PICASSO: FIFTY-FIVE YEARS OF HIS GRAPHIC WORK

Harry N. Abrams, New York and Amsterdam, 1955.  Hard cover, 178 pages including List of Illustrations, Bibliography of Picasso’s Graphic Work, Books Illustrated by Picasso, and Photo Credits.  Good; black cloth with white graphics on front board, white lettering on spine; binding with headbands a bit loose as rear hinge cracked with webbing visible but all pages secure.  Unpriced dust jacket shows corner and spine end wear, spine a bit darkened, covered with clear plastic which has a bit of soil; curled along top edge.  Prior owner’s name and date on FEP, some soil on bottom edge; remainder of interior of interior clean and unmarked.  A ding to bottom page block resulted in tears to three pages at bottom margin and corner creases; all pages at lower fore-edge corner show a faint bend.  Introduction and Selection by Bernhard Geiser, Biography and Documentation by Hans Bolliger, Translation by Lisbeth Gombrich.  ‘In this showing of 168 plates – which range from the very first etching he made, in 1899, up to a selection done in recent months … and the book contains a minutely detailed list of the prints which are illustrated as well as a list of books illustrated by Picasso.’ (from flaps)