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Hardcover. London, Pall Mall Press, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, very good copy in original pictorial cloth (designed by the artist), no dust jacket. Preface by Rene Char. 405 illustrations in monochrome, sepia & color. A remarkable record of the astonishing output of Picasso in his mid-eighties, featuring many of his favorite themes: 'the artist and his model, the sultan and his harem, the circus, the pastoral flute player, nude men and women engaged in the games of love'. Mild foxing to front endpapers, otherwise clean. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. International customers please ask for a shipping quote before purchasing.

Hardcover. New York, Coward-McCann, 1st, 1934, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, blue cloth covers stamped in white, 213 pages. Black & white illustrations by James Reid. Soiling to endpapers, covers. Edgewear. Corners worn, bumped. Previous owner's signature in pencil front endpaper.

Hardcover. NY, Posters Please, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Hardcover, this catalog profiles: American show posters; (Buffalo Bill, circus, sideshow banners & minstrel posters); New Yoprk Central Railway, Mistinguett; international posters; books & periodicals. Color illustrated.

Softcover. Port Townsend WA, Feral House, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 339 pages. Ladies' man. Child soldier. Civil War hero. Egotist. Tramp. Drunkard. Published author. Roving Bill Aspinwall: Dispatches from a Hobo in Post-Civil War America tells the story of an American hobo entirely in his own words.William 'Roving Bill' Aspinwall was all of these things and yet no lone descriptor does him justice. Born one of 23 siblings, married 5 times, wounded fighting for the Union in one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War, kicked out of numerous jobs and soldiers' homes for drunkenness, and having spent decades wandering as a penniless vagabond, Bill also kept up a 24-year correspondence with John James McCook, Professor of Modern Languages at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. In so doing Bill provided the earliest and best account of life on the road by an American hobo.Written between 1893 and 1917, Roving Bill Aspinwall: Dispatches from a Hobo in Post-Civil War America tells Bill's story entirely in his own words. Describing experiences on the road, the people he meets, his dalliances with women and his memories of the Civil War, the letters are a rich and unique correspondence. Having been physically and mentally scarred at the 1863 Battle of Champion Hill, Bill details his lifelong battle with booze. He also gives first-hand accounts of men thrown out of work during the economic Panic of 1893, of wandering around the country as an itinerant umbrella-mender, of working in factories, farms and even a circus, as well as his visit to the St. Louis World's Fair in 1903. Bill's words are the real voice of a nineteenth-century hobo.

Softcover. Louisville KY, Cole Brothers Circus, 1st, 1949, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, softcover, 20 page circus promotional brochure. 16 pages with 60 b&w photographs featuring behind the scenes circus activity- setting up the big top, loading the train, daily life of performers, etc. Light edgewear.

Softcover. Caldwell, Idaho, Caxton Printers , 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 144 pages, b&w illustrations. A history of the circus parade and the beautifully decorated wagons that were a part of them. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Random Library, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 32 pages illustrated by Milion Glaser. Mocked throughout the jungles of India due to his small size, the smallest elephant in the world--no bigger than a house cat--has decided enough is enough. After all, if he's no bigger than a house cat, then a house must be where he belongs! After a long journey in the hold of a ship, this smallest elephant in the world finds himself a home with a nice little boy inside. But he must disguise himself as a cat to satisfy the boy's mother, and disaster strikes when he is confronted with his first mouse... Little does he know that the perfect home is waiting for him, in a circus where differences are celebrated, not scorned. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Random House, 3rd Printing, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 633 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Minor dust jacket edge wear and rub, otherwise, very clean and tight.

Hardcover. NY, Norton, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 272 pages. Sophie Crumb's startlingly expressive drawings track her development as an artist from age two to twenty-eight. Sifting through dozens of their daughter's remarkable sketchbooks, our generation's most celebrated graphic artists have, with their only child, Sophie, now selected more than three hundred paintings and drawings that depict her artistic and psychological maturation. Revealing how an original artistic sensibility is both innate and nurtured, the book features six separate developmental stages, including Sophie's earliest drawings, the elaborate fantasy world of her childhood, her late adolescent rebellion, and her coming of age in the milieu of the Paris circus world and New York's "seventh circle of hell." The drawings from her early twenties-of tattoo artists, dangerous men-reflect a personal anguish that finally ends with her becoming a mother and creating a family of her own. Illuminating and intimate, this book is a dramatic yet subtle statement on the evolution of personality as seen through art. Four-color illustrations throughout

Hardcover. NY, Mysterious Press, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 372 pages, b&w illustrations. There has never been a full-length biography of Mickey Spillane, the most popular and influential mystery writer of his era--until now. Beginning in 1947 with I, the Jury, and continuing with his next six novels, Spillane quickly amassed a readership in the tens of millions, becoming the best-selling novelist in the history of American publishing. Surrounded by controversy for the overt violence and suggestive sexual content of his iconic Mike Hammer private eye novels, Spillane was loathed by critics but beloved by his readers. There is, however, more to Spillane's life than the books. He also starred as Hammer in a movie, was a circus performer, worked with the FBI in capturing a notorious criminal, and starred in Miller Light beer commercials that were so popular they ran for a quarter of a century. Max Allan Collins became Spillane's friend and collaborator, continuing the Mike Hammer series for years after the author's death, building upon unfinished manuscripts the writer left behind. Now, with co-author James Traylor, Collins has produced the first comprehensive and authoritative profile of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master. Clean copy.

Softcover. PS Artbooks, reprint, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 56 pages. High-flying action and jaw-dropping stunts as legendary creators Jack Kirby and Joe Simon create an entirely new non-super character. A daredevil stuntman is embroiled in circus stunts and movie directing, and it's all some of S&K's finest Golden Age work. Killer double-page action spreads akin to their work for Captain America in 1941-42. Features " Killer of the Big-Top," "The House of Madness," and "The Crime on Cauliflower Row," all by S&K. Plus "The Furnished Room" by Bill Draut (part of the Simon and Kirby Studio) and an adventure of Junior Genius by J. Keeler, a back up strip. Sadly, Stuntman came along after the war when superheroes were on the way out...even though he was not super-powered, but had more in common with Batman. He lasted for just two issues, and an ashcan third issue. Then his adventures were reprinted in Thrills of Tomorrow #19 and 20, in 1955. #19 even reused this exact cover in an attempted revival just before the Comics Code.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, reprints 4 classical tales: "Harold and the Purple Crayon," "Harold's Fairy Tale," "Harold's Trip To The Sky" and "Harold's Circus." Illustrated throughout in two-colors by Johnson. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Chicago, Rand McNally & Company, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards. A book about Edward "Chubby" Elephant and his friends at the circus in this appealing book w/color illustrations on almost every page by John Dukes McKee. Bright, clean copy.

Hardcover. NY/Cleveland, World Publishing Company, 1st US, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. First American edition 8.25 x 7.75". Unpaginated [52 pages]. Essentially an artists' book created by the noted Italian futurist, Munari, widely regarded as one of the most influential book-designers of the 20th century. Illustrations feature translucent overlays and brightly colored pages with die cut edges and windows. Voted the New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book 1969 winner. Previous owner;s inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. Koln GR, Taschen, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, larger slipcased edition of this title and measures 15.5 x 10.5" and weighs approx. 11.8 lbs. Slipcase, book and jacket in very good condition. With photographic gems of early circus performers, as well as original posters, lithographs, sideshow banners and engravings from the 16th to 19th centuries illustrating the worldwide roots of the circus, readers are transported to a world of thrill and skill, grit and glamor. Highlights include iconic circus photographs by Mathew Brady, Cornell Capa, Walker Evans, Weegee, and Lisette Model, and little-known circus images by Stanley Kubrick and Charles and Ray Eames. 670 pages. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Koln GR, Taschen, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, folio trade edition. With photographic gems of early circus performers, as well as original posters, lithographs, sideshow banners and engravings from the 16th to 19th centuries illustrating the worldwide roots of the circus, readers are transported to a world of thrill and skill, grit and glamor. Highlights include iconic circus photographs by Mathew Brady, Cornell Capa, Walker Evans, Weegee, and Lisette Model, and little-known circus images by Stanley Kubrick and Charles and Ray Eames. 670 pages.

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, bright pictorial boards in a worn, lightly soiled dust jacket. Spiral bound with 5 fold-outs with a width of 25"- farm, city, beach, circus & zoo scenes. Illustrations by Pauline Jackson.

New York, Random House, 1st, 1958, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 72 pages. Two-color illustrations by Catherine Barnes. Dust jacket has edgewear, missing small chunk on rear spine edge.Tom Jordan's idea for having a flea circus goes kaput when Bimbo, the family's flea-ridden dog, runs away.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow Books, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 64 pages.This book features fifty train cars, one for each of the Fifty states (plus a caboose for the District of Washington!). Interesting, informative detail in the illustrations give both adults and children plenty to see and discuss. Using the motif of a circus train, Sis has designed a different car for each state. A great deal of research went into this book as evidenced by the many tiny details in each watercolor painting. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, George H. Doran, 1st, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth with a pictorial label on the front cover, 146 pages. B&w and 2-color illustrations by Neely McCoy. Rose, Dick and Jim Dandy run away on an adventure, wishing that they were at the circus. Dick just doesn't want to go to the photographer! Instead, they find an apple tree elevator, where they find a fairy who will take them away to the land of Up.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped in red. Illustrated in color by Norma Welliver. INSCRIBED BY HARRIS on the half-title page. Clean copy, no dust jacket. A circus clown tells his story.

Hardcover. NY, Harper and Brothers, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth covers with pictorial label on front, 252 pages. Beautiful full color frontispiece illustration of Toby Tyler with a monkey (repeated on cover), plus 21 line drawings by W.A. Rogers.

Hardcover. NY, Harper Brothers, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 265 pages. Hardcover. Brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt and decorated in red and black, front cover stamped in black, red and gilt. Floral endpapers. 21 line drawings by W.A. Rogers. No date on title page, assumed late 1880s reprint.

Philadelphia PA, John C. Winston, reprint, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 212 pages. Previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Four color and other b&w illustrations by Everett Shinn. Dust jacket with chipping, small tears.