Portraits of Greatness (signed copy) lumky Image on front panel touch

Image on front panel touch rubbed but still a Fine copy with no inscriptions or other internal markings

86 pages of text and 54 plates

who established the Mengo Hospital in Uganda

corners worn

signed underneath by Dickens

Portraits of Greatness (signed copy) lumky Image on front panel touchFirst Edition, first printing, with a hand written card indicating this to be a presentation copy from the author, with the following inscription, "This volume of portraits is inscribed with the good wishes of Yousuf Karsh". Quarto. pp 204, [2]. With the excellent dust jacket (with original glassine, browned) short nick at base of spine. Contains around 100 b w portraits of celebrities from the first half of the 20th century, ie. Sir Thomas Beecham,