen „Reiss ins Globte Land" (inhaltlich fast...