Literature from James Cummins Bookseller

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1938. First edition. 8vo. Green cloth, stamped in gilt on spine; light edge wear, mainly to head and tail of spine; no dust jacket; interior clean. First edition. 8vo. The first edition of Beckett's third work of prose, often considered one of the finest comic novels of the twentieth century. Missing the extremely… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Faber and Faber, 1939. First edition. Illustrated, folding map at end. 301 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown cloth, spine blocked in yellow and red. Some foxing to endpapers, near fine in very good plus dust jacket (some soiling). First edition. Illustrated, folding map at end. 301 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Auden and Isherwood travelled to China just… Ler mais sobre este item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1892. 5 vols. 8vo. Three quarter red morocco gilt, cloth sides. Fine. 5 vols. 8vo.

Buenos Aires: SUR, 1944. First edition. Portrait of the author by Mary Elizabeth Wrede. Title page printed in blue and black. 203, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue wrappers folded over card covers. Usual mild toning to textblock; light rubbing to wrappers, small chip at top of rear wrapper. Very good plus. First edition. Portrait of the author… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Cassel & Co, 1883. First edition, first issue, in the 2/3/4 Binding with the 5R-1083 ads. Frontispiece map in three colors. viii, 292, 8 [ads] pp. 8vo. Red cloth stamped in gilt (no priority in color). Shelfwear and a spot on spine, under the title, spine a bit cocked, light foxing starting from both ends, a few marks… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1907. First edition, First Issue with drawings of a dung beetle pushing his load with his front legs rather than his back on pages 65, 337 and 457. Illustrated. by E. Caldwell. 475, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth. Fine, some foxing to edges. Bookplate. First edition, First Issue with drawings… Ler mais sobre este item

London: G. Bell & Sons, 1935. First edition. xxxiv, [2], 222, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth, t.e.g. Fine in near fine dust jacket (minor soiling, tiny scuff at head of spine panel). First edition. xxxiv, [2], 222, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. 'Poetry is no better and no worse than human nature'. "Poetry is no better… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Faber and Faber, 1950. First edition, second binding, blue cloth spine titled in gilt). 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Fine in very good plus dust jacket (some wear at top front corner). First edition, second binding, blue cloth spine titled in gilt). 1 vols. 8vo. Attractie copy of this collection.

Buenos Aires: Sophia Ediciones de la Rio de la Plata, 1986. No. 20 of 261 copies. With 13 serigraphs, each signed by the artist. Folded text sheets, with portrait photographs, text in English and Spanish. 1 vols. Folio. Loose sheets in orange card wrapper. Fine in original printed mailer. No. 20 of 261 copies. With 13 serigraphs, each… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1967. First edition. 253 pp. 8vo. Half cloth and paper covered boards. Near fine in dust jacket that is lightly soiled with a few scattered closed tears. First edition. 253 pp. 8vo. Inscribed to Burt Britton. John Clellon Holmes' memoir of his Beat cohort. Inscribed to the self-described "greatest reader alive,… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Faber and Faber, 1945. First London edition (preceded by the Random House edition of 1944). 124 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Brick cloth. Fine copy in dust jacket. First London edition (preceded by the Random House edition of 1944). 124 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. In Dust Jacket with T.S. Eliot Blurb. Fine copy of the Faber… Ler mais sobre este item

Chicago: C. B. Beach & Co, 1883. 1 vols. 9 x 5 inches. Some chipping and loss to corners, general toning, very good. 1 vols. 9 x 5 inches. Scarce advertising leaflet for Life on the Mississippi, with a description of the book, description for "agents" to sell the book, and a list of prices: "In Cloth, $3.50;… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Faber and Faber, 1963. First London edition. [xvi], 527, [1] pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Blue-green cloth. Fine in very good plus dust jacket (spine panel slightly faded, two tiny repairs to verso at head of spine panel). First London edition. [xvi], 527, [1] pp. 1 vols. Thick 8vo. Compendium of Auden's finest prose, including the lectures… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Sea Cliff, 1989. First edition, one of 150 copies in boards (edition of 160). Frontispiece photograph of Auden by George C. Serna. [xv], 119, [7] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Hand bound by Jim Fredrikson, gatherings stitched and unglued, in biscuit boards, with blockprint endpapers by Dean Bornstein, printed spine label. About fine. First edition, one of… Ler mais sobre este item

London: MacMillan & Co, 1929. First edition, number 34 of 425 copies, signed by Kipling. With dry-point portrait of Kipling by Frank Dodd, signed by the artist in pencil on lower right. Composed in the Baskerville Fount and printed on hand-made paper at the Chiswick Press, London. 3 vols. 4to (10-3/4 x 8-1/4 incheS). Bound in full dark red… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Andre Deutsch Limited, 1958. First British edition, second impression. 8vo. Red cloth, stamped in gilt on spine; illustrated dust jacket; corners bumped with a few small chips; unclipped, price of 15s net present on front flap; minor foxing to page edges. Dust jacket illustrated by Len Deighton. First British edition, second impression. 8vo. First British Edition. The… Ler mais sobre este item

Santiago, Chile: Ediciones de Libreria Neira, 1948. First edition, limited issue, one of 500 numbered copies (this is #34). Illustrated throughout with black-and-white line drawings by José Venturelli. 47, [2] pp. 1 vols. Folio. Printed illustrated wrappers with French flaps. Light tanning at edges, darker at top and on spine; minor edge wear; interior fine. Venturelli, José. First… Ler mais sobre este item

Midnight, 1815. 1 page. 4to. Old folds, tape and Japanese tissue repairs to folds. 1 page. 4to. Bitter Poem of Lost Love by the "Mad Poet of Broadway" A bitter poem of love lost, addressed to a Susan Barton on the verso (noted as Aunt Backus in another hand), by McDonald Clarke, the "mad poet of Broadway", "an… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Faber and Faber, 1960. First London edition. 91 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Purple cloth. Light paste ghosting to gutters of endsheets as usual. Fine in fine dust jacket. Ownership signature of Julian Mitchell. First London edition. 91 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. From the library of novelist and playwright Julian Mitchell, author of the acclaimed play Another Country… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Faber and Faber, 1969. First edition. 124 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket. Ownership signature of Julian Mitchell, dated September 16th 1969. First edition. 124 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. From the library of novelist and playwright Julian Mitchell, author of the acclaimed play Another Country filmed in 1984). Bloomfield & Mendelson A63… Ler mais sobre este item