James Cummins Bookseller is proud to present a catalogue of new and recent arrivals of 20th century poetry. Highlights include a scarce first edition of an important milestone in the evolution of Modernist American poetry, An "Objectivists" Anthology edited by Louis Zukofsky; a number of issues of Grammata, a little magazine from Alexandria that printed the works of Cavafy and his circle; a first edition of Ezra Pound's Selected Poems, signed and numbered by Pound; and the limited edition of Weldon Kees' Poems 1947-1954 bound with... more about 20th Century Poetry

We have put together a sparkling list of books and other items that would make discerning, thoughtful gifts. There are new arrivals as well as special and unique items that we've selected in many fields, including literature, sporting, travel, Americana, children's books, and finely bound books. Please contact us if you need more personalized assistance. Our knowledgeable staff will be happy to assist you in finding the perfect gift to cherish and remember for years to come.

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The mid-November list from James Cummins Bookseller is a wide-ranging miscellany of newly catalogued inventory, including the Fourth Folio of Shakespeare’s Plays (1685), the second edition of Anne Bradstreet’s Poems (1758), Ricky Jay’s copy of The Life of Captain James Whitney (1693), the second edition of Beowulf, J.S. Mill’s Principles of Political Economy (1848), a typescript selection from Lovecraft’s Fungi from Yuggoth (ca. 1933), Dieter Roth’s Copley Monograph (1965), a signed copy of Wilfrid Thesiger’s The Life of My Choice (1987), and a photograph of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes at home which bears a long inscription... more about New Arrivals Fall 2022

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... more about Children's Books

James Cummins Bookseller is delighted to offer a special selection of works by writers of the Romantic period, including Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Blake, John Keats, Lord Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and William Wordsworth. Other notable writers of the era are also represented such as Charles Lamb, Samuel Rogers, and Robert Southey, with important books by Romantic precursors such as William Cowper and Charlotte Smith. Highlights include a first edition of Endymion in original boards by John Keats, Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments by Percy Bysshe Shelley edited and... more about The Romantics