Karsh, Yousuf. In Search of Greatness. Reflections of Yousuf Karsh.

Knopf, 1962. [Karsh's autobiography with dust jacket (date printed on inner flap 11/62) photo of Karsh by Irving Penn. In reflecting on his remarkable life and career as a portrait photographer, Karsh traces his steps from his troubled boyhood in Armenia and Turkey, his marriage to the lovely Solange Gauthier, his emigration at the age of 17 to Canada, his mentor, the great John Garo of Boston, and the highlights of his work, including tales of the luminaries who have sat before his camera: Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, Pablo Casals, Bernard Shaw, John L. Lewis, Sibelius, Pope John XXIII, Helen Keller, and Ernest Hemingway, all of whom are illustrated in this hardcover volume, which is in fine condition with dust jacket that is fine except a light crease on the inside rear flap.