<ItemsControl  ItemsSource="{Binding ShelfItemsCollection}" Name="shelfGridView" Margin="5" Visibility="Collapsed"VirtualizingStackPanel.IsVirtualizing="True"
    ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll="False"   VirtualizingStackPanel.VirtualizationMode="Recycling"  >
                <ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
                        <DataTemplate>
 <Border Style="{StaticResource ResourceKey=shelfBorderStyle}" MinWidth="200">
 <Stackpanel>
     <Image Width="150" Height="200" Stretch="Fill" Source="{Binding CoverImage}" ></Image>
        <TextBlock Text="{Binding Title}"  TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis"  MaxWidth="150"></TextBlock>
       <TextBlock Text="{Binding Info}"  TextTrimming="CharacterEllipsis"  MaxWidth="150"  ></TextBlock>
     </StackPanel>
</Border>

Code

 CoverImage property is of type ImageSource and is assigned using code

collectionitem.COnverImage=GetCOverImage(param1.param2);

    private ImageSource GetCoverImage(string bookId, string coverUrl)
        {
            ImageSource cover = null;
            string cover_path = path of image file;
            if (System.IO.File.Exists(cover_path))
            {
                cover = new ImageSourceConverter().ConvertFromString(cover_path) as ImageSource;
            }
            else
            {
                downloadCoverPage(coverUrl, cover_path); //download from a url and save to the local systme and then create ImageSource
                cover = new ImageSourceConverter().ConvertFromString(cover_path) as ImageSource;
            }
            return cover;
        }