Circus! An Investigation into What Makes the Sawdust Fly.
by Alan Wykes
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0904041778
- ISBN 13
- 9780904041774
- Seller
-
Bluffton, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: Jupiter Books, 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st edition (no additional printings), lg 8vo, mustard colored boards, 142 pages, b/w illustrations throughout, glossary, bibliography. Condition: NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: like new. Wykes gives us a light-hearted history of the circus - the unusual and the little known beginning with the Roman circus, the medieval travelling show, Astley's in 18th century London, and of course Barnum and the Big Top and more - all accompanied by rare illustrations.
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- Bookseller
- Bygone Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17853
- Title
- Circus! An Investigation into What Makes the Sawdust Fly.
- Author
- Alan Wykes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0904041778
- ISBN 13
- 9780904041774
- Publisher
- Jupiter Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- CIRCUS, PERFORMING ARTS, P T BARNUM,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Performing Arts; Circus;
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Bygone Books
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