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1940rif. WRCLIT80690New York: Press of the Woolly Whale 1940. Small quarto. Gilt cloth and boards. Illustrations. Boards faintly rubbed else near fine. First edition. An elaborate spoof perpetrated by Melbert B. Cary Jr. recording the alleged discovery of a sequence of woodblocks depicting the life of Gutenberg from nativity to the advent of his printing shop. Press of the Woolly Whale hardcover books
1987rif. Q-0907768148Countyvise Ltd 1987. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Countyvise Ltd paperback
1988rif. Q-0907768121Countyvise Ltd 1988-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Countyvise Ltd paperback
rif. 9389169771.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 1016840527.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. B9781016840521Hardback. New. hardcover
1949Pages 765-804. Features. Cover photo of fire at the No. 2 Gladstone Dock, Liverpool; Photo of Pandit Nehru and other dignitaries at The Lord Mayor's Banquet at Guildhall; Photo after coach horses bolted into Queen Victoria Street crowds, injuring 21 bystanders; Photos of H.M. the King aboard American cruiser the U.S.S. Columbus; Photos of Princess Elizabeth visiting road safety centre; One-page photo of flag-festooned U.S.S. Columbus at Portsmouth; Review of "The Grand Peregrination" by Maurice Collis; Water-colours by Edward Seago; Photos of the U.S. frigates Constellation and Constitution, the destroyer Offa, and H.M.S. Ajax; Photos of Cherbourg marker beacon tower where French sportsman M.Marcel Petit lost his life; What Happened at Kinsale; Photos of new discoveries at Smyrna; Two pages of photos from the newly opened camera museum, Eastman House; Photos of personalities of the week include Colonel Igal Yadin, Sir George Thomson, Prof. R.A. Peters, Sir John Forsdyke, Prof. Hideki Yukawa, Field Marshal Papagos, Admiral Sir John Edelsten, Vice-Admiral Sir Harold Kinahan, Roberto Benzi and Pandit Nehru; One-page photo of one-year-old Prince Charles in baby carriage attended by five-year-old Prince Richard of Gloucester; Centrefold illustration of Trinity College, Dublin; Two pages of photos and article about the world's only captive whale, a pilot whale at Marineland, Florida; Photo of inventor Robert Barker with his portable atomic pile; Photos of London rally of 50-year-old autos; and more. Contents complete, intact and unmarked. Advertising outer wrap not included. A sound copy. Magazine
1952Pages 121-160. Features: Unconquered Everest - the story of the Gallant Swiss attempt; Karsh one-page photo portrait of celebrated composer Dr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, O.M.; Heligoland stirs again - numerous photos, including bombing practice devastation; Three Atomic Spies and Their Betrayals - Fuchs, Pontecorvo and Nunn May; various photos of royals; maritime photos; the U.S. Navy's new rubber life raft; Photos of racing horse Tulyar; Dramatic photo of the U.S. Navy's jet aircraft the D 558 Skyrocket in flight; sports photos, including Bisley winner Major A.B. Kinnier-Wilson; Sandhurst Royal Military Academy; Great photos of opening ceremonies at the Helsinki Olympics, including wonderful centerfold photo of the American team entering the stadium; Secrets of the Whale; Photo of Gliding champion Mr. Philip Wills; Photos of F. Trueman, the young Yorkshire fast bowler; Rebuilding the Vienna opera house; Photos of ongoing repairs to the famous Bredon-Tithe-Barn near Tewkesbury; Five excellent photos of the nearly extinct Alpine Ibex in the Bavarian Alps; Legacy of Alexander the Great's invasion of India; Charles Keene art exhibition; Nice colour ad for Number Seven cigarettes on back cover shows sailing scene; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
1945Pages 617- 644. Features: Page of six photos document Japan's Emperor Hirohito informing his ancestors that World War II has ended; Two pages of photos and illustrations explain the complicated machinery used to transform coal into household gas and valuable byproducts; Eight interesting photos present the vessel "Empire Victory" which, along with nine whale catching ships, will spend seven months catching and processing whales near Antarctica; Two-page illustration shows German U-boats making their last voyage and tow, and the demolition of U-2321 at sea; Two pages of photos present a pictorial survey of British troops' thankless task in the Netherlands East Indies - Surabaya and Batavia; Illustrations from Nuremberg show court proceedings and prison life of the war criminals; Centrefold illustration of Nuremberg's central courtroom during the hearing of evidence by general Lahousen, with Goering and a German counsel interrupting the witness; Article entitled "Record of the Sixth Airborne Division" includes photos of Maj. Gen. R. N. Gale and Maj. Gen. E. Bols, plus a photo of their men clearing the streets of Tel Aviv after riots during which they were stoned; Photos of the Nuremberg trial include general Lahousen, Hess, Ribbentrop, and Goering; the British prosecuting body, and a rare moment of levity with the Nazi accused, surrounded by their guards, all laughing; Photos of personalities of the week include John Amery, John Pearce, Eric Boal, the captains of the Oxford and Cambridge football teams, Mr. and Mrs. Churchill with their grandson, the deposed ruler of Yugoslavia, King Peter II and his queen, formerly Princess Alexandra of Greece, Justice Bucknill, Domingo De Las Barcenis, William Grimes, Dwight Filley Davis, Sir Robert Robinson, Maj. Gen. Patrick Hurley, and Lieut. Gen. Sir Archibald E. Nye; Photo of troops of the British sixth Airborne Division clearing a Tel Aviv St. during the recent revival of Jewish-Arab unrest and rioting; Photo of the headquarters of the controller of light industries in Tel Aviv, badly damaged by rioters; Nice photo of the HMS "Indomitable" arriving to a waving crowd at Portsmouth, after a Far East mission; Photo of the King of Thailand speaking with Prof. SiriBhada before leaving Switzerland in a British military aircraft; Photo of Swedes demonstrating against their government's decision to deport Baltic refugees; Photo of Benedictine monks and reconstruction work amongst the ruins of Monte Cassino; Photo of the new French cabinet; Photo of farewell ceremony as Russian troops leave Prague; Photo of large crowd of Dutch re-burying 17-year-old Hanni Schaft, whose body was discovered in sand dunes near Harlem after she was killed by the Nazis; Interesting photo of competing political posters in Vienna; Photo of American soldiers viewing the ruined and dismantled Nazi Hall of Fame at Munich; Photo of the blazing ruins of British airliner "Hermes" which crashed on it trial flight; Interesting photo of large granite bust of Hitler, sold for 500 pounds at German Embassy sale. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
1941Features: Admiral Somerville says Mediterranean convoy must go through, with 12 great illustrations of the action; Canadian tank brigagde practices in their "Matildas"; Captain Fritz Weidermann expelled from U.S.; Photo of Churchill and a "Stirling" bomber; Photo of Camrahn Bay, recently given to the Japanese by the Vichy government; Great action photos from Russia and Finland; Photos of Nazis in Russia; Doughty Russian guerilla fighters harass Nazi communications - six photos, including hundreds of women diggin an anti-tank trench outside Moscow; German Offensive Tactics - article by Cyril Falls; The Russian War as seen through Russian Eyes - Twelve great photos; Two photos of the signing of the Syrian armistice; Italy attacks Malta with E-Boats - Three excellent photos; Centerfold illustration depicts London Home Guards at grips with the Canadian 'enemy' in a mock attack; Photo secrets of the new ME 109F fighter; Three super photos of the Short "Stirling" - Britain's mighty dreadnought of the air; Photos of personalities of the week - including General McArthur; The Atlantic Battle - Corvette Sinks U-Boat - Raider destroyed - photos; Vichy Surrenders Indo-China - Saigon occupied by Japan on July 17 - with six photos of Saigon; Large photo of a captured 42-foot Whale Shark before its escape; full-page ads for Schweppes and Haig whisky; Quarter-page ad for Vosper Motor Torpedo Boats; Colour Dewar's "White "Label" Scotch whisky ad features herring drifter in background. Average wear. Ink stamps to fore-edge of each page. Clear tape inside each cover along spine, and externally along spine. A sound copy. Book
19558vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 31 plates on 22; original blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS LONG SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The standard account of the renowned Royal Naval Gunnery School at Whale Island, Portsmouth. Appendices include chronology, register of tenders and gunnery firing ships, and list of officers. Signed copies are rare
rif. ria9780313230363_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; N/A hardcover
rif. A9780313230363Hardback. New. hardcover
1981rif. x-0313230366Praeger Pub Text 1981. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 219 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.56 inches. Praeger Pub Text hardcover
rif. 0313230366.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 2879847-6Bloomsbury Publishing USA. Used - Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Bloomsbury Publishing USA unknown
1981rif. DADAX0313230366Bloomsbury 1981-07-15. hardcover. New. 6.14x0.56x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Bloomsbury hardcover
rif. WB19227London: James Whiting ca. 18001817. . Ephemera. Good. Scarce Handbill 180 x 112 mm. Letterpress text; creases old folds minor marginal chips faint soiling. Provenance: from the library of Ricky Jay though not marked as such. [James] Whiting, [ca. 18001817]. unknown
2001rif. Q-071905592XManchester University Press 2001-09-17. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Manchester University Press paperback
rif. 1330104544.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 1362609749.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 3289New York: Privately Printed Press of the Woolly Whale 1937. . 8vo stiff black card stock with blind embossed title at top left; stitched with white cotton string. MINT condition A printing of a chapter from Melbert Cary's "A Bibliography of the Village Press" 1938. New York: Privately Printed, Press of the Woolly Whale, 1937. unknown books
rif. 3289New York: Privately Printed Press of the Woolly Whale 1937. . 8vo stiff black card stock with blind embossed title at top left; stitched with white cotton string. MINT condition A printing of a chapter from Melbert Cary's "A Bibliography of the Village Press" 1938. New York: Privately Printed, Press of the Woolly Whale, 1937. unknown
1935rif. WRCLIT82806New York: Press of the Woolly Whale 1935. Sq. octavo. Quarter open-sewn silk and boards paper label. Maps and decorations throughout by Warren Chappell. Binding a bit sunned with modest foxing and a few small spots to endsheets and edges; very good. One of "less than 250 copies on Kawara" paper issued as the Press's Christmas book for the year. With the small bookplate on the front pastedown of printer/typographer Carl. P. Rollins. LAWSON & PANKOW 47. Press of the Woolly Whale hardcover books
2010rif. 006315Self Published 2010. Spiral Wraps. Near Fine. Light green spiral illustrated glossy wraps. 202 pages with archival and B&W photos. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Due to size & weight an extra shipping cost will be required. Please contact us by email to determine an accurate Canadian postal rate to your region. Can be picked up or delivered locally in the K-W area. Self Published paperback