Search Results: Titles starting with S from James Cummins Bookseller

New York, vd. 3 vols. Fine. 3 vols. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo was an influential ballet company founded by René Blum and Colonel Vassily de Basil in 1933. The company followed Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.

Byerly Printing Co, 1902. First and only edition. Illustrated by F. P. Byerly. 3 vols. 32mo. Blue, red and green printed sewn wrappers. Fine. First and only edition. Illustrated by F. P. Byerly. 3 vols. 32mo. NEVER SEEN. Amateur printing.

London: S. W. Silver & Co. Office of 'the Colonies and India', Cornhill, 1880. Third Edition, Revised. Folding panorama at p. X of Capetown and Table Mountain, WITHOUT MAP (which may never have been issued, supposedly opposite title-page). x, 576pp. Thick 12mo (7 x 4 5/8 inches). Publisher's brown pebbled cloth, neatly recased. Bookplate of H.A. Bryden on front pastedown, slight rubbing and foxing, else Very Good. Third Edition, Revised. Folding panorama at p. X of Capetown and Table Mountain, WITHOUT MAP (which may never have been issued, supposedly opposite title-page). x, 576pp. Thick 12mo (7 x 4 5/8 inches). H. A. Bryden's Copy. Also Signned "H.A. Bryden/ 1883." on the title-page.

S4N Society, 1923. Illustrated with 2 woodcuts after Lyonel Feininger. 12mo. Publisher's wrappers. Minor soiling, irregularly trimmed and close at the top edge just touching a few letters. Illustrated with 2 woodcuts after Lyonel Feininger. 12mo. Includes Hart Crane's America's Plutonic Ecstasies (social cricism and Jean Toomer's poem "Her Lips are Copper Wires" published here in the same year as his famous Novel Cane came out.

(Dublin / London): Sealy Bryers & Walker/ T. Fisher Unwin, 1902. First edition. Oversized wrappers have light creasing at yapped edges, with tiny nick and short tear on front cover, else a near fine, bright copy, with text fresh and clean. First edition. FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT OF 'CATHLEEN NI HOULIHAN' BY W. B. YEATS AND LADY GREGORY'S TRANS. OF 'THE LOST SAINT'. Prints, for the first time, 'Cathleen ni Houlihan' (a play) by W. B. Yeats. Edited by W. B. Yeats, also contains the following original contributions by W. B. Yeats: "Notes" (8 pages) and the first appearance in print of "Cathleen ni Hoolihan" [A Play] (8 pages) [Wade 228 (this issue of 'Samhain' was edited by W. B. Yeats); Wade A40 note; Wade p. 364]. Also contains the first appearance of "The Dramatic Treatment of Heroic Literature" (an essay) by A. E., and "The Lost Saint" (a play in Irish) by Douglas Hyde, with English translation by Lady Gregory [the play is printed in both Irish and English]. Oversized wrappers have light creasing… Read More

[London]: Turret Books, 1971. First edition, limited issue, limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by Samuel Beckett. Illustrated. 123 pp. 4to. Black cloth. A fine copy, issued without printed dust jacket. First edition, limited issue, limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by Samuel Beckett. Illustrated. 123 pp. 4to. Reproduces a few pages of Beckett manuscripts in holograph facsimile, prints portraits of Beckett, describes unpublished texts, etc.

[Kyoto: c.1780]. 4to. Wrappers. 4to. "A pictorial guide to the various Samurai garments, arms and hats worn, 48 pp manuscript, 8vo (230 x 160 mm), on rice paper, illustrated with over 90 sketches in pen and ink and colors, some light worming at upper margins, covers in thicker paper, upper cover worn; together: with 4 other Japanese manuscript guides to samurai arms, including two volumes, A manual on matchlock weapons, c.1800, another volume on siege weaponry, c.1780; and a volume on the use of arms issued by the Taisei School, c.1800.

Romae, et Bononiae [Bologna]: Apud Victorium Benatium, 1605. Folio Broadside. Woodcut device at head, historiated initial capital. 1 vols. 22 X 14-1/2 inches. Slight browning alon old folds, otherwise a remarkably (given its size) well-preserved, clean broadside, with no tears or chips. Folio Broadside. Woodcut device at head, historiated initial capital. 1 vols. 22 X 14-1/2 inches. One of Clement's last major decrees, standardizing regulations for the various religious orders, congregations both in Rome and in other cities, etc. Clement VIII died on March 5, 1605, the year this broadside was printed, after a pontificate of 13 years.

Boston: Printed by S. Kneeland ...D. Henchman, [Cornhill], 1733. First edition, with half-title. 125; 158 pp. 1 vols. 16mo (6-1/2 x 4 inches (16.5 x 10 cm.). Contemporary panelled calf, retaining blanks. Worn, binding holding by cords bearly, early ownership signature, booklabel with initials, Signed Maria Weston, Ezra Weston. First edition, with half-title. 125; 158 pp. 1 vols. 16mo (6-1/2 x 4 inches (16.5 x 10 cm.). Jonathan Dickinson (1688-1747) was born in Hatfield, Massachusetts, and attended one of the earliest classes at Yale College, graduating in 1706. While there are not a lot of details of his early life, he did end up preaching to a group of New England Congregationalists in 1708 in Elizabeth Town, New Jersey. Although he accepted a blend of Puritan Calvinism theology, he was flexible enough to also accept "more contemporary experiences of evangelical revivalism." He advocated a 'lively faith', but took account of a person's age and intellectual development. Thomas Foxcroft (1697-1769)… Read More

San Francisco: Thomas Houseworth & Co, 1870. Single stereocard, 3½ x 7 inches. Stereo image mounted onto printed orange cardstock. Slight wear at edges. Very good. Single stereocard, 3½ x 7 inches. Massive Transcontinental Railroad Bridge. A very attractive single stereocard image of the Central Pacific Railroad's "Long Ravine Trestle Bridge." The bridge is located in Nevada County, California, in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, just west of the Nevada state line. The image comes from a set sixty-two stereocards created by Thomas Houseworth & Company for the railroad some time after the railroads completion, in 1869. According to the website of the Central Pacific Railroad (www.cprr.org), the Houseworth company produced more than one hundred such stereocards for the railroad, including more than a dozen views of the 878-foot long Trestle Bridge. A nice early stereoscopic image of an engineering wonder from an important American railroad.

N.p., n.d.. Autograph manuscript "self portrait." 1 p. pen-and-ink on paper. 4to. Crease along left margin. Autograph manuscript "self portrait." 1 p. pen-and-ink on paper. 4to. Self-portrait of Drue Heinz in the form of a stream-of-consciousness letter, done for collector and bookseller Burt Britton. With a 1 p. ALS to Britton giving him permission to use the letter for "your marvellous book".

(New York): (Printed for Dr. Victor E. Reichert at The Spiral Press), 1947. First edition, limited to 500 copies, uncorrected issue, with the word "worry" on page 14, line 2 not corrected and with errata slip [Crane A33-- Crane notes that the word "worry" on page 14, line 2 "has been over-scored in black ink and 'mercy' written above it" (correction not present on this copy)]. [16]pp. 8vo. Red wrappers. A fine, bright copy of a fragile publication; errata slip laid into book. First edition, limited to 500 copies, uncorrected issue, with the word "worry" on page 14, line 2 not corrected and with errata slip [Crane A33-- Crane notes that the word "worry" on page 14, line 2 "has been over-scored in black ink and 'mercy' written above it" (correction not present on this copy)]. [16]pp. 8vo. Frost did not authorize this publication and not all copies were distributed; printed at The Spiral Press. Crane A33-- Crane notes that the word "worry" on page 14, line 2 "has been over-scored in black ink and… Read More

(Fort Worth, Texas/ Lingfield, Surrey, UK): (Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Texas in Association with Third Millennium Publishing), 2002. First edition; signed by Tadao Ando (with an original drawing). tall 8vo. A fine copy [issued without dust jacket]. First edition; signed by Tadao Ando (with an original drawing). tall 8vo. SIGNED, WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING, BY TADAO ANDO. Award-winning architect and artist (painter and sculptor), Tadao Ando was born in 1941 in Japan. He won the Pritzker Prize for Architecture (in 1995); he donated the $100,000 award to the 1995 Kobe earthquake victims fund.

[No Place]: (Privately Printed), 1929. First edition. 11pp. 8vo. White printed covers are lightly soiled, with offset tanning on rear cover, else a very good copy, with text fresh and clean; originally issued with a fragile unprinted tissue wrapper, which is not present on this copy. Due to fragile construction and limited distribution, an elusive publication. First edition. 11pp. 8vo. "SEX LOCKED OUT" BY D. H. LAWRENCE (PRIVATELY PRINTED, 1929). Roberts A44, listing year of publication as 1929

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. First edition, "Presentation" issue, limited to 5 numbered copies for presentation [designated "Presentation Copy 2/5" on the colophon leaf] and signed by James Tate (as issued) [published in an edition of 450 numbered, signed copies, and 250 unsigned copies]. 33, [3]pp. 8vo. Coth spine, publisher's printed paper spine label, illustrated paper-covered boards. A fine copy in publisher's unprinted acetate dust jacket (also fine). First edition, "Presentation" issue, limited to 5 numbered copies for presentation [designated "Presentation Copy 2/5" on the colophon leaf] and signed by James Tate (as issued) [published in an edition of 450 numbered, signed copies, and 250 unsigned copies]. 33, [3]pp. 8vo. ONE OF FIVE COPIES FOR "PRESENTATION," SIGNED BY JAMES TATE.

1829. Signed Aug. Edouart fecit and dated 1829 lower left. 11 x 7-1/4 inches. Matted. Signed Aug. Edouart fecit and dated 1829 lower left. 11 x 7-1/4 inches. Augustin Amant Edouart was a French-born portrait artist who began making silhoutte portraits in London in 1825. In 1829 he moved to Edinburgh, where he worked for three years before traveling in the United States and then moving back to France. Edouart's silhouttes, cut out from black paper by hand, are held by collections such as the National Portrait Gallery in London, the National Galleries of Scotland, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. His work has been included in several leading exhibitions on silhouettes as an art form. This fine example of Edouart's work shows a man in a top hat carrying a thin straight cane, followed by a small dog with short legs. The workmanship gives a sense of motion, and the glint of white at the man's collar is striking in an otherwise near-solid figure. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York

Chicago: J.M.W. Jones Stationery & Printing Company, 1878. 20pp. Dbd. First leaf detached, minor dust soiling. Good. 20pp. Dbd. With an inscription on the titlepage reading: "Presented to O.J. Stough by the author 3/23/78." A scarce discourse on money as a measure for intrinsic or perceived value, offering paper currency as an acceptable stand-in for coin.

Philadelphia: Willis P. Hazard, 178 Chesnut St, 1853. First edition. 12mo. Covers have moderate wear, with early, uneven foxing and tanning to covers and text, else a very good copy. First edition. 12mo. FANNY, THE CONTRARY LITTLE GIRL' (1853) [in words of one and two syllables]. An uncommon American children's book; OCLC locates only two holdings [University of Connecticut, and Florida (which has an imperfect copy, lacking outer wrappers)]. [issued as "No. 6" in the series "Six Short Stories for the Nursery"; also published simultaneously in a collected, clothbound edition, under the title, 'Infant Prattle: Or Six Short Stories for the Nursery, in Words of One and Two Syllables, by A Mother, for the Use of Her Own Children']. not in Rosenbach; not in Osborne

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. First edition. xvi, 173pp. 8vo. Black cloth. Spine is a bit dull, front cover is lightly bumped at tip of one corner, else a near fine, bright copy. First edition. xvi, 173pp. 8vo. INSCRIBED TO VAN WYCK BROOKS. Inscribed by Merrill Moore, to critic Van Wyck Brooks, on the front flyleaf: "For Mr. Van Wyck Brooks, with admiration and esteem, Merrill Moore. Boston 1938.

Albion, N.Y.: Willsea & Beach, 1853. 44pp. Original printed wrappers. Contemporary ownership signature at head of front wrapper, minute foxing. Overall internally clean. Very good. 44pp. A charming local history of this upstate New York enclave set along the Erie Canal. Includes a curious section on Albion's "secret associations." Scarce. OCLC locates only four copies. OCLC 18349010