9780883610381 - Biggest, the Smallest, the Longest, the Shortest von Dean-jensen (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 4to. (14)1-205pp. Foreword by C.P.Fox, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. Profusely (!) illustrated with black and white captioned photos and 16 pages of color plates at the center of the book. List of Wisconsin Circuses, Language of the Circus, Bibliography, Index, and Illustration Credits. Large black and white photo of Dean Jensen on the rear turn-in of the dust jacket. Red cloth with white spine letters. Fine with clean and bright cloth and no internal markings. Jacket has one small tear to top edge of front panel with nothing missing, else near fine. This is "the story of the American Circus and the more than 100 different shows which have rolled out of Wisconsin since 1847. It begins at a small Wisconsin crossroads with the Mabie Bros. Grand Olympic Circus and U.S. Arena and continues with the Ringling Bros. and Barnuim & Bailey Circus which is now [in 1975] celebrating its 104th anniversary." [from the dust jacket].