Very Special People: The Struggles, Loves and Triumphs of Human Oddities
by Drimmer, Frederick
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Bantam Books, 1976. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Good. Explores the strange lives of "human oddities"--people who were formerly called "freaks" & consigned to the circus midway. In 357 pages, with a 32-page inset of black-and-white photographs. Orig. published in 1973, this is the First Bantam mass market paperback edition (Y2199) from Apr. 1976. Condition is only Good: light soiling to covers, much foxing & spotting to external page edges, one heavy crease to middle of spine, but binding is tight & square. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010171
- Title
- Very Special People: The Struggles, Loves and Triumphs of Human Oddities
- Author
- Drimmer, Frederick
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Mass Market Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- CIRCUS FREAK DEFORMED STRANGE HUMAN MIDGET SIDESHOW BARNUM
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage Paperbacks; Circuses/Amusement Parks/Magic/Magicians; Cultural Studies/Popular & Folk Culture/Countercultures;
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- Mass Market
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