THE WOOLLY WHALE
THE WOOLLY WHALE
A Book, then a Movie — A Woman Writer's
ROMANTIC Fairy Tale 
Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell. Molly make-believe. New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1931. 8vo. [8], 154, [4] pp.
• Publisher's half blue morocco over lighter blue cloth-covered boards, top edge gilt. A fine copy. (24546)
Ethics of Patriotism — Illusions of WarAngell, Norman. Patriotism versus welfare: An extract from the "Unseen assassins" New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1932. 8vo. [4], vii, [3], 32, [2] pp. 
• Publisher's quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, front cover and spine with gilt-stamped title. Very fine. (20579)
Soldier Humor Illustrated Cary, Melbert B., Jr. ( ed. & pub.). Mademoiselle from Armentières, volume two. New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1935. 8vo. xlv, [9], 111, [1] pp.; illus.
Click the interior images for enlargements. • Publisher's quarter crimson morocco and gilt black cloth, top edge gilt; fine save for one corner bump (sans glassine wrapper). Pictorial endsheets and illustrations, tipped-in facsimile. (18011)
BIBLIO–BEDTIME READING
(Fortsas Hoax). Klinefelter, Walter. The Fortsas bibliohoax...With a reprint of the Fortsas catalogue and bibliographical notes and comment by Weber de Vore. New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1942. 12mo. [3] ff., 71, [1] pp., [1] f. 
The Fortsas hoax is legendary for having fooled many renowned collectors and dealers near the mid-point of the 19th century (1840, to be precise) into travelling to the small town of Biche, Belgium for an auction of unique books that were bibliographically unknown!
• Publisher's quarter cloth and decorated boards; top edge gilt, fore-edges untrimmed. Map endpapers. A copy not quite perfectly fresh but very nice. (26977)
Ars
TypographicaGoudy, Frederick W., ed. Ars Typographica. New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, Autumn, 1934. Folio. [1] f., 50 pp., [1] f.
• Cary 216. Printed wrappers. Collotype plates and illustrations. A fine copy. (17734)
One of the Special CopiesGoudy, Frederic W. The story of the Village Type by its designer.... New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1933. 8vo (23.4 cm, 9.25"). [6], 13, [15] pp.
• Publisher’s quarter tan cloth over black paper–covered
sides, front cover with black- and red-printed paper label, in original glassine
dustwrapper; clean and unworn. 
An
elegant book.
The
LIST Jonah &
the Woolly whale were breakfasting. . . . New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, [ca. 1934]. 12mo. 12 pp.
• Sewn plain wrappers with pictorial cutout overlay. Fine. (24123)
Still Thoughtful — Still Thought-ProvokingLippman, Walter. The scholar in a troubled world. An address delivered as the Phi Beta Kappa oration at the commencement exercises of Columbia University May 31, 1932. New York: Press of the Wooly Whale, 1932. 8vo. [40] pp.
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the image to the left for an enlargement.
• Metallic marbled paper-covered boards, front cover with printed paper label; clean and pleasant, in original glassine dustwrapper a little chipped at edges. (22940)
Cockney “Mar” Mar. [New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, ca. 1934?]. 8vo. [8] pp.
• Sewn octavo French fold. Fine and unopened. (24124)
Keepsake . . . The oath of a free-man. With a historical study by Lawrence C. Wroth and a note on the Stephen Daye Press by Melbert B. Cary, Jr. New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1939. 8vo. [20] pp.
This is Keepsake no. 60 of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, although this copy does not include the laid-in sheet noting that detail. Important study by the head of the John Carter Brown Library on the Oath.
• Publisher's cloth, front cover with printed paper label. Clean and fresh. (14191)
A “Graphic Arts” SouvenirRollins, Carl Purington. This house of havoc. New York: Pr. by the Press of the Woolly Whale for the American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1941. 8vo. 16 pp.
• Sewn in publisher’s printed paper wrappers; clean and all but unworn, with the lower outer corners just slightly bumped.
Quaker Life in
Dutchess County, NY — 1779Society
of Friends. To the yearly meeting. Extracts taken from the minnets of our quarterly meeting held at the Oblong by adjournments from ye 1st of the 5 month to 3ed of the same inclusive. 1779. New York: Pr. by Melbert B. Cary,
Jr. at the Sign of the Woolly Whale, 1936. 8vo (20.2 cm, 7.9"). [12] pp. 
Long, breathless, run-on sentences make the expected Quaker standards of behavior, in this place and time, quite clear.
• Sewn in publisher’s color-flecked paper wrappers. A crisp, clean copy.
Unattributed
& UNCUT Spring song. New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, [ca. 1934?]. 8vo. 8 pp.
• Sewn octavo French fold. Fine and unopened. (18014)
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