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Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1936. 1st. 5x9" pamphlet in brown wraps, 6pp, in Very Good condition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 3. More
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Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1936. 1st. 5x9" pamphlet in brown wraps, 6pp, in Very Good condition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 3. More
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. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 4. More
##LISTING IS FOR ONE BOOKPLATE PER PURCHASE## Bookplate with the Comstock name and family crest, self-adhesive, 3-1/4x4-3/4", signed by author Martin Amis. Martin Louis Amis, b 1949 is the author of many novels including Money (1984) and London Fields (1989). The bookplates are from the collection of Rolland Comstock, the famous book collector. Please see photo for details This item is kept in signed bookplate binder on bookshelf in Netdesk office. More
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. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 1. More
Harper Woods MI: A, 1976. 1st. 6x9" pamphlet. 28pp on laid paper, hand-bound with silk thread, in Near Fine condition. More
Harper Woods MI: Adagio Press, 1979. 1st. 6x9" pamphlet. 32pp on laid paper, hand-bound with silk thread, in Near Fine condition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 2. More
Washington DC: US Congress, 1859. 1st. 12mo, 32pp, ery Good condition with light foxing typical for a document of this age. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 3. More
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 This item is kept in signed bookplate binder on bookshelf in Netdesk office. More
Washington DC: Smithsonian, 1910. 1st. 8vo, 78pp in gray wraps, clean and supple, in Very Good condition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 4. More
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. (This item is kept in signed bookplate binder on bookshelf in Netdesk office). More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1940. 1st. 5x9" pamphlet in brown wraps, 6pp, in Very Good condition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 3. More
Boston: Workshop for Boys and Girls, 1934. 1st. Exhibition and sale catalog 12mo, 40pp in decorated wraps. Very Good Minus condition overall, chipping to bottom edge of covers, closed tear of about an inch on rear cover. NOTE: Shelved in Ephemera Box C, in Netdesk office. More
Brunn: Rudolf M. Rohrer, 1870. Offprint [Centennial]. Octavo; fair+/wraps; tan spine with no text, saddle-stitched; black text on front panel; ex libris, signature, Absolon [author-surgeon, NIH]; shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; 19 pp.; age-toning; wraps, sunned; edges, open tears; else very good; ---TEXT IN GERMAN. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 4. More
Washington DC: National Archives, 1942. 1st. 6x9" pamphlet, 31pp in green wraps, in Very Good condition. SIGNED by the author on the front cover. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 2. More
Lincoln, NE: Nebraska, 1927. 1st. 8vo, 135pp, in gray wraps, ownership stamp on front, closed tears between front cover and spine at both edges, condition is Very Good minus condition NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 4. More
Bombay: Oxford, 1918. 1st. 12mo, 96pp in chipped and somewhat brittle green wraps, o/w in Good condition NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, in the FS box. More
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1980. Revised Edition. Quarto; VG-/G Hardcover w/ Dustjacket; Black spine with Yellow and White text; Dustjacket has moderate edgewear, some sheflwear, small open and closed tears along edges of spine and both covers, fraying and small open tears at corners; Boards strong, some edgewear, slight shelfwear; Textblock clean; 411 pp; Inscribed by author on half title page. More
New York: New York Public Library, 1954. 1st. 45pp, 8vo in gray wraps. An exhibition catalog of a collection of manuscripts, letters &c. Very Good condition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 1. More
London: Curtain Press, 1948. 1st. 5x7" 40pp in stiff wraps. Very Good condition. The Masque was a series of monographs on the "Art of the Theatre" edited by Lionel Carter. Issue contains a subscription card. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 1. More
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. More
Item is a signed note from American poet Galway Kinnel to book collector Rolland Comstock. Please see photo of note for additional details. This item is kept in signed bookplate binder on bookshelf in Netdesk office. More
Boston MA: Thomas B Mosher, 1909. 1st. 22pp, 16mo in wraps, limted ed of 900 on hand-made paper, Very Good Minus condition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 2. More
New York: Typophiles, 1993. 1st. Typophile New Series Number 10. Octavo, 16pp, stapled wraps. Very Good condition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 1. More
Oxford: Oxford, 1924. 1st. pamphlet, 6x9 in faded green wraps bound with silk thread, 32pp, paper browning and brittle at edges. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 1. More
New Orleans: The Children's Theatre/Anchorage Press, 1954. 12mo , 40pp in light blue wraps. Very Good condition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 2. More
Cambridge UK: Cambridge University, 1934. 1st. 8vo in gray boards, 32pp, Very Good condition NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 2. More
Colombo, Sri Lanka: Afro-Asian Writer's Bureau, 1967. 5x7", pictorial wraps, 59pp, Very Good condition, with little edgewear and some color transfer on the lighter rear cover. 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. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 1. More
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. More
n/a, 1860s. n/a. Sheet music, 5x7", single sheet, in Very Good condition NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 3. More
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. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 1. More
London: Cambridge, 1947. 1st. 16mo, 35pp in faded fuschia wraps, Very Good condition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 1. More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1951. 1st. 5x9" pamphlet in green wraps, 12pp, in Very Good condition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 3. More
Bookplate with the Comstock name and family crest, self-adhesive, 3-1/4x4-3/4", signed by poet Craig Raine. Craig Raine (born 3 December 1944) is an English poet and critic born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England. Along with Christopher Reid, he is the best-known exponent of Martian poetry. The bookplates are from the collection of Rolland Comstock, the famous book collector. (This item is kept in signed bookplate binder on bookshelf in Netdesk office). More
Leipzig: Max Altman, 1908. Neue Ausgabe. 12mo; fair/wraps; tan spine with black text, perfect-bound; ex libris, initials, title-page; shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; 70 pp.; illus.; age-toning; wraps, sunned; spine, splits and tears; else very good; ---TEXT IN GERMAN SCRIPT. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 4. More
Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1977. 1st. small 8vo, 16pp, on laid paper in a like envelope. Very Good 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. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 2. More
London: Samuel French, 1958. 91pp, 8vo in blue wraps, light soiling to covers, bumped corners and spine ends, otherwise in Very Good minus condition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 1. More
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 This item is kept in signed bookplate binder on bookshelf in Netdesk office. More
London: Oxford, 1956. 1st. 5x9" pamphlet in green wraps, 20pp, Very Good condition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 1. More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1954. 1st. 5x9" pamphlet in green wraps, 14pp, with plates, in Very Good condition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 3. More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1938. 1st. 5x9" pamphlet in brown wraps, 25pp, with plates, some sunning to cover, in Very Good condition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 3. More
New York: Typophiles, 1987. 1st. Typophile New Series Number 4. 8vo, 40pp, wraps. Very Good condition NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 1. More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1954. 1st. 5x9" pamphlet in brown wraps, 10pp, with plates, in Very Good condition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 3. More
Hanover NH: US Army, 1996. 1st. small 4to, 117pp in photographic wraps, some edgewear and faint curling along the bottom-right corner (see photo), but otherwise clean and bright, Very Good condition NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 4. More
Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins Universtiy Press, 1946. 1st. Reprinted from American Journal of Mathematics, Vol. LXVIII, No. 1, January, 1946. 6pp, 8vo in brown wraps. clean except for rust on staples, o/w in Very Good condition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Ephemera Binder 4. More