James Cummins Bookseller is thrilled to present a selection of Americana recently added to our shelves.

March is far from restful as our booksellers are busy adding fresh material to our shelves.

This selection of items—which includes books and original artworks new to our website—covers early printed material on the history of the Republic; plate books printed in Japan, Venice, and London; an official program from the 1950 Venice Biennale; and an original oil painting by Ludwig Bemelmans; among other delights.

Within this selection from the library of the General Theological Seminary you'll find a leaf of the Old Testament in the 48-line edition printed by Schoeffer in Mainz in 1472, a first edition of the Sixtine Vulgate Bible, as well interesting Americana, and scientific and theological material.

A.J. Liebling, author of The Sweet Science, The Earl of Louisiana, and Between Meals, New Yorker writer par excellence, famously remarked that he could “write better than anyone who could write faster, and faster than anyone who could write better.” This group of material, from the collection of Michael Zinman, spans his entire career, with a manuscript literary notebook from his college days, including letters to Dr. Leo Stone (a Dartmouth classmate and lifelong friend), editorial correspondence revealing a previously unknown pseudonym, the dedication copy of Back Where I Came From and other intimate association copies, and the Cartier-Bresson portrait, inscribed to him by the photographer.