HARDCOVER 1954 EDITION.BOOK HAS NO TEARS OR INSCRIPTIONS HOWEVER DUST JACKET IS CREASED AROUND EDGES WITH SLIGHT TEAR ON FRONT WHERE PRICE TAG WAS REMOVED
 
Henri de Toulouse-Latrec experienced a life of deformity and disappointment. He left an artistic legacy beyond praise or price. Though his friends were the great personages of his time, he was perpetually lonely. Though educated and witty his life was a continual and desperate search for romantic love and happiness.