Pictorial History of the American Circus by Durant, John and Alice - 1962-01-01

Castle, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Light edge wear to jacket. Price-clipped. .

Barnes, 1957. VG / G +. Oversize hardcover in shelfworn tape-repaired dust jacket

A.S. Barnes and Company. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Owner's name on inside.

A. S. Barnes and Company, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1957. White and blue cloth covered boards with gold spine titles; mild edge wear; jacket is worn, now in Brodart cover; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; illustrations in black and white; interior clean and unmarked; 328 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book.

A. S. Barnes and Company,, 1962-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.0000 8.3000 5.6000.

A.S. Barnes. Used - Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (United States, Circus, History)

New York: A.S. Barnes & Company, (1957). First Edition. First printing. Quarto. Full pictorial "mission leather"; viii,328pp. Mild scuffs to binding at spine ends and board corners; spine leather a touch faded, still a tight, clean, Very Good or better copy. All copies of the first printing appear to have been bound in "Handcrafted Mission Leather" by Brown and Bigelow of St. Paul. A small brochure from the binder is laid-in, extolling the historical bona-fides of their product: "...From the old monasteries where monks - themselves, skilled leather craftsmen - had preserved these precious secrets, comes Mission Leather, the richest, most beautiful, and enduring of all fine leathers...luxurious, rugged, pliant and friendly Mission Leather, an exclusive Brown & Bigelow product." Despite the company's self-congratulatory accolades, this leather - essentially a padded and artificially-textured sheepskin - appears extremely prone to wear, this copy being in far nicer condition than usually seen.