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

  • 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!

  • New York Book Fair 2024 Highlights

    New York Book Fair 2024 Highlights

    We are thrilled to be exhibiting at this year's New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, April 4-7 at the Park Avenue Armory. We will be in Booth E1. This catalogue includes just a few of the many wonderful items we will show, including books from the collection of James Silberman and Selma Shapiro, the New York publishing power couple, who collected fine examples of The Great Gatsby, The Sun Also Rises, and other high spots of modern literature, as well as association copies from their long history in the industry. If you see something of interest, please be in touch.

  • Around the World

    Around the World

    Pack your bags and set sail with this catalogue of travel items, brimming with enough adventure to satiate even the boldest of explorers. Highlights include a rare and important narrative of an early exploratory expedition in Hudson Bay in search of the Northwest Passage; one of the largest and most beautiful hand colored plate books, Henry Salt's Twenty Four Views Taken in St Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, Abyssinia & Egypt, as seen above; and a foundation tract of British settlement in North America by "the father of Newfoundland," Richard Whitbourne.

  • Fantastic and Otherworldly Fiction

    Fantastic and Otherworldly Fiction

    A list of interesting books in science fiction and the literature of the fantastic from the first English edition of Lucian of Samosata to the present day. Within you'll find notable works of world literature, books from the library of H.P. Lovecraft, the inscribed dedication copy of Robert Aickman’s Cold Hand in Mine, and E.M. Forster’s tale of a hyper-connected world ‘The Machine Stops’ (in The Eternal Moment), ghost stories, Gothic extravagance, and much more.

  • The Emerald Isle

    The Emerald Isle

    From the Temperance movement to The Troubles, we offer an eclectic catalogue that displays the rich history and culture of Ireland. Highlights include a rare album of vintage photos from Cork to Killarney, and a collection of early 19th century American and Irish Political pamphlets from the library of Maryland Congressman, Alexander McKim.