The Headless Bust. A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millemium.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, [1999]. First edition. Read More about The Headless Bust. A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millemium
Price: $100
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.
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De Luxe Edition with original drawing
Kate Greenaway.
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. “Edition De Luxe,” limited, number 211 of 500 copies. De Luxe Edition with original drawing. Biography of Kate Greenaway (1846–1901), with an original Greenway drawing of a child wearing a smock and a bonnet. Authenticated by Greenaway’s brother who signs below on a special..... Read More about Kate Greenaway
Price: $2,000
Peirce Family Copies
Grandfather's Chair: A History for Youth.
Boston: E.P. Peabody, 1841. First edition. Peirce Family Copies. [Boxed with:] HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. Famous Old People: Being the Second Epoch of Grandfather’s Chair. vii, [i], [9]-158 pp. Boston: E.P. Peabody, 1841. Publisher's light brown cloth, printed black title label on front cover (gilt titling mostly worn away). A few stains..... Read More about Grandfather's Chair: A History for Youth
Price: $4,500
A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys.
Boston: Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1852. First edition, first issue with no ads. A very nice copy of Hawthorne's most famous children's book, with "The Gorgon's Head", "Three Golden Apples", etc. Read More about A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys
Price: $3,000
In the Saddle With Uncle Bill.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition. Read More about In the Saddle With Uncle Bill
Price: $500
RARE IN DJ
The Tennessee Shad. Chronicling the Rise and Fall of the Firm of Doc Macnooder and the Tennessee Shad.
New York: Baker & Taylor Company, [May], 1911. First edition. RARE IN DJ. Read More about The Tennessee Shad. Chronicling the Rise and Fall of the Firm of Doc Macnooder and the Tennessee...
Price: $750
IN RARE DJ
The Varmint.
New York: Baker & Taylor, 1910. IN RARE DJ. The most famous of Lawrenceville Series with famous characters, Dink Stover, The Prodigious Hickey, The Tennessee Shad, and Hungry Smeed. With much here on baseball and football. It was first serialized in the Saturday Evening Post. Basis of 1917 film directed..... Read More about The Varmint
Price: $2,000
The Phantom Tollbooth.
New York: Epstein & Carroll. Distributed by Random House, [1961]. First edition. Adam Gopnick, in his appreciation of the novel, called it "the closest thing that American literature has to an Alice in Wonderland of its own...with illustrations, by Jules Feiffer, that are as perfectly matched to Juster’s text as..... Read More about The Phantom Tollbooth
Price: $1,250
The Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book.
London: Macmillan, 1894 & 1895. First editions. A nicely-matched set of the two Jungle Books. Read More about The Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book
Price: $4,000
COLOR WOODCUTS BY GERTRAUD BANGERT
Frankfurter Bilderbuch. Ausgedacht und gereimt von Hildegard Kuhn. In Holz Geschnitten und Ausgemalt von Gertraud Bangert.
Frankfurt am Main: Waldemar Kramer, 1953. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. COLOR WOODCUTS BY GERTRAUD BANGERT. Nicely printed, in color, with eleven full-page, color woodcuts, on French-folded leaves, and with color woodcut vignettes on each page of text; limited to 500 copies. Uncommon (OCLC lists no American holdings..... Read More about Frankfurter Bilderbuch. Ausgedacht und gereimt von Hildegard Kuhn. In Holz Geschnitten und...
Price: $250
Fine, fully engraved edition of La Fontaine
Fables choisies, mises en vers.
Paris: chez l'auteur, 1765-1775. Fessard, Étienne. First Fessard edition, first issue. Fine, fully engraved edition of La Fontaine. First edition, first issue of one of the most elaborate 18th century editions of the celebrated fables of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695). The engraver and publisher Fessard hoped to rival the..... Read More about Fables choisies, mises en vers
Price: $7,500
LARGE PAPER OF FIRST TITLE IN THE FAIRY BOOK SERIES
The Blue Fairy Book.
London: Longmans, Green and Co and New York: 11 East 16th St, 1889. First edition. Number 24 of 113 Large Paper Copies. LARGE PAPER OF FIRST TITLE IN THE FAIRY BOOK SERIES. The large paper issues of this series each have a special introduction which is not in the trade..... Read More about The Blue Fairy Book
Price: $1,750
Inscribed
Grammar Can Be Fun. Words and Pictures by.
New York: Stokes, 1934. First edition. Inscribed. With inscription on p. 3 inside prone body of "AIN'T", "For Elizabeth Riley who has been nice to me when I felt like this. With best wishes 'Mun' Leaf." Miss Riley at the time was Book Buyer at Macy's. Read More about Grammar Can Be Fun. Words and Pictures by
Price: $400
Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets.
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1871. First American edition. The American edition is much scarcer than the first English of the same year. Read More about Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany, and Alphabets
Price: $1,500
Collection of 19 Books by Anita and Arnold Lobel. All inscribed to Crosby Bonsall (1921-1995) and her husband George. Several...
vp: vd. Crosby Bonsall was a pioneer in the field of early readers. Anita Lobel was Arnold's wife and an established children's writer and illustrator. Collection of 19 children's books written and or illustrated by the Lobels, most inscribed presentation copies to their friends Crosby and George Bonsall. Containing: LOBEL..... Read More about Collection of 19 Books by Anita and Arnold Lobel. All inscribed to Crosby Bonsall (1921-1995) and...
Price: $3,000
The Story of Naughty Kildeen.
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, [1922]. First trade edition. Scarce. Read More about The Story of Naughty Kildeen
Price: $250
Andrew Mellon's Copy
The Young Patriot; or, Fidelity Rewarded. Translated from the German, by M.S.F and I.A.
Boston: Loring, 1863. Andrew Mellon's Copy. Read More about The Young Patriot; or, Fidelity Rewarded. Translated from the German, by M.S.F and I.A
Price: $1,000
My Own A, B, C, Illustrated.
New York: T. W. Strong, [circa 1850]. Attractive illustrated abcedary depicting trades, occupations and peoples (including Esquimaux, Gipsy, and Highlander. SCARCE. Read More about My Own A, B, C, Illustrated
Price: $3,750
Inscribed to his Daughter, Dedication Copy
The Hollow Tree.
New York: R.H. Russell, 1898. First Edition. Inscribed to his Daughter, Dedication Copy. A popular book that led to a series of other, related books, this copy is surely the most important copy that survives. It is inscribed to the author's daughter, who is described as "The real Little Lady..... Read More about The Hollow Tree
Price: $2,500
Inscribed by the author to his daughter
In the Deep Woods.
New York: R.H. Russell, 1899. First edition. Inscribed by the author to his daughter. Paine's follow up to The Hollow Tree; this copy has been inscribed on the ffep by Paine to his daughter: "To/ The Little Lady/ Miss Louisa Paine/ from her papa, who has told/ her these and..... Read More about In the Deep Woods
Price: $1,250
WITH WATERCOLOUR DRAWING
The 21 Balloons.
New York: Viking, [April], 1947. First Edition. WITH WATERCOLOUR DRAWING. With a fine watercolour on ffep "To Barbar & Leonard (with them in a balloon seated with a bottle of wine) William Pène du Bois, March, 1947 (pre-publication)" Read More about The 21 Balloons
Price: $5,000
Otto Of the Silver Hand.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888. Pyle, Howard. First edition. Read More about Otto Of the Silver Hand
Price: $850
Forest and Stream Fables. By Awahsoose the Bear.
New York: Forest & Stream Publishing Company 39 park Row, [1886]. First edition of the author's first book. John S.A. van E. Kohn, of Seven Gables, in 1972 came up with an approximate census of 8 known copies First edition of the author's first separate publication. Contains "The unlucky Bass"..... Read More about Forest and Stream Fables. By Awahsoose the Bear
Price: $1,000
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
New York: Arthur A. Levine/Imprint of Scholastic Press, [July, 2000]. First American edition. Read More about Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Price: $300
Tony Sarg's Treasure Book. Alice In Wonderland. Treasure Island. Rip Van Winkle.
New York: B. J. Jay, 1942. First edition [Whitton Paper Toys of the World, pp. 77-78 (with illustration of this item)]. Read More about Tony Sarg's Treasure Book. Alice In Wonderland. Treasure Island. Rip Van Winkle
Price: $750
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