English: No permission is required because the photograph is in the public domain.
First, the photo is a mechanical scan/photocopy of the original cover and does not qualify for independent copyright protection.
Second, the portrait was first published prior to 1978 without a valid copyright notice. A Sporting Chance was first published in 1967; the hardcover book itself carried a copyright notice, so its contents remain copyrighted. However, the dustjacket did not carry a separate copyright notice. According to The Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices: Chapter 2200, § 2207.1(C) at p. 15:
"A notice of copyright on the dust jacket of a book is not an acceptable notice for the book, because the dust jacket is not permanently attached to the book. Likewise, a notice appearing in a book is not an acceptable notice for the dust jacket or any material appearing on that dust jacket, even if the book refers to the jacket or material appearing on the jacket."
Keep in mind that the pre-1989 requirements for copyright notice were highly formalistic and, other than a few enumerated exceptions, required these three elements:
"The name of the copyright owner, or an abbreviation by which the name can be recognized, or a generally known alternative designation of the owner."
If just one of these elements is omitted, the work is deemed to be published without notice and is not eligible for copyright protection. Neither the year nor a copyright symbol appear anywhere on the dust jacket.
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Photograph of American author, Daniel P. Mannix, used for back cover dustjacket of ''A Sporting Chance'' (1967)
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