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![Typee.] Narrative of a Four Months’ Residence among the Natives of a Valley of the Marquesa...](http://www.jamescumminsbookseller.com/pictures/thumb/234587.jpg?v=1534805463)
London: John Murray, 1846-7. First editions of Melville’s first two novels: Typee in first issue, p.19 l.1 reading... Read More about Typee.] Narrative of a Four Months’ Residence among the Natives of a Valley of the Marquesa...
Price: $4,500
Although printed in 1785, the introductory matter was destroyed by fire, and Ritson abandoned the completion of it. The sheets eventually fell into the hands of Triphook, who issued it thus, with a new title page, preface, and, according to him a portrait by "Mrs. Park of Hampstead" - which... Read More about
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American Autographs. Signatures include: Henry James, Sr. Wm.E. Russell, Mayor of Cambridge Sara C. Bull Ellen M. Stone R. N. Johnson Louise Imogen Guiney Paul H. Hayne George S. Hillard On the back of the sheet onto which the signatures are laid down is a note identifying each of the signatories, which ends, "All except R.N.J.––who is merely..... Read More about 9 signatures attached to a card
Price: $250
London: Published at the Punch Office, 85, Fleet Street, 1847. Leech, John. First edition. Read More about The Comic History of England
Price: $600
N. P: n.d. Read More about Clipped signature “Gilbert A'Beckett”
Price: $75
New York & London: Chanticleer Press Edition. Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich, 1979. First edition. Read More about Desert Images
Price: $150
New York: Dial, 1962. First edition. Read More about Fire on the Mountain
Price: $750
Boston: Crosby and Nichols, and S. G. Simpkins, 1848. First edition. Not in Wright. Read More about How to Spoil a Good Citizen; and Other Stories
Price: $125
[New York: October, 1957]. Rare Berenice Abbott Portraits of Djuna Barnes. Rare images of Barnes in middle-age, taken by her friend Berenice Abbott at her studio in New York. These images remained unpublished and largely unseen until they were included in Hank O'Neal's 1990 memoir of his relationship with Barnes... Read More about Group of 14 photographic snapshots of Djuna Barnes
Price: $2,000
New York: erandom House, [1954]. First edition. Read More about The Pajama Game. Music and Lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Price: $75
Boston: Weeks, Jordan, and Company, 1839. First Edition. BRILLIANT COPY. The seventh Rollo book. Read More about Rollo's Experiments
Price: $500
Boston: W. J. Reynolds, 1853-55. First Editions. Rollo in Europe--First Editions. Jacob Abbott (1803-79), an American congregational minister and educator, wrote the famous Rollo series of books (Rollo at Work, Rollo at Play, etc.) to teach his young readers specific moral values and concepts. In these travel books, following the... Read More about Rollo's Tour in Europe: Rollo on the Atlantic (1853); Rollo in Paris (1854); Rollo in Switzerland...
Price: $750
Boston: Published by Pierce and Parker, 1833. First edition. Read More about The Teacher: or Moral Influences employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young
Price: $300
Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1839. First Edition. Read More about Caleb in the Country. A Story for Children. By the Author of the Rollo Books
Price: $100
Boston: Otis, Broaders, & Co, 1843. First edition. Read More about The Rollo Philosophy. Part IV. The Sky
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Brunswick, Maine: Nov., 2, 1858. "Your favor of Nov. 6 I have just rec'd. I regret very much that I have no autograph of the Emperor and have never had any. While in Europe I received some notes from distinguished men but they have long since passed into the hands... Read More about Autograph Letter, signed ("John S.C. Abbot") to Mr. Edward Brown Houghton
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Boston: July 13 1874. Key Member of the Secret Six. A heartfelt letter to his friend and fellow abolitionist, expressing his condolences for the loss of Bird’s son, and explaining that he cannot attend the funeral. Reading in part: “I heard on Saturday of your son’s sudden death, and in..... Read More about Autograph letter signed ("F.B. Sanborn") to Francis William Bird ("My dear...
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New York: November 25, 1955. Peter Abrahams (1919- ), is a South African novelist who was deeply influenced by his discovery of the literature of the Harlem Renaissance. His early novel "Mine Boy" (1946) was the first to emphasize the dehumanizing effect of racism upon South African blacks. Read More about Portrait photograph of Peter Abrahams
Price: $1,000
![Manuscript volume of Persian Verse with 6 finely executed miniatures]. Abu al-Faraj Runi](/pictures/thumb/307717.jpg?v=1560879750)
[Turkey or Persia: n.d., early 19th c. C.E.]. Read More about Manuscript volume of Persian Verse with 6 finely executed miniatures
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London: Methuen, 1958. Second edition, Revised from the 1932 edition. Inscribed Presentation Copy to Uncle Guy. Inscribed on the flyleaf: "to Uncle Guy "with best wishes "for a happy Birthday "and much love "from Harold." Guy Mitchell was the brother of Harold’s mother, Hortense (Mitchell) Acton. Guy was the proprietor of Villa Giullarino, which faced his..... Read More about The Last Medici
Price: $400
[London]: Methuen, [1950]. First edition. Inscribed on the flyleaf to Acton's friend Edward Eberly: "May this little book avert all evil eyes from my friend Edward and amuse his leisure moments! With all best wishes, from Harold." Read More about Prince Isadore A Novel
Price: $500
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1966]. First edition. Artist’s Copy. Read More about The Twelve Dancing Pricesses
Price: $150
Roxbury, Bosston, Mass: April 1, 1910. German Immigrant Dialect Poem. After his service in the Civi War, Charles Follens Adams (1842 -1918) began writing humorous verse for magazines and periodicals. His “Leedle Yawcob Strauss” was written in 1876, and first published in book form in LEEDLE YAWCOB STRAUSS, AND OTHER... Read More about Autograph Manuscript, signed (“Chas. Follen Adams”) and dated (“April 1, 1910”) of 8...
Price: $500
London: Arthur Baker Limited, [1979]. First edition. Don’t Panic. “Forty-Two.” First edition of this comic masterpiece of science fiction, which began life in Douglas Adams’ scripts for the six-part BBC radio series, chronicling the intergalactic adventures of Arthur Dent, hapless Earthman, and his considerably more together friend Ford Prefect, “who really..... Read More about The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Price: $1,750
