Author: Yousuf Karsh
Title: Faces of Destiny: Portraits by Karsh
Description: London, George G. Harrap Co. 1947. First edition. Cloth. A collection of Yousuf Karsh's iconic photographs of famous figures, such as King George VI, Winston Churchill, and General Eisenhower. The first UK edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding.A collection of remarkable photographic portraits by Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002), who has been described as one of the greatest portrait photographers of the twentieth century.Karsh mainly captured photographs of notable people. This collection includes photographs of King George VI, HRH Princess Elizabeth, Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, General Eisenhower, Franklin Roosevelt, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, George Bernard Shaw, John Edgar Hoover, H. G. Wells, Paul Robeson, Noel Coward and many more.75 full-page portraits. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with a little shelf wear to the extremities and faint discolouration to the boards. Rear board is slightly warped. Front hinge is starting but remains firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Tide mark to the top corner of pages from the front free end paper to page 24. Otherwise pages are generally bright and clean with the occasional mark. Very Good . Ill.: Yousuf Karsh. Very Good .
Keywords: Photography Portrait Yousuf Karsh Portrait Yousuf Karsh
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Title: Faces of Destiny: Portraits by Karsh
Description: London, George G. Harrap Co. 1947. First edition. Cloth. A collection of Yousuf Karsh's iconic photographs of famous figures, such as King George VI, Winston Churchill, and General Eisenhower. The first UK edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding.A collection of remarkable photographic portraits by Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002), who has been described as one of the greatest portrait photographers of the twentieth century.Karsh mainly captured photographs of notable people. This collection includes photographs of King George VI, HRH Princess Elizabeth, Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, General Eisenhower, Franklin Roosevelt, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, George Bernard Shaw, John Edgar Hoover, H. G. Wells, Paul Robeson, Noel Coward and many more.75 full-page portraits. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with a little shelf wear to the extremities and faint discolouration to the boards. Rear board is slightly warped. Front hinge is starting but remains firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Tide mark to the top corner of pages from the front free end paper to page 24. Otherwise pages are generally bright and clean with the occasional mark. Very Good . Ill.: Yousuf Karsh. Very Good .
Keywords: Photography Portrait Yousuf Karsh Portrait Yousuf Karsh
Price: GBP 50.00 = appr. US$ 71.40 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 939M18
- Book number: 939M18
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