Literature from James Cummins Bookseller

London: Published For The Julian Editions by Ernest Benn Ltd, 1927. One of 780 sets. 10 vols. 8vo ( 9-3/8 x 6-1/8 inches). Publisher's vellum backed green cloth, leather labels, top edge gilt.Minimal wear, in all a fine set, Sotheran's ticket tipped-in in the first volume. One of 780 sets. 10 vols. 8vo ( 9-3/8 x 6-1/8 inches).… Read more

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, 1896. First edition, one of 500 copies printed at the author's expense. Title page printed in red and black. vii,[1, blank], 95, [1] pp. Printed by Ballantyne and Hanson, Edinburgh. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter vellum and boards, spine label printed in red. Rubbed in half green morocco slipcase and chemise. Bookplate of… Read more

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. First edition, first printing. 305 pp. Printing flaw affecting pages 186-187 and 190-191, with those pages not printed. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth lettered in gilt on spine. First edition, first printing. 305 pp. Printing flaw affecting pages 186-187 and 190-191, with those pages not printed. 1 vols. 8vo. Fitzgerald's First… Read more

London: Methuen & Co, 1910. First edition. xi, [i], 361, [1], 32, ads.pp. 8vo. Cloth. In green half morocco slipcase. Very good. Bookplate. First edition. xi, [i], 361, [1], 32, ads.pp. 8vo. PRESENTATION TO VIOLET HUNT. An important association copy, with presentation inscription from Hudson to Violet Hunt on the half-title: "Violet Hunt / Her Friend / W.… Read more

London: George Newnes Ltd, 1919. First edition, in parts. Illustrated by J.F. Horrabin. 24 vols. 4to. Each part with original wrappers. Fine, in 3 full brown morocco slipcases with matching cloth chemises. Fine. First edition, in parts. Illustrated by J.F. Horrabin. 24 vols. 4to. In the Original Parts, Fine. Arents p. 76

London: George Allen Ruskin House 156 Charing Cross Road, 1894. First Trade edition. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson with the plates on Tissue and tipped in. xxvii, [1], 476, [1] pp. Printed at the Chiswick Press. 1 vols. 4to. Red polished calf, all edges gilt. Front hinge starting. Iconic Hugh Thompson cloth binding bound in at rear. Contemporary gift inscription… Read more

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. The 4th printing of Walden. Lithographed map of Walden Pond opposite page 307. 357pp. 8vo. Original brown cloth, covers blocked in blind, spine lettered in gilt, pale yellow endpapers. Minor wear and staining to spine, else very good. The 4th printing of Walden. Lithographed map of Walden Pond opposite page 307. 357pp. 8vo.… Read more

Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, 1914. 1 p. pen and ink in secretarial hand on Tuskegee Institute letterhead. 4to. Creased from prior folding, some staining. 1 p. pen and ink in secretarial hand on Tuskegee Institute letterhead. 4to. Washington writes as Principal of Tuskegee, sending a circular (not present) and soliciting donations to the school's scholarship fund: "There are few… Read more

Madrid: La Libreria de Cuesta, Imprenta de Miguel Ginesta, 1884. 5 vols. Folio (11-3/4 x 7-3/4 inches). Bound in modern full polished Spanish calf with binders initials on the bottom right of each volume, gilt spine, contrasting leather title labels, by Eudado A. Ginesta. Ginesta was retired from the Bookbinding Firm of Ginesta & Gross, 264 West 40th St.,… Read more

[London: Chiswick Press. Printed for Siegfried Sassoon, April MCMXV]. First edition. One of 50 or 60 copies. [16]pp. Printed at the Chiswick Press. 4to. Green wrappers, small stain and some creases on upper cover and slight tear at the front edge, some foxing along top of tex. First edition. One of 50 or 60 copies. [16]pp. Printed at… Read more

New York: The Viking Press, 1939. First American regular edition, May 1939 stated. 630 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Fine in original black buckram stamped in gilt. Some rubbing to corners of unclipped dust jacket, with two closed tears along top edge, each less than an inch. Some loss to top of rear of jacket, back hinge starting, some… Read more

Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1976. First edition, first printing. xiv, 217 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth, in original unclipped dust jacket. Fine copy in very good plus jacket (faintest traces of wear at spine ends and extremities, some toning to spine panel, previous gift inscription to the ffep). First edition, first printing. xiv,… Read more

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. First Edition, Third Printing. 277pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black publisher's cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket with small closed (1/4 inches) tear at top of front panel. First Edition, Third Printing. 277pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

London: Richard Bentley, 1845. First edition, no half-titles. 3 vols. 8vo. Half green morocco and green cloth sides,. t.e.g. by Riviere & Son. First edition, no half-titles. 3 vols. 8vo. Black album

London: Printed and Published by W. Clark, 1821. First published edition, thin paper copy. 182, [4] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. In original boards nicked at the head and rubbed at the foot of the spine, very good with minimal loss to the spine label and structurally sound. Faint foxing to ffep, with a few scattered spots in the first… Read more

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First edition, first issue. [ii], 140 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Pale blue cloth with some foxing, spine lettered in silver. First printing, with capital "A" and publisher's device to copyright page. Owner name in ink to upper pastedown. Some offsetting to endpapers from binder's glue; unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing to spine-ends… Read more

London: Constable & Co. Ltd, 1938. First edition. [6], 309pp., plus ads in the rear. 8vo. Publisher's orange cloth. Rubbing at extremitites, else VG. First edition. [6], 309pp., plus ads in the rear. 8vo. Inscribed by "Ellery Queen" Inscribed on the front endpaper: "To Emily Postlewaite - here is the book mentioned in Queen's Quorum -- 'one of… Read more

London: Osgood, McIlvaine, 1895. One of 250 Large Paper copies, signed by the author. Frontispiece of Trilby, six plates in facsimile of the author's pencil drawings, 121 illustrations by the author in text. xi, 447pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Vellum spine and buckram, t.e.g. Some soiling to spine. Near fine. Bookplate of H.R. Bishop. One of 250 Large Paper… Read more

New York: Random House, 1937. First American edition, published in England as "Look, Stranger." 2000 copies printed. 68 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. First American edition, published in England as "Look, Stranger." 2000 copies printed. 68 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed. Inscribed on ffep : "To Stephen Wengryn with best wishes from Wystan Auden

New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1949. First American edition. [4], 314 pp. 8vo. Gray cloth with dust jacket. Fine in fine blue dust jacket (no priority given between red and blue variants of jacket). First American edition. [4], 314 pp. 8vo. Pristine.