NY: Triton Press, 1970. First edition. 183pp; b&w and color plates. Square 4to. Oatmeal buckram stamped in bronze to front board and spine; dust jacket. Near fine in a very good jacket, unclipped, with light rubbing and several short closed edge tears. Signed, dated, and inscribed by Mili to half-title verso: " To the Kessels — friends, good friends, the best of friends Gjon Mili 12.30.70."
The first book by Albanian-born photographer Gjon Mili (1904-1984), a monograph on the three-dimensional works of Pablo Picasso, with both photographs and text by Mili. This copy inscribed by Mili to fellow Life magazine photographer Dmitri Kessel and his family, who were evidently close friends. A nice association.
