Dec 13, 2007 - Sale 2132

Sale 2132 - Lot 43

Unsold
Estimate: $ 9,000 - $ 12,000
Camera Notes and Proceedings of the Camera Club of New York. Edited by Alfred Stieglitz. Vol. 5, Parts 1-4. An illustrated photographic quarterly with photogravures by Stieglitz and Steichen and numerous reproductions by other club members. 4to, gilt-lettered green cloth with the gilt-pictorial logo of the Camera Club, expertly repaired tear on front cover; original covers bound in. signed and inscribed by stieglitz to dr. john nicol, a founding member of the Edinburgh Photographic Society. New York, 1901-02

Additional Details

Stieglitz''s inscription reads: "To Dr. John Nicol/who has shown himself as/the only square and fair/photographic editor in the/ United States during the past/five years./With appreciation & esteem, Alfred Stieglitz/Founder, Editor & Manager/May 5, 1902.

accompanied by--John Nicol''s family photo album, comprising 18 cartes-de-visite and a tintype. With a group portrait of members of the Edinburgh Camera Club, and a study of Nicol himself. 8vo, embossed morocco; brass clasps; all edges gilt. 1860s-70s.