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Thomas Publishing. Fair with no dust jacket. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Rear endpaper is missing. Hard cover published in 1943. No dust jacket. Green covers with black lettering. Spine has a nick in middle. Inside front cover has a name written at top. Pages have slight toning. Book is in fair condition. Small 8vo, 160 pages, .7 lb.; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 160 pages .
MOLLIE BAILEY, CIRCUS QUEEN OF THE SOUTHWEST. by Bailey, Olga - 1943
by Bailey, Olga
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MOLLIE BAILEY, CIRCUS QUEEN OF THE SOUTHWEST.
by Bailey, Olga
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Dallas: Harben-Spotts, 1943. First ed.. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. edited by Bess Samuel Ayres, 160pp., photo portrait frontispiece, 5 additional photos. Black stamped turquoise cloth. Clean, no names.
Scarce biography of 19th century Texas entertainer. She served the Confederacy as nurse and spy. In 1869 she and her husband Gus Bailey bought a one-ring tent, the beginning of the circus which was to become a Texas institution and grew to 31 wagons. She lived in Houston, and Dallas.
Scarce biography of 19th century Texas entertainer. She served the Confederacy as nurse and spy. In 1869 she and her husband Gus Bailey bought a one-ring tent, the beginning of the circus which was to become a Texas institution and grew to 31 wagons. She lived in Houston, and Dallas.
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- Publisher Harben-Spotts
- Place of Publication Dallas
- Date Published 1943
- Keywords Women; Texas
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Mollie Bailey the Circus Queen of the Southwest
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Mollie Bailey The Circus Queen Of The Southwest
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Thomas Publishing, 1943T. hardcover. Very Good. . Green cloth boards with black lettering, VG. Jacket tanned, in mylar. Pages/boards clean, binding sturdy.
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Mollie Bailey The Circus Queen Of The Southwest
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Thomas Publishing, 1943T. hardcover. Very Good. . first edition book, includes the dust jacket
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Mollie Bailey: The Circus Queen of the Southwest
by Olga Bailey
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"Mollie Bailey: The Circus Queen of the Southwest" by Olga Bailey1943 - First EditionVintage Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket7 3/4" x 5 3/4"160 Pages The jacket is in good minus condition with light edge wear, a few spots and edge tanning. The jacket is now protected with a removable Mylar cover. The hardcover book is in good minus condition free from rips, tears, bends, & writing. There are a couple of stains and mild page edge toning. The boards are in good to good minus condition with light edge wear. The binding is tight and square.
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Mollie Bailey. The circus queen of the Southwest. Edited by Bess Samuel Ayres.
by [CIRCUS]. BAILEY, Olga
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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Dallas, TX: Harben-Spotts Co., Inc., [1943]. 8vo. 160 pp. Photo frontisp., numerous illustrations. Green cloth, black lettering (slight scuffing front cover), w/ d.j. minor toning to spine, slight dustsoiling, VG/VG- copy. First edition of this informative biography of the famed Circus Queen, who with her husband formed the Bailey Family Troupe, served as a spy for Generals John Bell Hood and Jubal Early during the Civil War, and later organized the Bailey Circus which played all over Texas. Scarce in dustjacket.
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Mollie Bailey, The Circus Queen Of The Southwest
by Bailey Olga
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Dallas: Harben-Spotts Co., 1943. 1st. Hardcover. Inscribed and dated by author. Green cloth, front and spine stamped in black. Dust jacket lightly soiled with minor wear at extremities. Text is tight, bright and clean. A very good copy of an unusual book.
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