David Douglas Duncan — Goodbye Picasso

London, Times Books, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A very smart and scarce first UK edition of this photographic reflection on the life and work of Picasso. A very smart copy of the scarce first UK edition, published in same year as the US. Bound in publisher's original coarse red cloth. With original dust wrapper, clipped.  Featuring a wealth of vignette and full-page illustrations in monochrome and colour throughout. These include photographs of the artist at work and home, and reproductions of a great number of his works. These are interspersed with the writings and letters of American photojournalist David Douglas Duncan.   Bound in original coarse red cloth. In original dust wrapper, price clipped. Externally, very smart. Mild shelf wear. Text block slightly cocked. Evidence of prior ink inscription to front paste down, now mostly removed. The odd minor mark to rear endpapers. Very slight age toning to endpaper extremities. Dust wrapper very smart. Moderate shelf wear and age toning to covers and extremities. Slight sunning to dust wrapper covers and spine. The odd minor spot to reverse. Internally, firmly bound, with infrequent and very slight strain. Pages generally bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Various; Pablo Picasso; David Douglas Duncan. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.