PRESS OF THE WOOLLY WHALE. ~ Willi’s Wishful Thinking.
New York
Press of the Woolly Whale
1938
13 reproductions of German and Austrian postcards issued for troops in 1914 following the capture of Paris, with the captions translated into English. Eleventh Armistice Day issue. One of ‘a few copies’. Handset in Caslon Old Face type, printed by George W. Van Vechten, Jr, on Tracy mould-made paper. Pp. 33. 12mo., original red cloth, printed paper label to upper cover. Very slight offsetting to endpapers, otherwise a good copy.
The original postcards, some of them in colour, are held at the Bibliothéque et Musée de la Guerre at the Chateau de Vincennes.
Press of the Woolly Whale 85.
Stock ref: 8896
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