PETER ARNO'S CIRCUS by Arno, Peter - 1931

The Bodley Head . A good copy, no markings, NOT ex liby, with fade marks to edge of original beige cloth binding. Guaranteed condiiton . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition in England (UK). 1933.

Horace Liveright, 1931. hardcover. Good. 11x8x0. Assumed First edition with NAP on CP. No DJ. Shelf worn boards with bumped corners. Unmarked clean pages.

New York: Horace Liveright (Van Rees Press), 1931. Illustrated by 77 full page b&w cartoons (18 uncaptioned). First thus (separate) edition. c.1929, 1930, 1931. Navy cloth, gilt spine and topboard title. 4to. pp. [ii] blank, [iv], [77], [3] blank. Very Good/No jacket. Cap wear, spine print dull, light board scuffs, internally near fine. Period naughty 'n nice high brow satire from cartoonist with New Yorker (1925 to mid-1960's) and Barnum & Bailey's Circus Magazine..

New York, NY Horace Liveright, Inc. , 1931. Hardcover First Trade Edition (1931), unstated in accordance with Liveright's customary practice. There was a Limited Edition which preceeded it. Good: Shows moderate wear to the extremities, with some fraying of the black cloth over boards at the corner tips and head and heel of the backstrip; moderate rubbing to the panels and some soiling to same; former owner's gift inscription at the front free endpaper and an inked price at the upper corner of same. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. A well-loved copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing considerable wear and some minor flaws. A sturdy copy with a clean text. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Folio (11.9 x 9 x 0.55 inches). 77 pages. Profusely illustrated with Arno's erotically tinged duotone illustrations. Language: English. Weight: 1 pound,… Read More

New York: Horace Liveright. 1931. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Front panel and flaps of jacket tattered and laid in the book. Only one print of the tree extras is laid in also. This is the suspect first trade printing, with the Limited Edition being the true first. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

(New York): Horace Liveright, 1931. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First trade edition (stated "second printing"). Quarto. Spine lettering slightly faded and a little smudging on a few pages else near fine in a slightly edgeworn about very good dust jacket (printed "Second Printing" on the spine) with several chips and closed tears that have been neatly repaired on the verso, and a small stamp on the front flap. Laid into the book in a glassine envelope are three separate Arno cartoons that do not appear in the book, and which appear to come from the publisher.

(New York): Horace Liveright, 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First trade edition (stated "second printing). Quarto. Small paper remnant from the jacket adhered at the top of the spine, else near fine in an about very good dustwrapper (printed "Second Printing" on the spine) with small chips and tears, and the aforementioned chip on the spine. Laid into the book in a glassine envelope are three separate Arno cartoons that do not appear in the book, and which appear to come from the publisher.