Various authors

THREE BOOKS

1947, 1962, 1981
F. M. Dostojevský: Zbožná sebevražda. Book format 8°, 21 × 13 cm. 78 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by E. Frynta. Title page printed in black. Frontispiece (drypoint) by B. Lacina. Loose sheets in a paper cover. First published as the ninth volume of the series Příběhy in the Pour edition, Prague 1947, in an edition of 450 copies, of which 170 were numbered, signed by the artist, and sealed with the publisher’s dry stamp. This copy is no. 141. Includes the "Listář Pourovy edice" for Christmas 1947. Lit.: Dr. František Bubla, Československé bibliofilské tisky V. 1945-1970. Doplněk IV. dílu, Prague 1971, pp. 58-59, no. 5849. R. Desnos: Kdybys věděla. Book format 8°, 15.7 × 17.6 cm. Unpaginated, in Czech, translated by A. Kroupa. Frontispiece: signed two-colour lithograph by L. Jiřincová. Title page printed in black, with the illustrator’s signature. Loose bifolia in the original handmade paper cover. Privately published by R. Klinkovský in Zlín, 1962, in an edition of 99 numbered copies on Maršov handmade paper, this copy is no. 82. Lit.: Dr. František Bubla, Československé bibliofilské tisky V. 1945-1970. Doplněk IV. dílu, Prague 1971, p. 56, no. 5834. J. Seifert: Píseň o flétně. Cyrilu Boudovi. Book format 8°, 15 × 21 cm. Unpaginated, in Czech. Frontispiece: signed drypoint by C. Bouda from the early 1950s, previously unpublished. Issued for the 80th birthday of C. Bouda by PhDr. F. Dvořák and F. Janás in Brno in 1981 as part of Edice 33, in a limited number of numbered copies (the edition states 95 copies on Losiny handmade paper), this copy is no. 3/58. Colophon signed by F. Janás and J. Seifert.