Isabel Allende Handwritten Letter Signed with drawing of flower on a handmade blue card with stitched scene of a butterfly and a bush on front, with envelope. A very cordial thank you note to renowned 1st edition collector Rolland Comstock. Four small pieces of tape attach the card to a sheet of paper. Envelope is attached with two pieces of tape to same paper.
Isabel Allende Handwritten Letter Signed with drawing of flower on a handmade orange card with fabric applique scene on front, with envelope A very cordial response to a book signing request by renowned 1st edition collector Rolland Comstock. Four small pieces of tape attach the card to a sheet of paper. Envelope is attached with two pieces of tape to same paper.
Philadelphia PA: William Cobbett, 1796. 2nd. Stated Second Edition. This issue contains 64 pages, numbered 1-64. Included among the articles are: Remarks on the debates in Congresss, particularly on the timidity of the language held towards France, A letter to the infamous Tom Paine, in answer to his crutal attack on the Federal Constitution, and on the conduct and character of General Washington. 8" x 5". Heavy foxing on front page, else pretty clean, this is an original issue that was bound up about 200 years ago and subsequently disbound back to it's original form. William Cobbett (9 March 1763 - 18 June 1835) English pamphleteer, farmer and journalist, born in Farnham, Surrey. Best known for Rural Rides(1830). Cobbett published controversial pamphlets, and generally tweaked the Establishment, in England and in America. His only consistency appears to have been a disdain towards the French. In 1807, in a story, Cobbett coined the term 'red herring' to mean a distraction from the important issue.
Collection of three Francis Wyndham articles clipped from the London Review of Books from 1982, 1984 and 1988, inscribed to Rolland Comstock, and a handwritten and signed letter from Wyndham to Comstock dated 1989. Francis Wyndham (b. 1924) is an English essayist and short story writer who began publishing fairly late in life; his first collection of stories appeared in 1974. He won the Whitbread First Novel Prize in 1987, at the age of 63. Rolland Comstock was the famous book collector and lawyer, from Springfield MO, whose collection was known world-wide to authors and bibliophiles. (This item is kept in the eBay room).
Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1977. 1st. small 8vo, 16pp, on laid paper in a like envelope. Very Fine condition. Exhibition catalog for the Lessing J Rosenwald collection of 45 vellum books displayed at the Library of Congress in 1977. List with a description of the items as well as a short article on vellum. Limited to 1600 copies.
Washington DC: US Congress, 1843. 1st. CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE REPORT ON PROTECTING FREE COLORED SEAMEN IN SOUTHERN PORTS "...it often happens, at the ports of Charleston, Savannah, Mobile and New Orleans, that ... free persons of color are taken from the vessels to which they belong, thrown into prison, and there detained at their own expense." 58pp, 6 x 9" Light foxing typical for a document of this age.
Washington DC: US Congress, 1832. 1st. 42pp, 6 x 9" Light foxing typical for a document of this age. Report of the President and Secretary of State upon the instructions under which the Treaty of Indemnity with Denmark was negotiated. This report went out over the signatures of President Andrew Jackson and Sec'y of State Edward Livingston.
Budd Schulberg Handwritten Note 1991 Schulberg responds cordially to a 11/27/91 book signing request by famous 1st edition collector Rolland Comstock. His note is written at the bottom of Rolland's typed letter. Schulberg closes simply with "Sincerely," and then after a postscript with "Best," without signing his name to the note. Condition: 8.5" x 11" paper, two holes punched at top edge, two horizontal folds, VG Please see photo for details Shelved in binder on bookshelf in Netdesk office.
Washington DC: US Congress, 1867. 1st. 12mo, 11pp, Very Good condition with light foxing typical for a document of this age.
Budd Schulberg Typed Note Signed 1991 Schulberg responds cordially to a 11/27/91 book signing request by famous 1st edition collector Rolland Comstock. On 8.5" x 11" Schulberg letterhead, two horizontal folds, paper bright and clean. Condition: Fine.
John Hersey Typed Note Signed on 3.5" x 5.5" note paper w/Letterhead, dated 6/15/88, in response to a book signed request by renowned 1st edition collector Roland Comstock. Condition: two pin holes from staple in upper left corner, two small pieces of tape at top corners attaching it to sheet of paper, otherwise Very Good.
Poet Gary Snyder Handwritten Note Signed on Letterhead in response to a book signed request by renowned 1st edition collector Rolland Comstock. Written on gray 5.5" x 8.5" textured paper printed with Snyder's name and address. Two horizontal folds, Fine condition.
Actor, Writer, Theatre director and Painter Sir Antony Sher, Handwritten Note Signed, Jan 12, 1995 Sher responds cordially to a book signing request by renowned 1st edition collector Rolland Comstock. Written on a British postage-paid self-mailer letter, two horizontal folds, paper bright and clean, two small pieces of tape at top edge attaching letter to a piece of paper, lightly wrinkled. Condition: Very Good.
Washington DC: Smithsonian, 1896. 1st. 8vo, 70pp in brown wraps. Cover chipped and brittle, o/w in Good condition.
Bombay: Oxford, 1918. 1st. 12mo, 96pp in chipped and somewhat brittle green wraps, o/w in Good condition.
Washington DC: US Congress, 1852. 1st. 12mo, 9pp, Very Good condition with light foxing typical for a document of this age.
Washington DC: US Congress, 1849. 1st. 12m0, 88pp plus big map of River Jordan and Dead Sea showing the route of the expedition. and a chart showing sectional view of Dead Sea. Good condition with light foxing typical for a document of this age, plus some bug stains on the last page and the edge.
Washington DC: US Congress, 1848. 1st. 12mo, 27pp, Good condition with light foxing typical for a document of this age. Disbound from a bound volume of congressional reports, all pages loose. Report #187 30th Congress - 1st Session Committee on Military Affairs 1848. Granting of a petition for compensation of loss of property, namely a slave, while in goverment service.
Washington DC: US Congress, 1848. 1st. 12mo, 55pp, Very Good condition, about half the pages are exceptionally clean and bright, the rest have foxing typical for a document of this age. The document refers to Virginia military land warrants for services during the revolutionary war.
Washington DC: US Congress, 1834. 1st. 12mo, 19pp, Good condition with foxing typical for a document of this age.
Amy Tan Typed Note Signed, dated 7/30/1990 Tan responds cordially to a book signing request for Joy Luck Club by famous 1st edition collector Rolland Comstock. 8.5" x 11", two holes punched at top edge, two horizontal folds, paper bright and clean. Condition: Fine.
Poet Craig Raine handwritten Note Signed, Jan 12, 1995 Raine responds cordially to a book signing request by renowned 1st edition collector Rolland Comstock. Written on a British postage-paid self-mailer letter, two horizontal folds, paper bright and clean, torn as neatly as possible along edges when opened, lightly wrinkled. Please see photos for details. Condition: Very Good Kept in binder on bookshelf in Netdesk office.
Robert Coover Typed Note Signed, dated 7/30/1990 Coover responds cordially to a book signing request for Gerald's Party by renowned 1st edition collector Rolland Comstock. 8.5" x 11", two holes punched at top edge, two horizontal folds, paper bright and clean, wrinkled at right edg. Condition: Very Good.
Washington DC: US Congress, 1859. 1st. 12mo, 32pp, ery Good condition with light foxing typical for a document of this age.
Washington DC: US Congress, 1853. 1st. 12mo, 55pp, Very Good condition with light foxing typical for a document of this age.
Chicago: Woodstock Typewriter Co., 1930. n/a. 5/7" pamphlet in wraps, 24pp. Condition is Very Good except for soiling on covers. Beautiful 4-color process cover illustration of a modern skyline. Profusely illustrated detailing the Woodstock's features, with three pages samples of all the fonts that were available for this machine. Includes errata slip laid in at page 5.
Chicago: Woodstock Typewriter Co., 1930. n/a. 5/7" pamphlet in wraps, 24pp. Condition is Very Good except for soiling on covers. Beautiful 4-color process cover illustration of a modern skyline. Profusely illustrated detailing the Woodstock's features, with three pages samples of all the fonts that were available for this machine. Includes errata slip laid in at page 5.
Washington DC: US Congress, 1849. 1st. This package includes: A joint resolution by the Senate and House of representatives to send condolences to the family of General Lafayette, and to embark upon an official period of mourning for thirty days. A January 3 1849 congressional report on the claim of an individual to be reimbursed for expenses he undertook in 1824 in paying for the Marquis de Lafayette's visit to the United States that year. A January 3 1849 congressional report on the claims of three individuals to be reimbursed for expenses undertaken in 1838 in furnishing to the Republic of Texas a navy consisting of one ship, two brigs, three schooners, armed and provisioned, along with clothing and supplies for four hundred men for four months. 12pp, 6 x 9" Light foxing typical for a document of this age.
Zurich: von Rascher & cie, 1915. small 8vo in wraps, very brittle with age, 6 x 8-1/2" British propaganda translated into German regarding planning for peace after World War I.
Harper Woods MI: A, 1976. 1st. 6x9" pamphlet. 28pp on laid paper, hand-bound with silk thread, in Extremely Fine condition.
Harper Woods MI: Adagio Press, 1979. 1st. 6x9" pamphlet. 32pp on laid paper, hand-bound with silk thread, in Extremely Fine condition.
Washington DC: National Archives, 1942. 1st. 6x9" pamphlet, 31pp in green wraps, in Very Good condition. SIGNED by the author on the front cover.
Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1917. 16mo, 32pp in stiff gray wraps, condition is Very Good.
London: Oxford, 1956. 1st. 5x9" pamphlet in green wraps, 20pp, Very Good condition.
Washington DC: Gales and Seaton, 1834. 1st. 8vo, 43pp, heavily foxed, some age-darkening, otherwise in Good condition for a document of this age. Speech by former President, now Representative, Adams on the withdrawal of public money from the Second Bank of the United States, a precursor to the Panic of 1837.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1940. 1st. 5x9" pamphlet in brown wraps, 6pp, in Very Good condition.
Braunschweig DE: Vieweg & Son, 1921. 1st thus. SAMMLUNG VIEWEG: TAGESFRAGEN AUS DEN GEBIETEN DER NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN UND DER TECHNIK VIEWEG COLLECTION: ISSUES OF THE DAY FROM THE AREAS OF THE NATURAL SCIENCES AND THE TECHNOLOGY, THE EXPERIMENTAL BASES OF THE QUANTUM THEORY 144pp, 12mo in green wraps. Covers detached and signatures separating. Fair condition.
Oxford: Oxford, 1924. 1st. pamphlet, 6x9 in faded green wraps bound with silk thread, 32pp, paper browning and brittle at edges.
Colombo, Sri Lanka: Afro-Asian Writer's Bureau, 1967. 5x7", pictorial wraps, 59pp, Very Fine condition. Opera set in 1939 during the War of Resistance Against Japan (WWII) about a communist party member who works for the railroad and resists the Japanese. Includes photos of the principals in scenes from the play. Includes as foreword a letter from Chairman Mao congratulating the performers after a performance of a different production, "Driven to Join the Liangshan Mountain Rebels" in 1944.
Salem, MA: Salem Press, 1889. 11th. 12mo in green wraps, 94pp plus advertisements, tipped in folded map of Cape Ann. Very brittle covers, fold separation in map, o/w in Good condition; shelved in Room 13.
Washington DC: US Congress, 1842. 1st. 69pp, 6 x 9" Light foxing typical for a document of this age. Stain on bottom right corner going through book, does not affect text. Report of the Select Committee on the "amount and character of the expenditures which have been made by the Government in satisfaction of bounty land claims allowed by the state of Virginia." The claims were for land grants made by Virginia to members of the militia who had served in the revolutionary war. These lands were located in what is now the states of Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. When Virginia ceded these lands, as the Northwest Territory, to the United States, they wanted these claims to be honored.
Boston MA: Thomas B Mosher, 1909. 1st. 22pp, 16mo in wraps, limted ed of 900 on hand-made paper, Very Good condition.
New Orleans: The Children's Theatre/Anchorage Press, 1954. 12mo , 40pp in light blue wraps. Very Good condition.
Check made payable to Poet Sir Stephen Spender and endorsed by him, 1988 Check made payable to Stephen Spender in the amount of 7 pounds sterling and signed by renowned 1st edition collector Rolland Comstock. Signed on the back by Stephen Spender. 'PAID' stamped, two small pieces of tape at top edge attaching it to a sheet of paper. Condition: Very Good Please see photos for detail Shelved in binder on bookshelf in Netdesk office.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1936. 1st. 5x9" pamphlet in brown wraps, 6pp, in Very Good condition.
Washington DC: Smithsonian, 1935. 1st. 8vo, 90pp, in gray wraps, ownership stamp on front, o/w clean and supple, condition is Very Good. Includes 3 plates.
Washington DC: USERDA, 1972. 1st. two pamphlets, 5x9" total 112 pp in slightly soiled wraps, o/w in Very Good condition.
New York: Typophiles, 1995. 1st. 7x10 in pamphlet, 24pp, Very Fine condition. Typophile Monograph New Series Number 13.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1936. 1st. 5x9" pamphlet in brown wraps, 8pp, in Very Good condition.
New York: Woolworth, 1913. 1st. 6x9" pamphlet in soiled pictorial wraps, 32pp, unpaginated, with illustrations, in Good condition. An historical sketch of the site and a description of the many wonders of the Woolworth Building. At the time of it's opening, it was the world's tallest building.
