Web Catalogues

Below is a list of our most recently posted online catalogues. If you are interested in receiving our catalouges by mail please call (212) 688-6441 or e-mail us at info@jamescumminsbookseller.com

  • African Americana July 2024

    African Americana July 2024

    Within our latest catalogue of African Americana you will find over two centuries' worth of material, spanning from before abolition to the Harlem Renaissance and the civil rights movement. Highlights include an extraordinary work of radical abolitionism by David Ruggles, Abrogation of the Seventh Commandment and what is believed to be among the final photographs of Harriet Tubman.

  • Literary Acquisitions

    Literary Acquisitions

    Plath, Borges, and Kafka are just a few literary juggernauts found within this catalogue of literary acquisitions.You'll also find the best obtainable Baskerville edition of Paradise Lost in contemporary binding, an unrestored first edition of A Christmas Carol in the original cloth, and a first edition of Uncle Tom's Cabinall of which need no introduction.

  • July New Arrivals

    July New Arrivals

    Beat the heat with this eclectic list of items fresh to our shelves! Highlights include a comprehensive collection of the works of Joan Aiken, including her most beloved titles; a first edition ofThe Encyclopaedia of Islam; and the rare portfolio, Los Poetas del Tango, as seen here.

  • Antiquarian Agrarian

    Antiquarian Agrarian

    Advancements in farming and agriculture have influenced history, from the scientific to the literary. Within our latest catalogue you'll find a breadth of inventory including a collection of material related to the Southern Tenant Farmer's Union, one of the few integrated organizations in the south during the pre-Civil Rights era; a broadside of Wendell Berry's Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front, inscribed to a noted bookseller and friend of the press; and a framed photograph of farm workers in a field signed by Lotte Jacobi.

  • Edmund Blunden & Siegfried Sassoon

    Edmund Blunden & Siegfried Sassoon

    A choice collection of works by two great twentieth-century British poets who came to prominence through their literary response to the first World War. This collection includes works inscribed from Blunden to Sassoon, limited editions, a large collection of pamphlets and fugitive material, and many scarce items.

  • Illustrated New Arrivals

    Illustrated New Arrivals

    Some of the most iconic stories have become inseparable from the illustrations that accompany them — think H.K. Browne's engravings for David Copperfield, or John Tenniel's vivid visuals found within Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In our latest catalogue you'll find illustrated books fresh to our shelves, including a gorgeous selection of Rackhams and Aubrey Beardsley's Le Morte Darthur, as seen here.

  • En Vogue

    En Vogue

    Representing the versatility and ever-changing state of clothing design from military uniforms to bulbous crinoline skirts, our latest catalogue contains fashion across the decades, and even centuries.

  • Speak of the Devil

    Speak of the Devil

    Ranging from the occult to the Rolling Stones, our latest catalogue is brimming with demons. Highlights include a signed first edition of The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, the editor's copy of Hunter S. Thompson's Hell's Angels, and an inscribed Walt Disney's Fantasia as seen above.

  • Voyages to the East: The Parsons Collection

    Voyages to the East: The Parsons Collection

    In collaboration with William Reese Company, Peter Harrington, and Hordern House, we are pleased to offer the second selection of books from the shelves of the famed collector, David Parsons, concentrated on books of voyages and explorations to the East. As with our first catalogue: The Discovery of America, the books are arranged by order of publication date beginning with Marco Polo and ending with the first complete publication of the key source for Magellan's circumnavigation.

  • Pirates, Swashbucklers, and Seafarers from The Old Mill Bookshop

    Pirates, Swashbucklers, and Seafarers from The Old Mill Bookshop

    From Howard Pyle and Herman Melville to the notable American scoundrel Stephen Burroughs, these tales of pirates and the high seas are sure to capture your imagination. Highlights include an autograph manuscript from a French naval officer in the age of Nelson; a 1662 privy seal warrant issued to future Jamaican privateer, Sir Thomas Whetstone; and a presentation copy of the first American whaling novel, Miriam Coffin.