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

  • 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.

  • In Her Own Words

    In Her Own Words

    Within our current catalogue you'll find letters, diaries, and autobiography by civil rights activists, suffragists, scientists, and pioneering literary icons like Virginia Woolf, Djuna Barnes, and George Eliot.

  • April Arrivals

    April Arrivals

    In addition to May flowers, April showers bring a fresh batch of new arrivals! This diverse list ranges from a complete set of The Works of Benjamin Franklin to My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass (1855), some treasures of English and American poetry, and much more.

  • The Art of the Dust Jacket

    The Art of the Dust Jacket

    From the humble origin of protecting delicate bindings, to the colorful advertising vessels of today, dust jackets have grown to be appreciated for their own artistry. Within our current catalogue you will find the first edition of Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises in an especially fine dust jacket, an outstanding copy of Huxley's Brave New World, and an inscribed copy of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon.

  • The Discovery of America: The Parsons Collection

    The Discovery of America: The Parsons Collection

    In collaboration with William Reese Company, Peter Harrington, and Hordern House, we are pleased to offer books about the discovery of America from the shelves of the famed collector, David Parsons (1939-2014). The catalogue is arranged by order of publication date beginning with a scarce incunable edition of the most widely accepted cosmography in Europe ten years before the discovery of the New World, and ending with one of five copies of the noted John Harris facsimile of the first German translation of the first Columbus Letter.

  • 30 Additional New York Book Fair Highlights

    30 Additional New York Book Fair Highlights

    Tomorrow marks the beginning of this year's New York International Antiquarian Book Fair and we can't wait to see you in the Park Avenue Armory (rain or shine). Due to the popularity of our previous list of highlights, we are offering another short list of exceptional material before they fill the shelves of Booth E1! Feel free to call or email if you see anything of interest.

  • Flora and Fauna

    Flora and Fauna

    The temperature is rising, birds fill the morning with song, and tulips push themselves out of the dirt. It's officially Spring! Inspired by the change in season, our Flora and Fauna catalogue ranges from 17th-century gardening books to famous finds in American paleontology and within you'll be sure to find something that sparks your interest ... and even your allergies!