Three excerpts, comprising eight lines, in blue ink, on one side of plain sheet of paper folded to measure 21x15 cm. (8¼x5¾").

Excerpts in Heidegger's hand from his masterwork, Being and Time (German title: Sein und Zeit), published in 1927. In rough translation: "To be? only the position of one thing alone." "And position? Only the history like in the self-reflected relationship folded modification of the lighting-long presence." "And presence? One in every direction dark, in his home, forgotten interlude the disclosure in the event." The number 39 is written in the top corner of the paper.