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19610010352Owensboro KY: The Circus Publishing Company 1961. First Edition. stapled wrappers. Quarto 52 pages stapled pictorial wrappers little tear at upper right corner <br/><br/>Presentation Copy from Jorgen M. Christiansen to Mr. W. O. Osborn. Christiansen was a member of the Advisory Board for the Monthly; his wife Edna was the Northern Editor. A Dane from Denmark Mr. Christiansen retired in 1957 after a 53-year career on the sawdust circuit in three continents. Considered one of the premier horse trainers of recorded circus history. He invented a carousel act that hasn't yet been copied. It included 79 animals including zebras camels 39 horses and 29 ponies. He was noted for his kindness to the animals he trained Edna his second wife was also a Circus Hall of Fame member and her election in January 1969 marked the first time a married couple had been so honored. Mrs. Christiansen was an outstanding horsewoman and circus promoter during a 47-year career. This debut issue includes the Program for the 1961 Annual Circus Convention at Joplin Missouri. Also a facsimile of the Official Program for the Kelly & MIller Bros. Circus 25th Anniversary Tour. With the Opening Chapter of H. C. Ingraham's biography of Tom Mix apparently never completed. Self-proclaimed as "The Greatest Circus Publication On Earth ". Note: the Circus Historical Society reports that this is the only issue of Circus Monthly ever produced.! The Circus Publishing Company unknown
4c1719Printed in Germany um 1955. 18 Aufstellfiguren nebst Kulisse 58 cm x 1750 cm Kulisse mit Abriß u. berieben. unknown
1970000886PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA PA. Very Good. 1970. On offer is an original huge archive of handwritten and typescript communication and orders sent to a bookseller for books related to the circus clowns performing animals and carnivals. Circa 1970s - 1980s this archive includes many items on circus or clown letterhead business cards from circus operators and performers and postal covers with stamps from all over the USA Canada UK and Australia. While some of the letters are lists of book orders relating to the circus others are correspondence directly from the circus performers themselves many contain illustrated circus advertising as well as autographs from performers and operators. There is a sensational mix of material here.Most of the letters are addressed to Frank Barry whose book selling business was located in Philadelphia. There are 230 individual letters/postal covers with most containing several pages of enclosures with an estimated 500 pages of circus material for the collector to sort through. All of the material is in very good to fine condition with most of the envelopes/covers opened with a letter opener neatly on one end. VG. ; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel CIRCUS PERFORMANCE ARTISTS TRAVELING SHOW TROUPE CARNIVAL HIPPODROME CIRQUE BIG TOP Circensian ACROBATS CLOWNS THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH TRAPEZE TIGHTROPE JUGGLERS THREE RING CIRCUS . unknown
65100c.1900. 1. SHEET SIZE : c. 85.5 x 71.5 cms. with a 3 cm. margin to the image. The inner margin has a few handling marks and edge repairs not affecting the image which is in excellent condition vestige of a central crease in the top section. The lower margin appears cropped but as the printer's label is placed in the lower corner one might reasonably assume that it is 'as issued'. 2. SHEET SIZE : c. 75 X 65 cms. the image with 4 cm. margins in near fine condition. 2 rare circus posters each apparently showing a German crowd though printed in the Netherlands. No similar image is shown in either of Robert Bogdan's books Picturing Disability or Freak Show. c.1900. unknown
DADAX2980349348Cirque du Soleil 0000-00-00. paperback. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Cirque du Soleil paperback
SONG2980349348Cirque du Soleil 0000-00-00. paperback. Used: Good. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Cirque du Soleil paperback
2009G2980349348I3N00Cirque Du Soleil 2009. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Cirque Du Soleil paperback
Gottlieb, Lennart, edIn Pristine Condition. unknown
65101Willsons Printers. Leicester. No date c.1930s. Willson's the printers of this poster are still operating - 'A family business with a history stretching back more than 150 years Willsons is now a multi-faceted design print and distribution specialist. Established in 1864 and with humble beginnings as a billboard poster printing company our business has evolved into a multi-faceted gateway to the global print marketplace. But we're still a family firm something you'll find reflected in our friendly approachable attitude and personal service.' As for Butlin's see the WIKI entry - 'Sir William Heygate Edmund Colborne Butlin MBE 29 September 1899 12 June 1980 was a South African-born British entrepreneur whose name is synonymous with the British holiday camp. Although holiday camps such as Warner's existed in one form or another before Butlin opened his first in 1936 it was Butlin who turned holiday camps into a multimillion-pound industry and an important aspect of British culture. Born in Cape Town South Africa to William and Bertha Butlin Butlin had a turbulent childhood. His parents separated before he was seven and he returned to England with his mother. He spent the next five years following his grandmother's family fair around the country where his mother sold gingerbread exposing the young Butlin to the skills of commerce and entertainment. When he was twelve his mother emigrated to Canada leaving him in the care of his aunt for two years. Once settled in Toronto his mother invited him to join her there. In Canada Butlin struggled to fit in at school and soon left for a job in a Toronto department store Eaton's. In World War I he enlisted as a bugler in the Canadian Army. After the war Butlin returned to England bringing only £5 with him. Investing £4 of that money to hire a stall travelling with his uncle's fair Butlin discovered that giving his customers a better chance to win brought more custom in and he quickly became successful. One stall became several including prominent locations such as Olympia in London and Butlin soon was able to purchase other fairground equipment and started his own travelling fair. He proved successful in this endeavour as well and by 1927 he opened a static fairground in Skegness. Over the next 10 years Butlin expanded his fairground empire all the time harbouring an idea to increase the number of patrons in his Skegness site by providing accommodation.' Willsons Printers. Leicester. No date [c.1930s?]. unknown
5805CIRCUS. ALS. 3pg. 8 x 11. December 18 1940. Lexington Kentucky. An autograph letter signed W. Shelby Jaxon on The Zephyrs stationery. Jaxon wrote to W.H. Warner the technical director of Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows Inc. The letter states in full: Hello Bill I just received your letter. Sorry you are having a tough time getting the Boys up to practice. I also am having trouble finding some way to practice the Bars. The colleges are Basket Ball Crazy now and I can't practice nights and I have no one to practice in the daytime with me. I just worked a one nighter. I used Big Blakeman as my partner. We were a little slow and stalled a bit but we went over 100% and got encores. So we didn't feel so bad. The warehouses have closed until Jan 2nd and the Barrel Hog Factory has moved out of town. So I won't get any work around here. If I had a Bar Act in shape ready to go I could go to work tomorrow night for 4 straight weeks in clubs and then get a unit show. Blakeman wants to quit his job and go with me. But he needs two months straight practice before he would be presentable. He doesn't realize that I had a top and speedy act when I worked these spots before and that is what they expect me to give them now and I can't do it with him the shape he is in. So I am just letting it go. I have the triple ground bars all set and painted up and ready to go. They really look fine on a stage. I painted the bar tiles gold and shined the uprights and they are the cleanest neat appear stage bars I have ever seen when set on a stage with lights on them. I got a letter from a fellow in Chicago who just finished building a rigging that folds and has two bars. He wants me to work with him and furnish the car and split fifty-fifty. But he says the rigging folds down instead of together. I am not taking any chances as I have no way he has a practical rigging. He wants me to come to Chicago and practice a week and go to work but that costs money when you consider you also have to buy wardrobe and get photos made. So I turned it down not knowing him either. Jake Crumley told him about me. I have a job coming up in four or five weeks which will last about 5 to 7 weeks at pretty fair money. I have got to go out of town to see about it next week. It is for aerialist Harold Voise on serial bars. Did you ever hear from Walter Guice I am rebuilding my car's generator and fooling around with my car in general as I just had a fellow pay me $25.00 he has owned me for over two years that wasn't hard to take. Bill I think I had better stick around and try to pick up something around here until February and then I can go to work for Voise for a few weeks and from there it will be easy going. Let me hear from you and don't worry too much about the bar practice or the folding rigging take it easy. I'll probably be able to send you some money to start on the folding rigging when I go to work for Voise. As Ever W. Shelby Jaxon. unknown
DADAX1470617056Alfred Music 2015-01-01. paperback. New. 8.90x0.60x11.70. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Alfred Music paperback
1862165540Munich.: Deschler's Book Brotherhood. 1862. Circus Suhr & Huttermann Poster: Circus Suhr & Hüttemann verbunden mit Theater. Heute Samstag den 2. August 1862: grosse ausserordentliche Vorstellung in der höheren Reitkunst noch nie gesehen Gymnastik und Vorführung der ausgezeichnetsten Schulpferde. Zum Zweitenmale. Black and white poster with engraving. One-sheet. Leaf size: 43.5 x 23.5cm. Top edge slightly browned and small piece 8 x 1cm missing from lower left hand corner An extraordinary presentation in the Higher art of horsemanship never before seen gymnastics and demonstrations of excellent equestrian arts. The extensive program included - two Chinese - August and Henry executing their brave and bold display. . Deschler's Book Brotherhood unknown
20101-1604425547Amer Bar Assn 2010. Paperback. New. 2nd edition. 1169 pages. 10.90x8.50x2.10 inches. Amer Bar Assn paperback
1604425547New. Brand new and still unused unknown
2011DADAX1604425547American Bar Association 2011-07-16. 2nd. paperback. New. 8.60x2.02x11.13. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. American Bar Association paperback
15851A copiously illustrated advance courier for the Great Cole Brothers' Circus with many attractions including a miniature kangaroo which is described as "Mite the Infant Kangaroo Which is Smaller than a Mouse." Also listed are the bicycle daredevil M.lle D'Zizi a blood sweating behemoth a hippopotamus black tigers triple zoological gardens Fosse's educated pigs and turkeys and Kane's Arabian stallions. <br /> <br /> This colorful copy has the rubber stamp of Rutland in the lower margin "Thursday Aug '20". <br /> Folio 16pp profusely illustrated with double page chromolithographed central illustration of the big ring with elephants and horses in the foreground bicycles and acrobats in the middle ground and camels and trick dogs in the background. Chromolithographed decorations and illustrations to front and rear covers. Staple bound. Two gentle horizontal creases location stamp at foot of front cover o/w very good. unknown
188925869Cincinnati: Dillon 1889. Very good overall. An albumen photograph of a trapeze artist possibly H.Huston Ludlum a muscular young man wearing full length leg covering and shorts and short sleeve shirt holding a horizontal trapeze bar attached to a multitude of balloon cords in front of a painted backdrop. <br /> Dillon Cor 8th & Race Sts Cincinnati below photograph. Verso has a fully illustrated trade card for Dillon's Imperial Photo Gallery with an illustrated building advertising S.W. Dillon and a Garfield monument out front. "Elegant Portraits made from small pictures in india ink water colors crayon and pastels.'<br /> <br /> 4 1/4 x 6 1/4" Albuman photo on a printed cabinet card corners and edges rubbed one pinhole bottom center. Dillon unknown
201818216New York: Crown Archetype 2018. <b><i>Signed on a blank page following the endpaper by Eric Idle.</i></b> First U.S. edition / First printing. Pale gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. Founding member of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Creator of the Rutles. Creator of Spamalot. Comedy legend Eric Idle looks back on a career of looniness. Crown Archetype, hardcover
193124989Philadelphia David McKay Washington Square 1931. HBDJ 1931 1st Edition 1st Printing F-/GOOD AS-IS DJ Slightly Worn With Light Soiling & tiny Chips Tears Wear Edges Extremities Original Maroon Red Cloth Hardback Book is almost pristine condition light Wear with Bright Color PasteOn Label Matches DJ Illustration Interior nice tight Clean light FOX Wear Unpaginated NO ADS IN Back Back DJ light FOx Wear & Soil small Edge Tears Lists Thru This Title. Small chips DJ spine Ends Dust jacket is slightly worn. First Edition. Hard Cover. Philadelphia David McKay Washington Square hardcover
18922260084Erie PA: Erie Show Printing Company 1892. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Softcover measuring 8.5" in height and bound with a single piece of thread at the center which is likely very fragile because of its age. The exterior shows fading along the edges particularly the front. There's also small folds and tears present. The top of the front also shows original owner information. The first page on the interior has some creases and crimps which is also present on the additional pages. Paper is darkened due to age and the quality of paper used. This is a rare piece of ephemera of this Pennsylvania performer and may be the only surviving copy. <br/> <br/> Erie Show Printing Company paperback
196852683New York: Electric Circus 1968. First edition. Near fine. Original concert program for an evening organized by the legendary nightclub with performances by electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick and New York Pro Musica under the reassuring oversight of a Consulting Psychologist. The successor to Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable Brandt's Electric Circus opened in 1967 as "the latest total environment McLuhanist discotheque" with light shows jugglers and acrobats Newfield. The opening also featured a presentation of Subotnick's "Silver Apples of the Moon" an early work for synthesizer and the first electronic composition commissioned by a record company. Subotnick curated a series of Monday night concerts at the Electric Circus and at Carnegie Hall in December of 1967 an "Electric Christmas." <br /> <br /> Electric Easter the sequel likewise featured New York Pro Musica. Their inclusion was a suggestion by Dr. Edgar Coons NYU psychology professor and former student of Virgil Thomson who had had his mind previously blown by an Electric Circus light and rock show and "for reasons he leaves a bit vague" Ross thought an early music ensemble covering The Beatles's "Hello Goodbye" in faux-medieval French would be a good idea. Soul group The Chambers Brothers closed performing Perusio's "Le grant désir". Critics loved it. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original green and yellow bifold leaf. Minimal edgewear very faint creasing. Bright and sharp. (Electric Circus) unknown
2025x-3031791339Springer Nature 2025. Hardcover. New. 249 pages. 9.25x6.10x9.21 inches. Springer Nature hardcover
19367028Self Published 1936. First edition. 12mo 164pp. Photographs. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt. Spine cocked endpapers toned else very good. <br /> <br /> . Self Published unknown
19392092902137302590Atorie-sha 1939. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Atorie-sha paperback
CA15AA-00182Patronato Del Libro Peruano. Collectible - Acceptable. Patronato Del Libro Peruano. 3 Volume set. 16mo Hardcover. Spanish. Fair set. Front endpage of Volume 2 torn. Pages toned. In polypropylene bag. peru spanish literature authors Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. Patronato Del Libro Peruano hardcover
