From Baldwin and Capote to Warhol and Wright, James Cummins Bookseller is proud to present a catalogue of signed and inscribed modern first editions. Highlights include Men of the Deep Waters by William Hope Hodgson, with autograph letter; Jorge Amado's most famous novel, Dona Flor e seus dois Maridos as seen above; and Graham Greene's own copy of The Power and the Glory.
New York: Little, Brown & Company, 1996. Uncorrected advance proof. Signed by the Author. "Infinite Jest" is the name of a movie said to be so entertaining that anyone who watches it loses all desire to do anything but watch it over and over. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball..... Read More about Infinite Jest
Price: $5,000
New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1975]. First edition. Signed "AW" Signed with initials. Read More about The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
Price: $1,200
Jackson, Mississippi: Published for the New Stage Theatre, [1980]. First edition, one of 400 signed by the author. printed by the Palaemon Press. Signed. Read More about Bye-Bye Brevoort. A Skit
Price: $250
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. Inscribed to William Targ with a letter. Presentation copy, inscribed to William Targ on the title: "For William Targ / With pleasant recollections of our long-ago meeting / Richard Wilbur Cummington Mass. 1971." And with a fine autograph letter signed ("Richard Wilbur") laid in..... Read More about The Beautiful Changes and Other Poems
Price: $1,000
New Haven, CT: New Directions, 1964. First edition, second issue, with pp. 19-22 tipped in and Scene Two starting on p.21. Inscribed. Inscribed by Williams to Bob Wilson, owner of the Phoenix Book Shop, on the front free endpaper. Perhaps Williams' least successful play. In a 1971 interview with Rex..... Read More about The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
Price: $1,000
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1960. First edition, author's second book. SIGNED. Read More about The Hero Continues
Price: $100
New York: Harper & Brothers, [1940]. First edition. With a wonderful inscription from Wright to his close personal friend, Abe Aaron: "To Abe, in memory of the Old John Reed Club days. Dick. 10/11/40 Brooklyn." Wright met Abe Aaron in 1930 in Chicago, where both were working in the Chicago..... Read More about How "Bigger" Was Born
Price: $5,000
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers (in association with Story magazine, Inc.), 1938. First edition, first printing with publisher's code B-N. Inscribed in 1938. Early inscription on leaf opposite title-page: "With best wishes/ Richard Wright/ March 24-1938." Reviewing Uncle Tom's Children: Four Novellas in the New York Times..... Read More about Uncle Tom's Children. Four Novellas
Price: $3,500
New York: Trident Press, 1966. First edition. Inscribed. Sol Yurick's follow-up to his successful first novel, The Warriors. Read More about Fertig
Price: $150