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. 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 Shelved in binder on bookshelf in Netdesk office. More

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). More

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. More

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. More

Bookplate with the Comstock name and family crest, self-adhesive, 3-1/4x4-3/4", signed by author Louis Auchincloss. Louis Stanton Auchincloss (September 27, 1917 – January 26, 2010) was an American lawyer, novelist, historian, and essayist. 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). More

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. More

Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1936. 1st. 5x9" pamphlet in brown wraps, 6pp, in Very Good condition. More

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. More

Washington DC: USERDA, 1972. 1st. two pamphlets, 5x9" total 112 pp in slightly soiled wraps, o/w in Very Good condition. More

Harper Woods MI: A, 1976. 1st. 6x9" pamphlet. 28pp on laid paper, hand-bound with silk thread, in Extremely Fine condition. More

Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1936. 1st. 5x9" pamphlet in brown wraps, 8pp, in Very Good condition. More

Washington DC: US Congress, 1859. 1st. 12mo, 32pp, ery Good condition with light foxing typical for a document of this age. More

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. More

Washington DC: Smithsonian, 1896. 1st. 8vo, 70pp in brown wraps. Cover chipped and brittle, o/w in Good condition. 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. More

Bombay: Oxford, 1918. 1st. 12mo, 96pp in chipped and somewhat brittle green wraps, o/w in Good condition. More

Washington DC: US Congress, 1852. 1st. 12mo, 9pp, Very Good condition with light foxing typical for a document of this age. More

Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1915. 85pp, 12mo in paper boards. Detached front cover, spine wear, o/w good. Fair condition overall. More

New York: Typophiles, 1988. 1st ed. Typophile New Series Number 5 8vo, 20pp, hand-sewn wraps. Very Fine condition Includes 10 plates showing Updike typography designs from 1891-1928. More

Item is a signed note from American poet Galway Kinnel to book collector Rolland Comstock. Please see photo of note for additional details. Kept in binder on bookshelf in Netdesk office. More

New York: Typophiles, 1993. 1st. Typophile New Series Number 10 12mo, 16pp, stapled wraps. Very Fine condition. More

Oxford: Oxford, 1924. 1st. pamphlet, 6x9 in faded green wraps bound with silk thread, 32pp, paper browning and brittle at edges. More

New Orleans: The Children's Theatre/Anchorage Press, 1954. 12mo , 40pp in light blue wraps. Very Good condition. More

Cambridge UK: Cambridge University, 1934. 1st. 8vo in gray boards, 32pp, Very Fine condition. More