![Item #323783 The Nightingale. [Translation by H.W. Dulken]. Hans Christian Andersen](/pictures/thumb/323783.jpg?v=1656545640)
The Nightingale. [Translation by H.W. Dulken].
New York: R.H. Russell, 1898. The Merrrymount Edition. Read More about The Nightingale. [Translation by H.W. Dulken
Price: $350
Children's Books
Children's books, whether they educate or inspire, are fundamental to our development. We love books here at James Cummins Bookseller, and for some of us, a favorite children's book is what enticed us to seek out our profession. We are proud to present a catalogue of children's literature that spans from the famed nursery classic History of Goody Two Shoes to Norman Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth. Highlights include first editions of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, the first Fessard edition of Fables de la Fontaine, and the first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Take a look at our highlights below and make sure to check out the entire catalogue.
Four separate juvenile titles bound together
The Beautiful Grape Vine by Betsey Saunders, and Many Other Stories Suitable for Sabbath Scholars. [Bound with] The Cowslip Gatherers.....
Boston: Published and sold by James Loring, No. 132 Washington-street, 1827. First edition, four titles, bound in single publisher's(?) binding [the separate titles were published individually]. Four separate juvenile titles bound together. Read More about The Beautiful Grape Vine by Betsey Saunders, and Many Other Stories Suitable for Sabbath...
Price: $600
Seven Simeons: a Russian tale retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff , (Text in English).
New York: The Viking Press, 1937. First Published April 1937. Winner of the First Caldecott Prize. Read More about Seven Simeons: a Russian tale retold and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff , (Text in English
Price: $250
The Story of Little Black Sambo.
London: Grant Richards, 1899. First edition. First edition of one of the most celebrated titles in children’s literature, a work whose small illustrated format heralded a change in children's publishing, and a book that has achieved classic status while remaining explosively controversial. Read More about The Story of Little Black Sambo
Price: $6,000
Shakespere fresh chiselled on stone.
London: Dean and Son 11 Ludgate Hill, [1859]. Read More about Shakespere fresh chiselled on stone
Price: $400
ONE OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY J. M. BARRIE
Farewell Miss Julie Logan: A Wintry Tale by J. M. Barrie.
[London: The Times Publishing Company, Limited, December 24, 1931]. First edition, signed issue; no. 78 of 100 numbered copies, signed by J. M. Barrie. The front cover states (at lower margin): "As published in/ The [decorative device] Times / Thursday, December 24, 1931" and the verso of front cover has..... Read More about Farewell Miss Julie Logan: A Wintry Tale by J. M. Barrie
Price: $2,500
Madeline.
New York: Simon & Schuster, [1939]. Later issue. With twelve girls on the illustration to "They went home and broke their bread", but with title page undated below the Simon & Shuster imprint. Read More about Madeline
Price: $1,200
FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL FUR BINDING AND PICTORIAL BOX
Little Fur Family. Pictures by Garth Williams.
[New York]: Harper & Brothers, 1946. First edition. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL FUR BINDING AND PICTORIAL BOX. Read More about Little Fur Family. Pictures by Garth Williams
Price: $1,250
Histoire de Babar.
Paris: Editions du Jardin des Modes, 1931. First edition. An attractive copy of the scarce first Babar title, in which Babar is introduced to the world, and rarely found in acceptable condition. Read More about Histoire de Babar
Price: $3,000
INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO HIS GRANDSON AND DEDICATEE
Tales from The Storyteller's House.
Boston: Little Brown, 1937. First edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO HIS GRANDSON AND DEDICATEE. Inscribed on the ffep: "To Willis who if he reads far enough and carefully enough may find himself in this book. Merry Christmas from Granpa 1937." The dedication reads "To all my grandchildren..." Read More about Tales from The Storyteller's House
Price: $2,000
Hand-Colored
Uncle Joseph's Pretty Stories about Birds.
New York: J. Q. Premble, [1860s]. First edition. Hand-Colored. A scarce publication: OCLC locates only a single holding, at New York State Library. J. Q. Premble also published, 'Uncle Joseph's Pretty Stories About The Camel'. Read More about Uncle Joseph's Pretty Stories about Birds
Price: $400
![Item #322006 History of Little Goody Two Shoes [and:] The Juvenile Biographer; containing the...](/pictures/thumb/322006.jpg?v=1669656510)
Gorgeous Copies of a Children’s Classic
History of Little Goody Two Shoes [and:] The Juvenile Biographer; containing the Lives of Little Masters & Misses [and:] A....
Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, 1787-8. First Worcester editions. Gorgeous Copies of a Children’s Classic. Isaiah Thomas’ edition of History of Little Goody Two Shoes, the famed nursery classic and “the most celebrated of all the books in John Newbery’s Lilliputian library” (Rosenbach), together with A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, “one of the..... Read More about History of Little Goody Two Shoes [and:] The Juvenile Biographer; containing the Lives of Little...
Price: $37,500
Cinderella and the Two Gifts.
London: Boussod, Valadon & Co, 1887. Beaumont, Eduoard. First English edition. The text is derived from a translation of Charles Perrault's Cendrillon of 1697. Read More about Cinderella and the Two Gifts
Price: $5,000
The Frenzied Prince. Heroic Tales of Ireland.
Philadelphia: David Mckay Company, [1943]. First edition. Read More about The Frenzied Prince. Heroic Tales of Ireland
Price: $125
In the Rare Dust Jacket -- and an Original Brownie Drawing
The Brownies Through the Union.
New York: Published by The Century Co, [1895]. First edition. In the Rare Dust Jacket -- and an Original Brownie Drawing. Unusually pretty fifth book of the perennially popular Brownie series. Laid in is an original pen and ink Brownie drawing, docketed on rear with directions to printer. Read More about The Brownies Through the Union
Price: $2,500
The First Brownie Book: With an Original Drawing
The Brownies: Their Book.
New York: Published by The Century Co, [1887]. First edition, second issue, with de Vinne seal on copyright page. The First Brownie Book: With an Original Drawing. The first book of the immensely popular Brownie series. This copy is accompanied by a an original Palmer Cox pen-and-ink drawing for the..... Read More about The Brownies: Their Book
Price: $1,500
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. First edition, first issue with 6 line colophon. The US edition precedes the British by 3 years. Read More about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Price: $6,000
Dahl’s First Book
The Gremlins.
New York: Random House, [1943]. First Edition. Dahl’s First Book. Read More about The Gremlins
Price: $3,500
James and the Giant Peach.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Burkert, Nancy Burkert. First edition, second printing; second printing [with "The Book Press" imprint on colophon page], in fine second issue dust jacket (with ISBN number on rear panel). This is the first children's book to be illustrated by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Read More about James and the Giant Peach
Price: $400
The Schoolmasters Assistant: Being a Compendium of Arithmetic, both Practical and Theoretical. In Five Parts.
Wilmington: Printed and Sold by Peter Brynberg, 1796. A copy of this uncommon edition of Dilworth’s standard school text, here in a nice contemporary binding with traces of original ownership. Read More about The Schoolmasters Assistant: Being a Compendium of Arithmetic, both Practical and Theoretical. In...
Price: $2,000
The Three Orphan Kittens. The Story and Illustrations by the Staff of Walt Disney Studios.
London: Dean & Son Ltd., 6 La Belle Sauvage, 1935. Based on the animated short film from the Silly Symphony series. First published in Racine, Wisconsin by Whitman Publishing, this British edition published in the same year is arguably more rare. Read More about The Three Orphan Kittens. The Story and Illustrations by the Staff of Walt Disney Studios
Price: $3,250
THE MICKEY MOUSE FIRE BRIGADE.
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co, 1936. First edition. Read More about THE MICKEY MOUSE FIRE BRIGADE
Price: $650
Beautifully Bound “Alice”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.
London: Macmillan, December, 1943. Two volumes in one. Beautifully Bound “Alice”. Read More about Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Price: $750
![Item #322992 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. [And:] Through the Looking-Glass, or What Alice...](/pictures/thumb/322992.jpg?v=1669061827)
The Immortal Alice
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. [And:] Through the Looking-Glass, or What Alice Found There. By Lewis Carroll.
New York: D. Appleton, 1866; London and New York: Macmillan, 1872. First edition, second issue of Adventures; first edition of Looking-Glass, first issue with "wabe" misspelled. The Immortal Alice. An attractive set of the Alice books, with Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in the first printing, second issue, comprising the sheets..... Read More about Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. [And:] Through the Looking-Glass, or What Alice Found There. By...
Price: $35,000
SIGNED
Why we have Day and Night.
New York: Young Scott Books, 1970. First edition. SIGNED. Signred on title-page. Read More about Why we have Day and Night
Price: $250