Stunden im Garten. Eine Idylle (Vienna: Bermann-Fischer Verlag, 1936). A poem in hexameters; composed 19-23 July 1935. See the note regarding the choice of Bermann-Fischer as publisher in Sämtliche Werke vol. 11, p. 778. With inserted photograph of Hesse reclining in an armchair with a cigar.
Treue Begleiter; 24 poems composed 1900-1947. This edition (the first publication as a collection) St. Gallen: Tschudy-Verlag, 1958. Includes 'Julikinder' 'Elisabeth' (1900) 'Ravenna' (June 1901) 'Mittag im September' 'Im Nebel' 'Nachtfest der Chinesen in Singapore' 'Vergänglichkeit' 'An die Fr...
Sommerbrief; prose, composed in August 1959. This edition privately printed St Gallen: Tschudy-Verlag, 1959. Printed 'Dank für Briefe und Glückwünsche' on half-title.
'Nachtgedanken', poem by Hesse; composed 29 Nov. 1938. A page from Neue Zürcher Zeitung no. 2138, 4 Dec. 1938. Bücher-Beilage, p. 3 containing the first publication of the poem. Variants from Sämtliche Werke: stanza 2 line 2 lacks the word 'die' stanza 4 has 'das Wunder liebe' for 'das Wunder...
'Tagebuchblatt', poem by Hesse; composed April 1939. A cutting from National-Zeitung (Basel), Sonntagsbeilage no. 218, 14 May 1939 (identified by Mileck vol. 1 p. 492). This is the first publication of the poem. On the reverse is a complete poem 'Die Wühlmäuse' by Albin Zollinger, Swiss writer...
'Blatt aus dem Notizbuch', prose by Hesse; composed March 1940. A page from Neue Zürcher Zeitung no. 554 (9), 14 April 1940. Litertur und Kunst supplement, p. 3. This is the first publication of the poem. Followed by an extract from a letter to his son, Martin, written in April 1940, 'Aus einem...