Faces Of Our Time
by KARSH, Yousuf
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very good +/Good
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971. Very good +/Good. 202 p. 31 cm. 48 b&w photos. Blue cloth hardcover in mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Signed by Karsh on front free endpaper. Inscription on front pastedown. Some tears to edges of jacket.
Canadian Yousuf Karsh was deservedly one of the most famous portrait photographers of all time with the rare gift of capturing the essence of his subjects in one instant. Included here are iconic shots like that of Churchill and Einstein but there are some lesser known individuals as well.
Canadian Yousuf Karsh was deservedly one of the most famous portrait photographers of all time with the rare gift of capturing the essence of his subjects in one instant. Included here are iconic shots like that of Churchill and Einstein but there are some lesser known individuals as well.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131442
- Title
- Faces Of Our Time
- Author
- KARSH, Yousuf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Photography, Photographers, Celebrities, Portraits, Karsh
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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