Literature from James Cummins Bookseller

By the Well of Living and Seeing and The Fifth Book of the Maccabees
by Reznikoff, Charles
- Condition
- Used - Printed wrappers. Signed on upper cover by the author
- Edition
- Proof
- Published
- 1969
- Binding
- 109pp. 8vo
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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$200.00
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New York, 1969. Proof. 109pp. 8vo. Printed wrappers. Signed on upper cover by the author. Proof. 109pp. 8vo. Item Price
$200.00

Nine Plays
by Reznikoff, Charles
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- Used - Green cloth, title in gilt on spine. Fine in near fine plain paper dust wrapper with printed title on spine (very faintly soiled
- Edition
- First Edition. No. 336 of 400 copies
- Published
- 1927
- Binding
- 113 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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$350.00
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New York: Charles Reznikoff, 1927. First Edition. No. 336 of 400 copies. 113 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green cloth, title in gilt on spine. Fine in near fine plain paper dust wrapper with printed title on spine (very faintly soiled). First Edition. No. 336 of 400 copies. 113 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Item Price
$350.00

Five Groups of Verse
by Reznikoff, Charles
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- Used - Green cloth. Fine in slightly chipped gray dj
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- First edition "I set by hand and di the press work. #190 of 375
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- 67, [3]pp. 8vo
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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$200.00
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New York: Charles Reznikoff 5 West Fourth Street. First edition "I set by hand and di the press work. #190 of 375 copies. 67, [3]pp. 8vo. Green cloth. Fine in slightly chipped gray dj. First edition "I set by hand and di the press work. #190 of 375 copies. 67, [3]pp. 8vo. Item Price
$200.00

Jerusalem The Golden
by Reznikoff, Charles
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- Used - Yellow cloth, white paper spine label. Fine in slightly stained else fine gray dj. Ownership signature of Samuel French Morse on
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1934
- Binding
- 33pp. 12mo
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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$200.00
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New York: The Objectivist Press Ten West Thirty-Sixthe Street, 1934. First Edition. 33pp. 12mo. Yellow cloth, white paper spine label. Fine in slightly stained else fine gray dj. Ownership signature of Samuel French Morse on ffep. First Edition. 33pp. 12mo. Item Price
$200.00

In Memoriam: 1933
by Reznikoff, Charles
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- Used - Yellow cloth. Fine in gray printed unclipped dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1934
- Binding
- 54pp. 12mo
- Quantity-available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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$650.00
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New York: The Objectivist Press Ten West Thirty-Six Street, 1934. First Edition. 54pp. 12mo. Yellow cloth. Fine in gray printed unclipped dustjacket. First Edition. 54pp. 12mo. Inscribed to bookseller Burt Britton in June 1975 by the author on the half-title. Item Price
$650.00

Going To and Fro and Walking Up and Down
by Reznikoff, Charles
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- Used - Publisher's yellow cloth,. white paper spine label. Fine, back hinge split in VG dj
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1941
- Binding
- 63pp. 12mo
- Quantity-available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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$500.00
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New York, 1941. First Edition. 63pp. 12mo. Publisher's yellow cloth,. white paper spine label. Fine, back hinge split in VG dj. First Edition. 63pp. 12mo. Item Price
$500.00

Early History of a Sewing-Machine Operator
by Reznikoff, Nathan and Charles
- Condition
- Used - Publisher's blue cloth, white paper spine label. Fine in unclippedfine dj
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- 19pp. 12mo
- Quantity-available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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$200.00
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New York: Charles Reznikoff Thirt-Six Street, 1936. First Edition. 19pp. 12mo. Publisher's blue cloth, white paper spine label. Fine in unclippedfine dj. First Edition. 19pp. 12mo. SIGNED. Signed by the author on the ffep. Item Price
$200.00

The Art of Photoplay Making
by Freeburg, Victor Oscar, Ph.D.
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- Used - Brown cloth. Very Good
- Edition
- First edition, with perforated stamp onn the title-page "Advance
- Published
- 1918
- Binding
- Illustrated with 10 photogravure plates, including a frontispiece of the Venus de Milo. [8], 283, [1],, [6, ads]pp. 8vo
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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$200.00
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New York: Macmillan Company, 1918. First edition, with perforated stamp onn the title-page "Advance Copy Not for Sale Review. Illustrated with 10 photogravure plates, including a frontispiece of the Venus de Milo. [8], 283, [1],, [6, ads]pp. 8vo. Brown cloth. Very Good. First edition, with perforated stamp onn the title-page "Advance Copy Not for Sale Review" Illustrated with… Read more Item Price
$200.00

The Warrior's Soul
by Conrad, Joseph
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- Used - Publisher's stitch-bound light blue wrappers with black titles on cover, toning along edges, else a fine copy. Numbered at limit
- Edition
- First edition, one of 25 numbered copies, of which this is 6
- Published
- 1920
- Binding
- 4to
- Quantity-available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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$2,000.00
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London: [Privately printed for the author by] Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, 1920. First edition, one of 25 numbered copies, of which this is 6. 4to. Publisher's stitch-bound light blue wrappers with black titles on cover, toning along edges, else a fine copy. Numbered at limitation at the back. Housed in brown morocco-backed slipcase that has gilt lettering on… Read more Item Price
$2,000.00

The Nigger of the Narcissus - Preface
by Conrad, Joseph
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- Used - 8 [pp.] leaves without wrapper as issued, previously stapled but staple has been removed to prevent further rust staining, else
- Edition
- First separate edition. One of 100 (40 were destroyed according
- Published
- 1902
- Binding
- 8 pp. 4to
- Quantity-available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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$3,000.00
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Hythe: [Privately printed for the author by J. Lovick], 1902. First separate edition. One of 100 (40 were destroyed according to Conrad). 8 pp. 4to. 8 [pp.] leaves without wrapper as issued, previously stapled but staple has been removed to prevent further rust staining, else near fine. In blue chemise slip with original owner's bookplate, in blue morocco backed… Read more Item Price
$3,000.00

The Twelve Dancing Princesses and Other Fairy Tales Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
by (Nielsen, Kay)
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- Used - Blue pictorial cloth. Fine in almost fine pictoirial dj
- Edition
- American edition of the British work "In Powder and Crinoline
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- n.d.
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- 16 tipped-in color plates and numerous in-text illustrations by Kay Nielsen. 244pp. 1 vols. 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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$300.00
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New York: George H. Doran, n.d.. American edition of the British work "In Powder and Crinoline. 16 tipped-in color plates and numerous in-text illustrations by Kay Nielsen. 244pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue pictorial cloth. Fine in almost fine pictoirial dj. Nielsen, Kay. American edition of the British work "In Powder and Crinoline" 16 tipped-in color plates and numerous… Read more Item Price
$300.00

Laughing Anne
by Conrad, Joseph
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- Used - Stitch-bound hand-made paper in vellum wrappers with gilt lettering along spine, bearing bookplates of John Kobler and Stanley S
- Edition
- First edition. One of 200 signed and numbered copies, of which 1
- Published
- 1923
- Binding
- 66 pp. 4to
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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$1,000.00
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London: Vine Books, 1923. First edition. One of 200 signed and numbered copies, of which 175 were available for sale, this being 144, signed and numbered by Conrad on colophon. 66 pp. 4to. Stitch-bound hand-made paper in vellum wrappers with gilt lettering along spine, bearing bookplates of John Kobler and Stanley Seeger on endpaper, else near fine. Housed in… Read more Item Price
$1,000.00

An Observer in Malay
by Conrad, Joseph
- Condition
- Stitch-bound dark red wrappers, leaves unopened; fine. In brown chemise, housed in a handsome morocco-backed slipcase
- Edition
- First edition. One of 25 numbered copies, this being 14
- Published
- 1920
- Binding
- 9 pp. 4to
- Quantity-available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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$2,000.00
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London: [Privately printed by] Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, 1920. First edition. One of 25 numbered copies, this being 14. 9 pp. 4to. Stitch-bound dark red wrappers, leaves unopened; fine. In brown chemise, housed in a handsome morocco-backed slipcase. First edition. One of 25 numbered copies, this being 14. 9 pp. 4to. This was the eighteenth of twenty… Read more Item Price
$2,000.00

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by Caroline Cheesbro
by Chesebro, Caroline
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- Used - The letter is lightly creased, else near fine; neatly and tastefully mounted on quarto sheet of laid paper, within single ink ru
- Published
- 1862
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- 1 page. 12mo
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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$250.00
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Canandaigua, New York, 1862. 1 page. 12mo. The letter is lightly creased, else near fine; neatly and tastefully mounted on quarto sheet of laid paper, within single ink rule. 1 page. 12mo. "I should be glad now and then to furnish a short story for children
if you deem it desirable..."-- CAROLINE CHESEBRO. Caroline Chesebro [Chesebrough] (1825-1873), born… Read more Item Price
$250.00

Lady Susan. Written about 1805. First Published in 1871. Now Reprinted from the Manuscript
by Austen, Jane
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- Used - Original cloth-backed boards, printed paper label. Some minor shelf wear, else very good
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1925
- Binding
- 1 vols. 8vo
- Quantity-available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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$250.00
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Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1925. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards, printed paper label. Some minor shelf wear, else very good. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Item Price
$250.00

Five Letters by Joseph Conrad. Written to Edward Noble in 1895
by Conrad, Joseph; Edward Noble (foreword)
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- Used - Beige wrappers with black text with original glassine wrapper, light chipping along edges, else a near fine copy
- Edition
- First edition, signed and numbered by Noble, this copy being num
- Published
- 1925
- Binding
- 21 pp. 4to
- Quantity-available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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$250.00
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London: Privately printed [by Strangeways], 1925. First edition, signed and numbered by Noble, this copy being number 71. 21 pp. 4to. Beige wrappers with black text with original glassine wrapper, light chipping along edges, else a near fine copy. First edition, signed and numbered by Noble, this copy being number 71. 21 pp. 4to. Supino B3.16.0 Item Price
$250.00

One Day More. A Play in One Act
by Conrad, Joseph
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- Used - Patterned paper boards with cloth spine, cover and spine labels pasted down. Hand-numbered in black ink on colophon. Tasteful ex
- Edition
- Second English edition, first impression, one of 250 of the hand
- Published
- 1919
- Binding
- 48 pp. 8vo
- Quantity-available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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$200.00
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London: Beaumont Press, 1919. Second English edition, first impression, one of 250 of the handmade paper edition (of 274, 24 signed copies were on Japanese vellum, while 250 were on handmade paper). 48 pp. 8vo. Patterned paper boards with cloth spine, cover and spine labels pasted down. Hand-numbered in black ink on colophon. Tasteful ex-libris plate of previous owner… Read more Item Price
$200.00

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by Louisa J. Hall
by Hall, Louisa J.
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- Used - Contemporary neat, ink inscription in upper margin: "Mrs. E. B. Hall, formerly Miss Louisa Jane Parks, author of 'Joanna of Napl
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- Single twelvemo sheet (nine lines), on unlined paper:
- Quantity-available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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$250.00
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single twelvemo sheet (nine lines), on unlined paper:. Contemporary neat, ink inscription in upper margin: "Mrs. E. B. Hall, formerly Miss Louisa Jane Parks, author of 'Joanna of Naples,' & other works- 'Miriam'" (in early, unknown hand). The letter is in very good condition; neatly and tastefully mounted on quarto sheet of laid paper, within single ink rule. … Read more Item Price
$250.00

The Fanatics
by Dunbar, Paul Lawrence
- Condition
- Used - Brown decorated cloth, with rubbing to covers and darkening of spine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1901
- Binding
- 312pp. 8vo
- Quantity-available
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New York, New York, USA
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$250.00
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1901. First Edition. 312pp. 8vo. Brown decorated cloth, with rubbing to covers and darkening of spine. First Edition. 312pp. 8vo. this is the third of four novels by Dunbar. Item Price
$250.00

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED
by Sewell, Elizabeth M.
- Condition
- Used - Folded for mailing, with slight mended tear at fold, else very good
- Published
- 1850
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- Written on three sides of a single octavo sheet that has been folded to make four pages). 12mo
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New York, New York, USA
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$650.00
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np, 1850. written on three sides of a single octavo sheet that has been folded to make four pages). 12mo. Folded for mailing, with slight mended tear at fold, else very good. written on three sides of a single octavo sheet that has been folded to make four pages). 12mo. "Dearest Jennie." Writing to a (relative?) about travels… Read more Item Price
$650.00