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215188Japan. Early Meiji. Black and white woodblock print 33 x 45.8cm few small stains a few small holes neatly repaired. A lively and attractive image. This fun-filled woodblock print is an advertisement for a visiting American circus to Japan in the early Meiji period most likely around the 1870s. The main attraction is the equestrian feats but other acrobatic entertainments including trapeze and clown acts are also featured. Seventeen American names with six others are listed in the left bottom corner. Western circuses such as Risley Circus and Chiarini Circus were very popular in Japan during the Meiji period. . unknown
215473東京. Tokyo. Collection of seven items of ephemera relating to the visit of Carl Hagenbeck Circus to Tokyo in 1933 all in good condition. This collection is made up of: <br>1. Program 27 x 38.7cm <br>2. Expo venue pictorial map 27 x 38.7cm <br>3. Invitation information 15.4 x 30.5cm <br>4. Envelope 15.9 x 10.7cm <br>5. Pictorial postcard <br>6. Song lyric 9.6 x 12.8cm <br>7. Ticket information 10.2 x 15.2cm The Carl Hagenbeck Circus arrived in Tokyo in 1933 coinciding with the International Women and Children's Exposition held at Ueno and Shiba parks. This collection of memorabilia from their visit includes information on the expo grounds and the circus programme itself featuring thrilling acrobatic performances on horseback alongside displays of exotic animals like elephants tigers and lions. The circus undoubtedly served as one of the biggest attractions during the exposition. Additionally the collection encompasses song lyrics inspired by the circus visit along with an invitation and its accompanying envelope. . unknown
E-2-77483847362616Very Good. Flawless disc alternative cover art. unknown
194653518Kewanee IL: Bob Parkinson Box 42 ca. 1946. Tall 8vo. 7.25 x 11.25 in. 24 pp unpaginated. thick cardstock w/ die-cut window slots for photos framed in green paper w/ 47 photos inserted sized from 3.25 x 4.75 in up to 4 x 5 in. a few mounted some w/ stamps on versos a few w/ pencil annotations some tipped-in a few mounted on sheets and inserted typed price list and ordering instructions on front pastedown listing many of the photos. Green linen white lettering stamped on front cover slightly shaken some rubbing edgewear still VG exemplar. Very rare photo sample catalogue assembled probably in the 1940s by Bob Parkinson noted circus collector and former director of the Circus World Museum Library and Research Center. The typed price list details the sets of images for sale such as the four photos from glass plate negatives of the Forepaugh Sells Bros. 1898 parade including images of steam calliope and 4 horse team bandwagon and 20 horse team elephant line-up followed by 2 blocks of close order units and more. In addition there are many images of 1908 and 1910 Ringling Bros. circus parades including views of the “Swan†Bandwagon and entire 24 horse team “Persia†tableau and 24 pony team side view “Egypt†tableau with the 16 camel team the entire elephant line-up riders and more. In addition there are added photos of wagons from the Al G. Barnes Circus Cole Bros. Circus later absorbed by Bailey and then Ringling Bros. as well as 101 Ranch Wild West Shows later circus parades in the 1920s the unloading of circus wagons off the Wisconsin Central Railroad flatbed cars loading docks and more. Parkinson explains that his sets for sale from $ 1.35 to $ 6.00 for all of them are taken directly from original glass plate negatives and that he is not charging much more than the printing costs and only trying to recoup his original considerable expense in purchasing the original negatives. Parkinson 1923-1991 began collecting as early as 1936 when he purchased his first Ringling-Barnum Bros. program and followed every circus show within striking distance of Decatur IL. After starting work as an insurance adjustor in 1946 he continued to chase buy & occasionally sell Circus related material assembling a massive collection of field show newspaper ads and was hired as the director of the Circus World Museum Library and Research Center in Baraboo WI from 1965 until his death. It was renamed the Robert L. Parkinson Library & Research Center the same year. Bob Parkinson, Box 42, unknown
197616586JNew York: Sagarin Press 1976. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by Karl Wallenda on the front free endpaper: "To Gene Anonycuk and Irene from Karl Wallenda". Enclosed is a letter from the recipient's son attesting to the authenticity of Wallenda's signature. Very good in a worn and used internally repaired dust jacket. Hardcover. A biography of the great Karl Wallenda one of the most famous circus performers of all time who was killed in a high-wire accident a few years after the publication of this book. Sagarin Press hardcover
A9788888493954Hardback. New. The second volume of The Trilogy Dorothy Circus's guide to Pop Surrealism. hardcover
2014108246Drago. New. 2014. Hardcover. 8888493956 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - Text in English and Italian with small portions exclusively in English. -- with a bonus offer-- . Drago hardcover
044597Barnum & Bailey Circus. poster. Very Good. VTG ORG Barnum & Bailey Circus Gunther Gebel-Williams Farewell Tour Poster 1988 22X 14" Very Good condition with wear at corners and some light creases. Shipped flat. Off-white reverse is blank. Printed on card stock. Says "Kenneth Feld Presents Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Cirus Gunther Gebel-Williams Farewell Tour Amerca's 20th Century Circus Hero Jan. 18-Jan 22 Biningham-Jefferson Civic Center Tickets at Fastix R-11-045 1988 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Showes Inc. Barnum & Bailey Circus unknown
1950WAS449806 sheet lithographic poster measuring 80 x 84 inches small area of image loss at lower middle of image some chips and tears at edges. Blank section at top left edge was intended for the inclusion of the name and location of a particular event.<br /><br />This poster was acquired by a collector from the Majestic Poster Press of Los Angeles in the early 1970s. At the time the company held inventory of unused posters printed by other presses as well as their own. Large multi-sheet posters are quite scarce today. Alles Printing Co
1949ABE-14965018467891949 EXTREMELY RARE Circus programme from 1949. Superb full colour cover illustration and a full colour Ovaltine ad on the back. Many black and white photos of the acts a map on how to get there and numerous other ads and details about the performances on offer. A wonderfully well preserved copy obviously stored for all these years with great care and it looks like the only available copy. Language: eng. Soft cover. Fine. paperback
193054026Petersburg VA: Carl J. Lauther Amusements ca. 1930. 8vo. 4 pp unpaginated. With three photo illustrations self-printed softcovers fold creases minor shelfwear slight dustsoiling still VG exemplar. First edition of this exceedingly scarce promotional pamphlet for the hermaphrodite sideshow featuring “Aileen†who was born in California in 1907 raised as a girl until puberty when only one side developed a female breast and other side developed as man and appears to have dressed primarily as a man although on occasion as a woman for his/her amusement. Later she would often appear with another “hermaphrodite†in the Lauther sideshows who appeared under the name Claude. After World War II the Lauther b. 1888 sideshows would become the staple acts for the Cetlin-Wilson Circus whose winter quarters were in Petersburg VA. Generally the “hermaphrodites†were female impersonators often with deformed genitalia such as prolonged clitoris or misshapen penis creating the illusion of a double-sex and these acts proved notably popular and profitable. No copies located in Worldcat; See: Hartzman American Sideshow: An Encyclopedia of History’s Most Wondrous and Curiously Strange Performers 2006; Alison Oram Her Husband was a Woman! Women’s Gender-Crossing in Modern Popular Culture 2007. Carl J. Lauther, Amusements, paperback
18867262St. Louis: Great Western Printing Co. Show Printers and Engravers 1886. St. Louis: Great Western Printing Co. Show Printers and Engravers 1886. Two-sided herald 10.5" x 28" printed in black on yellow newsprint. Text on bottom of each side reads "Black on Yellow Car No. 1 Great Western Printing Co. Show Printers and Engravers St. Louis. No. 4" with "Binghamton Mon. May 10" stamped in blue at bottom of verso in the "Will exhibit at" blank. Illustrations and performance roster in two columns. Headline on recto fabulously reads "The World Ransacked for All Its Wonders."<br /> <br /> Illustrations feature the Grand Street Demonstration the Egyptian Bovalapus actually a water buffalo two from the Equestrian Organization assumed James Robinson in his famous somersault and Emma Stokes wife of show proprietor John B. Doris "Old Betts" the War-Elephant a Troupe of Turkish Athletes another of Bicycle Riders Siberian Roller Skaters knife-thrower Riffia Bey and reptile-queen Katamorpa. Text roster adds everything from Human Blood-Sucking Vampires to a Menagerie of Infant Animals. The show carried a robust equestrian lineup including the aforementioned Robinson who was only the second person to execute a bareback somersault and at the height of his career was the highest paid equestrian in the United States. Another notable performance was the seven-person clown troupe led by Johnny Patterson the Irish humorist and songwriter best known for his song "The Garden Where the Praties Grow."<br /> <br /> In the show's route diary for this year compiler and Superintendent of the Confectionery Department E.C. White writes that the 1886 run was "one of the most successful seasons Financially and Professionally ever known.Notwithstanding the strong opposition experienced at the commencement and close of the season." On May 8th for the stop in Elmira NY just preceding this poster's show in Binghamton the diary notes "First day of the Forepaugh opposition." From there the rival Adam Forepaugh Circus & Wild West Show began to follow the Doris route a few days behind but sending their tack-spitters ahead to put up adverts for their own show before Doris's arrival in town. The Binghamton stand was 135 miles down the Lake Erie and Western Railroad and the opposition brigade had already gotten there. The diary entry for the date on this herald notes "Forepaugh bills us heavy here" but despite the opposition advertising and an amount of rain goes on to say "business good." Forepaugh would set up in Binghamton four days later on the 14th. The route diary as an aside descends into an almost Sisyphean resignation as this goes on simply writing "Forepaugh" or "Forepaugh again" entry after entry until on June 25th offers the existential almost-haiku "We ferry here. Forepaugh is billed here. Rain all day."<br /> <br /> In keeping with classic origin stories John B. Doris ran away at fourteen and joined the Dan Rice Circus. He soon bought privileges on the Rice show along with George Batcheller and soon the two split off to start Batcheller & Doris' Great Inter Ocean Circus. Doris bought out his partner in 1881 and continued as the sole proprietor until 1888 when heavyweight boxer John L. Sullivan became a partner. Sullivan one of the first true sports celebrities was meant to engage in a sparring exhibition each night but missed so many shows due to his excessive drinking that Doris closed the show mid-season and retired from traveling to work in theater production. Doris seems to have been well-liked by other circus folk earning the nickname Hunky Doris.<br /> <br /> Herald is in excellent condition overall with a shallow half-inch chip at bottom and a couple tiny chips and tears in margins along edges along with a few small pinholes to surface none involving or interfering with text. Flattened remnant of a horizontal crease at center. A couple smudged thumbprints to top margin on recto. Print is clean and color even. Great Western Printing Co., Show Printers and Engravers unknown
190999546<p>Circa 1909. 1909. Fine. - An original 5-1/2 inch wide by 4-3/8 inch wide greeting card on heavy stock illustrated with a 4-1/4 inch high by 3-1/8 inch wide engraving by "HC" titled "Season's Greetings". The image boldly depicts the formally attired Wulff riding a white horse posing with raised front legs. Titled at the top of the image with Edward Wullf's name engraved at the bottom. Fine.</p><p>Born in Utrech Netherlands Eduard Edward Wulff 1851-1915 was a popular circus promoter whose equestrian shows often featuring 60 horses performing in the arena at one time toured throughout Europe. His circus founded in Budapest was popular at first but went bankrupt in 1906. He subsequently worked for A. Schumans equestrian circus and appeared in the United States with the Ringling Brothers circus in 1909. The greeting card with his name spelled "Edward Wulff" probably dates from his time performing in the U.S.</p> Circa [1909].
57341np/np c.1915. . Full brown calf spine ruled and lettered in gilt. 243pp. Marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Some fading of the spine a very nice clean copy. Every show from 1882-1914. Scarce. <br/><br/> np/np, c.1915. unknown
187017145Colchester England: Oldham & Angle Photographers 1870. Photography. Very good overall. Carte de visite showing the Australian General Tom Thumb aka John David Armstrong who made his debut in Melbourne in 1870 and performed world wide. An uncommon image with Tom Thumb standing next to an ornately carved chair and dresser dressed in coat and tails and holding a sheaf of papers. The visit of the American Charles Stratton "Tom Thumb" and his wife Lavinia to Australia in the late 1860s as part of the PT Barnum round the world tour resulted in a huge fascination with little people worldwide. With the title below the photograph. Text on the verso: "this photograph is from the studio of G. A. Graham 8 Mersea Road. With photographers imprint: Oldham & Angle Photographers 11 Queen St. & 8 Mersea Rd. Colchester". Below the stamp: "The higher class photographs only taken by Sydney B. Angle 11 Queen St.". 2 1/2 x 4". Slt faded. Oldham & Angle Photographers unknown
1931A46472New York NY: Sells-Floto Circus. Good. 1931. Periodical. B&W Illustrations; This is a magazine sized periodical / souvenir program for the 1931 season. The Magazine is in Good only condition with illustrated covers and a stapled spine. The program was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends corners and edges of the covers have wear rubbing creasing and wrinkling and the majority of the spine has tearing. The text pages are generally clean but do have tears and wrinkles and there are a couple of small bits clipped out. This program features several pages of black and white photos of the star of the show - Tom Mix. Later pages include photos of other acts including the clowns several animal acts and even a posed photo showing Jack Dempsey and Tom Mix after a bout "four fast rounds". "The circus had four elephant births three born to "Alice" and one to "Mama Mary". The sire of all four was "Snyder". None survived longer than five months. By 1929 the Sells Floto Circus was part of the American Circus Corporation which consisted of Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus the John Robinson Circus the Sparks Circus and the Al G. Barnes Circus. John Nicholas Ringling then bought American Circus Corporation for $1.7-million creating a monopoly of traveling circus in America." from Wikipedia . Sells-Floto Circus unknown
2006Q-0413775291Methuen Publishing Ltd 2006-04-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Methuen Publishing Ltd paperback
8888493964.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
20152-8888493964Drago Arts & Comm 2015. Hardcover. New. 131 pages. Italian language. 11.50x9.75x0.75 inches. Drago Arts & Comm hardcover
2015112291Drago. New. 2015. Hardcover. 8888493964 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - Text in English and Italian. -- with a bonus offer-- . Drago hardcover
17096585London: Henry Hills 1709. Piracy of the First Edition printed in the same year. 16 pp. Catalogue of Hill's Poems on p. 16. 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound. Fine. Piracy of the First Edition printed in the same year. 16 pp. Catalogue of Hill's Poems on p. 16. 1 vols. 8vo. Foxon B527.9 [Henry Hills] unknown
200940957Cologne: Taschen 2009. Folio. 383 1 pp. Over 450 colour and blk & wht illusts. photos. Red illust. boards slght bmpng hd & ft of spine w/ d.j. VG/F. First B&N edition of this lavish history of the American circus creating at the end of the 19th century the largest show-biz the world had ever seen. Included are iconic images from such famed photographers as Whitman Glasier Edward Kelty Mathew Brady Cornell Capa Wloker Evans Weegee Lisette Model Stanley Kubrick and more. Taschen, hardcover
1991Q-0201570041Addison-Wesley 1991-03-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Addison-Wesley hardcover
1951E8576New York: American Broadcasting Company 1951. First edition. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Quarto sized volume in spiral bound illustrated softcovers. 64pp. Illustrated throughout with vintage photographs and red and black drawings. Promotional book issued by the ABC television network to promote "Super Circus" which aired from 1949 through 1956 on Sunday afternoons. Claude Kirshner was the ringmaster and leggy Miss Mary Hartline his assistant on this program that offered all manner of circus acts. A bright near fine example small corner crease front cover. Rather scarce. <br/><br/> American Broadcasting Company paperback
1949850032Louisville KY: Cole Brothers Circus 1949. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/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. Record # 850032 Cole Brothers Circus paperback
