The Life of the Virgin Mary by Rainer Maria Rilke, Hardcover, First UK Edition (1951). The German text with an English translation and introduction by Stephen Spender. Book in very good condition, in a similar unclipped dust jacket. The book has slight bumping to the spine ends, with ageing internally and to the page edges. There is a bookseller's plate to the inside front cover. The dust jacket has slight wear to the extremities, and is now encased in a removable plastic sleeve. A very nice copy overall. (See pictures).