Soft cover. Condition: Good. Gorey, Edward (illustrator). First, Thus. Another rather scarce mass market paperback bearing the fabulous cover art of illustrator Edward Gorey. This is a semiautobiographical memoir by Rilke, in 237 pages with Notes in rear, translated from the original German by M. D. Herter Norton. Orig. published in 1949, this is the First Edition from Capricorn Books with the Gorey cover from 1958 (First, Thus). Condition is solidly Good: generally very clean, binding straight & strong, pages moderately tanned. A few underlined words/sentences in Book One; none in Book Two. Moderate rubbing to extremities, heaviest along spine where it meets front cover & staining between here & front image. Nicely protected in new mylar collector bag Free! Photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.