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New Arrivals

New Arrivals

It's never the wrong time to showcase new arrivals! Highlights include Isaac Leeser's "magnum opus": the first English translation of the complete Hebrew Bible by a Jew; the first edition of Under the Greenwood Tree, Thomas Hardy's second, anonymously published novel; and a lovely copy of Roland Clark's scarce Stray Shots.

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Americana November 2023

Americana November 2023

James Cummins Bookseller is proud to present an Americana catalogue featuring many new arrivals. Highlights include a Tom Thumb sized miniature edition of Barnum's autobiography dedicated "to the Bearded Lady and her hairs forever;" a Bleeding Kansas cartographic rarity which visually represents the slavery conflict and the events leading to the Civil War; and an important early Texas work recording the abortive colony of exiled Napoleonic loyalists established on the Trinity River in 1818, here in original condition.

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Literary Letters

Literary Letters

James Cummins Bookseller is proud to present a catalogue of literary letters from beloved writers such as Charles Dickens, Ernest Hemingway, and George Eliot. Highlights include a letter by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, sending a poem at that point unpublished; A notable Lord Byron letter, showing his commitment to join the armed struggle in Greece; an important letter from Samuel Clemens to his British publisher Andrew Chatto, promising 'early sheets' of Huckleberry Finn; as well as many new arrivals.

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Boston Book Fair 2023

Boston Book Fair 2023

The Boston Book Fair returns for its 45th edition at Hynes Convention Center starting October 27th and we can't wait to see some of you in person at booth #220. But for those of you who can’t attend, we’ve put together a list of the inventory we will be exhibiting.

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African Americana Fall 2023

African Americana Fall 2023

James Cummins Bookseller is pleased to offer a selection of our fine inventory of African Americana with several new arrivals such as an autograph letter from noted African American congressman, John Roy Lynch; Minutes of the Proceedings of the Second Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies Established in Different Parts of the United States, in original wrappers; as well an extraordinarily rare image of the second Colored World Series.

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North American Sporting

North American Sporting

This list assembles printed books and manuscript records of North American Sporting pursuits, from angling for trout and salmon fishing to big game hunting and yachting. Notable items include a report on fishing from one of the earliest retirees in Florida; rare diaries of big game hunting trips in northern Mexico, Wyoming, and the Canadian Rockies; saltwater angling from Nantucket to Peru to the Catalinas; and wing shooting in North Dakota in the 1890s.

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Banned and Burned

Banned and Burned

This week is Banned Books Week, and though the concept of book banning might seem like a recent phenomenon, it is not new. We compiled a list of inventory that has been intentionally suppressed, from the "radical" to the "profane."

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New Arrivals

Complete Poems. With a Preface by the Author, an Appreciation by Louis Untermeyer

Complete Poems. With a Preface...

Frost, Robert

Price: $2,250

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Dress-Reform: A Series of Lectures Delivered in Boston, on Dress as it Affects the Health of Women

Dress-Reform: A Series of Lectures...

Woolson, Abba Goold

Price: $1,250

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Stray Shots

Stray Shots

Clark, Roland

Price: $2,000

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Black Mischief

Black Mischief

Waugh, Evelyn

Price: $575

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The Outline of History Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind. Written with the Advice and...

The Outline of History Being...

Wells, H. G

Price: $1,650

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Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store located in Manhattan.

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