[Stieglitz, Alfred; Steichen, Eduard, etc- Scarce Photography Book on Early Pictorialist] Camera Kunst

Berlin: Verlag von Gustav Schmidt, 1903.

First Edition. Quarto, 107 pages, 1plus 2 pages (advertisement section). Subtitled, "An International collection of modern photographs," with black and white and tinted illustrations in the text and partly tinted illustrations on plates. Original gray cloth, lettering in large type stamped on cover in orange. With texts by Ernst Juhl, Eduard J. Steichen ( New York ), Fritz Loescher, Robert Demachy ( Paris ), Otto Scharf, Alfred Stieglitz ( New York ), Dr. Adolf Thiele, W. Bandelow ( Krakuw ), J.C. Warburg (London). With illustrations, some of which are mounted onto brown card paper with tissue guards by: Annan, J. Craig, Dr. E. Arning, W. Smedley Aston, Cadby, Craigie, Croft, Demachy, Dubreuil, D¸Herkoop, Hugo Erfurth, Hill, Hilsdorf, Hofmeister, Gertrud Kasebier, Alex Keighley, Kirstein, Laguarde, Mazourine, Leonhard Missone, Llewellyn Morgan, Perscheid, Puyo, Erwin Raupp, Otto Scharf, Eduard J. Steichen, William Stewart, Bernh. Troch, J.C. Warburg, Mathilde Weil, Weimer, Karl Weiss, Clarence White. A near fine copy, very well-preserved compared to the few others available, this one stands out with both hinges intact, very clean and bright internally. Most scarce.

Price: $1,250.00   Item #6332