Various authors

Otakar Kubín (1883-1969)

FIVE RARE BOOKS WITH GRAPHIC PRINTS BY O. KUBÍN

1920s
William Shakespeare. Ten sonnets with ten etchings by O. Coubine. Book format 4°, 25,4x19,7 cm. Unpaginated, in English. Title page printed in black and blue. 10 original etchings by O. Kubín. Designed by Rudolf Koch. Hardcover parchment binding with gold embossed décor. Issued by Querschnitt-Verlag in Frankfurt am Mein in 1924 in 126 numbered copies with signature of O. Kubín, copy marked "B". Priority copy on handmade paper Pannekoek "de Fortuin". Compare with the collections of MOMA, inv. no. 767.1964.1-10. Raymond de La Tailhede: Le Poème d`Orphée suivi du Choeur des Océanides. Book format 4°, 28,5x19,3 cm. Unpaginated, in French. Title page printed in red. 3 original etchings by O. Kubín. Signed by the artist. Soft sewn binding, printed on handmade paper. Issued by Les Facettes in Toulon in 1926 in 100 numbered copies, copy no. "35". Book block is partially unglued from the cover. Francois Mauriac: Orages. Book format 4°, 23,5x18,5 cm. 57 numbered pages, in French. Title page printed in black and grey. 5 drypoint prints by O. Kubín. Loose sheets in a paper cover and original sturdy boards with gold embossing. Issued in 1926 by La Sphére in 516 numbered copies, copy no. "85". Uncut sheets, slightly worn boards. Valery Larbaud: Allen. Illustré d`eaux-fortes originales par O. Coubine. Book format 4°, 28x23 cm. Unpaginated, in French. Title page printed in black and brown-red. 8 full-page etchings (+1 smaller on title page) by O. Kubín. Issued by Aux Aldes in 1927 in Paris in 120 numbered copies, unnumbered copy on handmade paper Holland. Soft sewn binding. Ex libris of Georgette Brun. Sturdy full-cloth cover and case. Pierre Louÿs: Mimes des Courtisanes de Lucien. Book format 4°, 25x19 cm. 140 numbered pages, in French. Title page printed in black and brown-red. 8 drypoint prints by O. Kubín. Soft sewn binding. Issued by Fernand Aubier, Éditions Montaigne in Paris in 1928 in 375 copies, copy marked "H. C.".