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Welcome to my virtual book collection. Since collecting actual books is somewhat cost-prohibitive, I've begun to amass all of the books I would love to have if I had the means. Some are new, lots are old, all are unique or beautiful or unusual or in some other way have captured my fancy. Enjoy browsing!

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Camera Notes and Proceedings of The Camera Club of New York
Alfred Stieglitz. Volume V. New York: Camera Club, 1901-1902.

Quarto, original green cloth gilt. WITH: (NICOL, John) Photograph Album. Square quarto, original full brown morocco gilt; 18 vintage mounted cartes-de-visite and one tintype. Housed together in custom chemise and box.

First edition of Stieglitz’ Camera Notes, the complete Volume V, an exceptional presentation/association copy inscribed to a leading Pictorialist photographer and editor, “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” [date underlined], featuring 30 splendid tissue-guarded photogravure plates, many by Stieglitz and Edward Steichen. Accompanied by a rare vintage Photograph Album containing 18 albumen cartes-de-viste and a rare tintype of portraits of Nicol and other major photographers.