Albert Ehrenstein – Tubutsch. Signed by Oskar Kokoschka. Limited Edition of 100 Signed Copies

Albert Ehrenstein – Tubutsch. Signed by Oskar Kokoschka. Limited Edition of 100 Signed Copies.

EHRENSTEIN, Albert. Tubutsch. New York: Ben Abramson, The Profile Press, 1946. 8vo. 79 pp. Original blue cloth hardcover with red lettering, illustrated dust jacket. With eleven full-page illustrations by Oskar Kokoschka. Translated from the German by Eric Posselt and Era Zistel.First illustrated English-language edition of Ehrenstein's Tubutsch, a foundational work of German literary Expressionism, originally published in 1911. Illustrated with eleven full-page reproductions of drawings by Oskar Kokoschka, one of the principal figures of Austrian Expressionism.Published in a limited edition of 1,000 copies, of which 100 were signed by both the author and illustrator. This copy is signed in pen by Oskar Kokoschka on the limitation pag. No signature by Ehrenstein is present. Original blue cloth binding in VG+ condition. Original illustrated dust jacket fragile, with spine entirely missing and minor losses along the borders. Front flap detached and laid in. Interior clean and well preserved. Protected in plastic overlay. An association of two central figures of German-language Expressionism, combining Ehrenstein's early experimental prose with Kokoschka's illustrations.