Sets & Fine Bindings from James Cummins Bookseller

London: James Cochrane & Co, 1834. Printed by W. Nichol. 8 vols. Small 8vo. Bound in half contemporary morocco and marbled boards, gilt spine, t.e.g. Fine. Printed by W. Nichol. 8 vols. Small 8vo.

London & Toronto: Dent & Sons Ltd, 1923. 5 vols. 8vo. Bound in full red polished calf, gilt spine, t.e.g., by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Fine. 5 vols. 8vo.

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1907. Centennial limited edition, number 158 of 250 copies with hand-colored illustrations (out of a total of 1,250 copies). Hand colored illustrations. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's vellum covered boards with gilt stamping, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed. Original red cloth dust jacket titled in gilt. Previous owner's bookplate and inscription to pastedown,… Read more about this item

London: J.S. Virtue & Co., Limited, 294 City Road, 1885. In 15 Original parts. Illus. WITH Notice about the binding of the whole is pasted on the 15th Part's upper cover. 4to. Gray blue wrappers 1-8, Parts 9-15 are c in ream wrappers. Some internal repairs and the back wrapper of Part XV laid down. In cloth folding box.… Read more about this item

Nottingham: Printed by H. Barnett, 1814. First edition. Folding plate at the end. vii, [i], 286, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original gray boards, untrimmed, paper label. Spine worn, head chipped. Very good, internally fresh. First edition. Folding plate at the end. vii, [i], 286, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The first attempt at an English translation; Laplace… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co, 1872. Second edition (and the first published English edition) of Alice; first edition of Through the Looking Glass, first issue. Illustrations by John Tenniel; 192 pp.; viii (including half-title), 224 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Modern polished calf with gilt borders on covers, raised bands, and modest gilt on spine, aeg with gauffered designs on all… Read more about this item

London: W. Pickering ... and W. Newbery, 1839. First letterpress edition, issue without "The Little Vagabond. xxi, [iii], 74 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full green morocco gilt. Fine copy. Circular gilt vellum label of William Twopeny. First letterpress edition, issue without "The Little Vagabond". xxi, [iii], 74 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The first letterpress edition of Blake's Songs… Read more about this item

New York: Monson Bancroft 399 Broadway, 1835. First edition. Illustrated with 12 engravings. 300 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full brown morocco, spine gilt, boards stamped in blind with central motif of magnolia stamped in gilt, a.e.g. Binding signed in blind on upper and lower covers on outside top rule by H. & H. Griffin and on lower rule Bancroft… Read more about this item

New York: Century Co, 1894. First edition. Frontispieces, numerous illustrations. 10 vols. 8vo. Bound in Publisher's three quarters pebbled brown morocco and marbled boards, t.e.g. Fine. First edition. Frontispieces, numerous illustrations. 10 vols. 8vo. Extensive history of Abraham Lincoln, written by his personal secretaries. Hay and Nicolay also edited Lincoln's WORKS, which was published by the Century Co.… Read more about this item

London: T. Cadell, 1813. Seventh Edition. 5 vols. 8vo. Contemporary diced calf, rebacked at an early period. Each volume with the small purple printed label, "Heming, binder" on the front pastedown (possibly J. Heming, printer, bookseller and stationer of Stourbridge). Seventh Edition. 5 vols. 8vo. IN SIGNED BINDING. Not in Ramsden or the British Library Database of Bookbindings… Read more about this item

James Clarke, 1902. Lord's Lectures. Color frontispieces, several illustrations. 15 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarters contemporary crimson pebbled morocco, uncut and unopened, t.e.g. A few small scuffs on backstrips, else Very good. Vol. VII has front hinge off. Lord's Lectures. Color frontispieces, several illustrations. 15 vols. 8vo.

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854. First Edition, second issue without Leech's name in the Preface. Hand-colored engraved frontispiece, 16 hand-colored steel engravings, and numerous wood engravings in the text by John Leech. 550pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in near contemporary half morocco, gilt spine. Nice copy. Leech, John. First Edition, second issue without Leech's name in the Preface.… Read more about this item

London: Printed by W. Lewis, 21, Finch Lane for Thomas M'Lean, Bookseller and Publisher, 1819. New edition, embellished with Engravings. Illustrated with 12 Hand-Colored plates by J. Clark. lxxiv, 444; 494 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in contemporary full straight grained red morocco, with 3 wide bands on the spine, spine gilt, a.e.g.. Bookplate of Joshua Sowerby and the… Read more about this item

1919. Calligraphically printed Manusrcipt and portrait. [7]ff. 4to. Full crushed black morocco, with name John Stambaugh in gilt on lower upper cover, with purple silk doublures, signed by Tiffany on baclk pastedown. In a Tiffany printed but damaged box. Calligraphically printed Manusrcipt and portrait. [7]ff. 4to. The banker Asael Edward Adams delivered the eulogy for the Industruialist John… Read more about this item

London: Printed by T. Bensley for Vernor and Hood, etc., 1801. Frontipiece portrait. Engravings after Hogarth, woodcuts by Nesbit. lii, 436; 446[18] pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in 3/4 polished mottled calf, marbled boards, mottled edges. Very Good copy. Frontipiece portrait. Engravings after Hogarth, woodcuts by Nesbit. lii, 436; 446[18] pp. 2 vols. 8vo.

London: Printed for S. Hooper, 1791. engraved title pages, 264 plates. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporay calf neatly rebacked and stamped in gilt. Bookplate of George Harrison. engraved title pages, 264 plates. 2 vols. 4to.

London: George Virtue, 26, Ivy Lane, 1840. First edition, state A of volume II with Contents list numbered, with part wrappers issue tipped in at front and back of each volume. With 120 steel engraved plates by William H. Bartlett, including a full-page map of the Northeastern United States, portrait, and two engraved title pages, tissue guards. 2 vols.… Read more about this item

Providence: Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society, 1845. First Edition. 148pp. 12mo. Publisher's blue blind stamped cloth, with the small yellow book label of binder' Bound by J.W. Root Market St. Providence, minor wear at head and tail of spine, minor staining on covers. Provenance: Wm E. Van Dyke (signature on front free endpaper). First Edition. 148pp. 12mo. A scarce collection… Read more about this item

London: Dent, 1954. Illus with 8 color plates and many line drawings by Lucy Kemp-Welch. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in full blue polished calf, spine laid down. VG. Illus with 8 color plates and many line drawings by Lucy Kemp-Welch. 1 vols. 8vo.

Amsterdam, 1751. Frontispiece and 3 plates, the first 2 by Eisen. 162 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Mottled contemporary french calf, marbled endpapers. VG. Frontispiece and 3 plates, the first 2 by Eisen. 162 pp. 1 vols. 12mo.