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African Americana January 2023

African Americana January 2023

James Cummins Bookseller is pleased to offer a selection of our fine inventory of African Americana with many new arrivals such as a manuscript document signed by Richard Allen, recording monies received from Pennsylvania Hospital for chimney sweeping; a first edition of The Black Troopers, by African American author and publisher, Miles V Lynk; as well as an archive of 22 photographs on the set of Native Son.

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20th Century Poetry

20th Century Poetry

James Cummins Bookseller is proud to present a catalogue of new and recent arrivals of 20th century poetry. Highlights include a scarce first edition of an important milestone in the evolution of Modernist American poetry, An "Objectivists" Anthology edited by Louis Zukofsky; a number of issues of Grammata, a magazine from Alexandria that printed the works of Cavafy and his circle; a first edition of Ezra Pound's Selected Poems, signed and numbered by Pound; and the limited edition of Weldon Kees' Poems 1947-1954 bound with a signed drawing.

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New Arrivals 2023

New Arrivals 2023

Happy New Year! At James Cummins Bookseller, we are pleased that you trust us with your collecting endeavors, and are excited for what the next year has in store. Our first catalogue of 2023 is an eclectic list of newly catalogued inventory, including a rare Hunting with Rifle and Camera in the Canadian Rockies by Joseph McAleenan; a 1793 invitation to a Washington birthday celebration in Newport, Rhode Island; a first edition of Darkwater by W. E. B. Du Bois; and a rare first edition of J. J. Grandville's Comical People.

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Catalogue 144

Catalogue 144

We are pleased to present Catalogue 144: Holiday Selections 2022 with highlights such as a finely bound set of The Writings of Mark Twain, with two autograph leaves; an autograph manuscript of 8 poems that would be published in Steeple Bush, signed and inscribed by Robert Frost; and Christopher Columbus' Epistola Christofori Colom. 

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Holiday Selections 2022

Holiday Selections 2022

We have put together a sparkling list of books and other items that would make discerning, thoughtful gifts. There are new arrivals as well as special and unique items that we've selected in many fields, including literature, sporting, travel, Americana, children's books, and finely bound books. Please contact us if you need more personalized assistance. Our knowledgeable staff will be happy to assist you in finding the perfect gift to cherish and remember for years to come.

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Travel 2022

Travel 2022

James Cummins Bookseller is proud to present a catalogue of items related to travel featuring many new acquisitions. Highlights include one of the earliest American lithographic view books, Views of the Great Falls of Niagara; an inscribed journal of a lady's summer travel in 19th century Europe, Five Months Abroad by Mrs. E.S. (Mary A.) Ormsby; and Our Big Visitor, The Great "Eastern" Steamship.

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New Arrivals Fall 2022

New Arrivals Fall 2022

The mid-November list from James Cummins Bookseller is a wide-ranging miscellany of newly catalogued inventory, including the Fourth Folio of Shakespeare’s Plays (1685), the second edition of Anne Bradstreet’s Poems (1758), Ricky Jay’s copy of The Life of Captain James Whitney (1693), the second edition of Beowulf, J.S. Mill’s Principles of Political Economy (1848), a typescript selection from Lovecraft’s Fungi from Yuggoth (ca. 1933), and Dieter Roth’s Copley Monograph (1965), among others.

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Fine Americana 2022

Fine Americana 2022

James Cummins Bookseller is proud to offer a list of fine Americana featuring a number of new acquisitions and a variety of collecting interests from African Americana and Women's Suffrage to Judaica.

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New Arrivals

The Art of Photoplay Making

The Art of Photoplay Making

Freeburg, Victor Oscar, Ph.D

Price: $200

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Thomas Linacre

Thomas Linacre

Osler, M.D., F.R.S, William

Price: $200

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The Fanatics

The Fanatics

Dunbar, Paul Lawrence

Price: $250

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Reminiscences of Halsten Muri. Edited by J. Arthur Hutton

Reminiscences of Halsten Muri. Edited...

Muri, Halsten

Price: $800

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The Principles and Practice of Medicine. Designed for the Use of Practitioners and Students of...

The Principles and Practice of...

Osler, William, M.D., F.R.C.P

Price: $800

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