E. O. Hoppe' Photographer

Book of Fair Women

No. 454 of 500

32 Gravure Plates

Alfred A. Knopf.  No date on title or copyright pages.  Introduction + two essays, "Beauty" and "Charm", by Richard King, dated 1922. A large-format (9x12) limited edition with a hand-made batik paper binding and tipped-in gravure plates. Unfortunately, the batik cover has not aged well; however the inside is Good, the pages firmly bound, and the lovely plates are Near Fine. Most of the plates are masterfully tipped-in and secure, a few have come loose, and one is missing.

E. O. Hope' was an Edwardian Modernist and one of the most successful photographers of his time. His presentation of "ideal types" of beauty include Nordic, Latin, Asian, Polynesian and African with British, European and American beauties culled from the age's fashionable and upper class icons was controversial & garnered a lot of publicity.

“Madame Mika Mikun,” Poland

London's National Portrait Gallery is currently running a show of  Hoppe's photographs that features the photos from The Book of Fair Women. For further information about the show and Hoppe', please go to the following link:  

Hoppe', National Portrait Gallery.

“Hebe,” England