Faces Destiny by Karsh (27 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Book shows sizeable wear & damage. Cover cloth is scuffed and slightly faded. Spine & backstrap show bumping. Binding is damaged, pages are partially seperated from the spine at the front hinge. Pages are well worn and are tanning. Preliminary pages are slightly marked, otherwise interiors are clean with unmarked text and pictures.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. PHOTOGRAPHY. Dj chipped 1/2 at spine ends with1" chip at top rear. 159pp. Full-page black & white portrait photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Blue clothbound book with gilt letters on front for title and spine. Full black and white photographs of many people in politics as well as army figures with a few folks like Frank Lloyd Wright in the mix. Minor corner bumps. No dust jacket. Signed on blank endpaper. Previous owners bookplate. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. 1947. 'First Published'. 158 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow and orange cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front paste-down. Cracking to hinges, no damage to end papers. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends, with fraying cloth and small splits. Gilt lettering has become dull. Sunning to spine. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardcover w/ DJ. Condition: Acceptable. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED: Acceptable ex-library hardcover with dust jacket. Library sticker on spine and front cover. Library pocket on rear paste down. Bookplate on front paste down. Pages smudged, some pages torn and repaired with tape. Blank stamp on some pages. 4lo, 158pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good to very good condition. Spine tips are torn and worn. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed. Light soiling on back cover. Gift inscription on front fly leaf. Tiny hole in middle of last four pages. 159 pages with 76 photographs. 4to size.

1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered brown/tan cloth (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 158, illus with b&w portrait plates (endpapers lightly spotted; no inscriptions).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Covers shelfworn. Gift inscription on front flyleaf.

1st Edition. Hardback. Fair, no d/w. Spine cocked, faded, worn and fraying; boards marked and a bit bowed; edges rubbed and bumped; corners bumped and worn; owner's name inside front board. Please email for exact postage quote and information on any available discounts.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Second Printing. A Fine copy in dark blue woven cloth covered boards stamped in gold, in a Very Good gold, grey and white dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with chipping to top edge of rear panel. Seventy-five black and white photographic portraits of important (nearly all male) figures from politics, military, and the arts, printed in photo-gravure. Among those included, Frank Lloyd Wright, Harry Truman, George Bernard Shaw, Eleanor Roosevelt, Paul Robeson, etc. Q17916.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition, American issue published simultaneously in London. Illustrated from photographs by Yousuf Karsh. Quarto. 159pp. Small sticker on rear fly, edges lightly rubbed, near fine copy in very good price-clipped dust jacket with few short closed tears, front flap starting to split, tiny nick at crown of spine. Contains numerous full-page portraits and brief statements by Yousuf Karsh. Subjects include "outstanding persons" including Churchill, De Gaulle, Eisenhower, Forrestal, Noel Coward, Pershing, Paul Robeson, F.D. Roosevelt, G.B. Shaw, et al.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Poor dust jacket. (Photography, Portraiture, Karsh) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Printing. Good Hardcover with dustjacket, dustjacket chipped, 75 full page portraits, slight foxing on endpapers.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto, 158 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good minus condition dust jacket. Gray and gold spine with black lettering. Dust jacket price uncut "30' net", has tears to the extremities, tape to the head and tail edges, moderate rubbing wear, and age toning to edges. Boards have slight fraying to spine tail, denting to head edges, minor fading to edges, and light scuff marks to rear board. Textblock has light speckled staining to the front free end page, foxing to the rear end papers and head edges, and mild shelving wear. Dated "May 11th 1949" and signed by Yousuf Karsh on the front free end page. Shelved in Room A Oversized. 1400720. Special Collections.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Front free-endpaper price-clipped. Light foxing to endpapers only; occasional very faint offsetting from portraits to facing text. Remains sharp-cornered and well-preserved overall. Physical description; 158 pages : portraits ; 30 cm. Subjects; Karsh, Yousuf (1908-2002). Portrait photography. Portrait photographers Canada 20th century. Celebrities Portraits. Politicians 20th century Portraits. 3 Kg.

1st edition chipped dust jacket Nice copy large octavo 158pp., b/w pls.,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition.

First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Front free-endpaper price-clipped. Light foxing to endpapers only; occasional very faint offsetting from portraits to facing text. Remains sharp-cornered and well-preserved overall. Physical description; 158 pages : portraits ; 30 cm. Subjects; Karsh, Yousuf (1908-2002). Portrait photography. Portrait photographers Canada 20th century. Celebrities Portraits. Politicians 20th century Portraits. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Karsh, Yousuf (illustrator). First Edition. Lovely, warm inscription by Karsh, SIGNED and dated May 1947 on the ffep. 159 pages in very good condition. Lovely portraits. Blue hardcovers with gold titles. Spine and edges a little faded. Light wear on corners, edges, head/tail of spine. Missing the DJ; front and back flaps pasted down on front endpaper, and part of the jacket pasted down on the back endpaper. GOOD+ Size: 9 x 12. Inscribed and Signed By Author. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Good copy. ills (illustrator). 4to. 158 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Karsh, Yousuf. (illustrator). Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1946. 4to. 158pp. Second edition. Hardcover, blue paper with gilt lettering. Contains 75 b/w portraits. SIGNED BY KARSH on the title page, NOVEMBER 1947. In overall very good condition or better. Includes following inscription: Presented to Most Eminent Benjamin Studley Bailey Supreme Grand Master, The Sovereign Great Priory of Canada Knights Templar. On the occasion of his official visit To Ottawa Prefectory No. 32 Ottawa, Canada, November 26th 1947. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 2nd Edition. Ziff-Davis Publishing Co. / George G. Harrap Co. Ltd. (1946). 1st Edition, 2nd printing. New Hardcover, Bad DJ. 11.8"x9.4". be6.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. KARSH, Yousuf [159] pp. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company 1946 First Edition 11 3/4" x 9 1/4".

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library book, usual markings. Clothbound hardback, with some spine wear, markings or stains to front book cover, and to several pages. Still very useable. Quick dispatch from UK seller.