Inscribed by the author to art critic Denys Sutton in French to half title page, 'To Denys Sutton amicalement aves salutations vive Paris London etc etc Thomas B Hess'. Publisher's cloth in unclipped dust wrapper, wrapper with wear to edges & joints, some loss from chipping at the head & tail of the spine, a few closed tears less than 2cm to front & rear cover, some loss to extremities. Book a touch age-toned and bumped. Inscription to half title page having offset in ink to verso of ffep. A few handling marks internally & a touch of age-toning to margins. Complete with twelve colour plates incl. after Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning & Mark Rothko; black and white examples besides. A smart presentation copy from the author to British critic Denys Sutton.