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My Father Owned a Circus
by Gollmar, Robert H
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1965. Begun in 1891, by 1916 the Gollmar Brothers circus was the fourth largest travelling circus in America; the author was the son of one of the founding brothers and has based the book on his father's reminiscences, old records, and his own experiences as a child. SIGNED by the author on the free endsheet. Gollmar was best known as the judge in the Ed Gein murder case, about which he wrote another book. Hardcover, full grey cloth, brown titling. Light wear to book, minor damage from, apparently, a removed address label; jacket lightly rubbed with some edgewear, light chipping, short tear to rear panel, spine a bit faded. Text clean; 205 pages, b/w photos, reproduction of the 1911 Souvenir Route Book.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- s0778
- Title
- My Father Owned a Circus
- Author
- Gollmar, Robert H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Caxton Printers, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Caldwell, ID
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Memoir, Circus, Travelling Show, Wagon Show, Tent Show, Gollmar Brothers, Wisconsin
- Size
- Octavo
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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