signed first edition
1963 · London
by THE BEATLES: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
London: np, 1963. First edition. Very Good. Vintage 8x10 glossy photograph by Dezo Hoffmann from 1963, SIGNED BY ALL FOUR BEATLES. The image is one of several taken by the Czech-born photographer Dezo Hoffmann on July 2, 1963 – the day after the band recorded She Loves You / I’ll Get You. Hoffmann met The Beatles in 1962 and, as the first professional photographer they hired, played a pivotal role in documenting their early years. Hoffmann preferred photographs that showed the members of the band in candid, spontaneous, or unguarded moments, both on and off the stage, and consequently his photos made the public feel like they connected with and (truncated)