James Cummins Bookseller
New Arrivals
We are delighted to present this week's wide ranging list of new acquisitions. Highlights include a freshly catalogued cache of material from the General Theological Library; a first American edition of The Hobbit, in its iconic dust jacket; and the first History of Virginia printed in Virginia.
Center Stage
Not restricted to glitz and glamor, this performing arts catalogue includes contractual disagreements, a peek behind the scenes of Ginsberg's rock and roll album, and an archive of post-punk film in the East Village.
Americana July 2026
This catalogue, including selections from the Gilder Lehrman Collection, covers a wide swath of Americana from the first depiction of the American flag, an early printing of the Star Spangled Banner, rare maps from the Revolution and Civil War and more.
New Arrivals in Literature
We are delighted to present a list of literary new acquisitions including a first edition of A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy; John Singer Sargent's Portrait of Henry James, signed by both; and an outstanding copy of Twelve Days by Vita Sackville-West, in dust jacket.
Western Americana
From New Mexico to Washington and everything in between, this catalogue of Western Americana presents stories from nearly half the land area of the contiguous United States of America.
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Founded in 1978, James Cummins Booksellers has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store in Manhattan. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests exceeding 50,000 titles, with particular emphasis in British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters.
James Cummins Bookseller has been a member of the ABAA since 1980, and is a member of the ABA and ILAB.
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