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Through the Back Door of the Circus
by Beal, George Brinton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Kennesaw, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Bros. Inc., 1938. First Edition, published six years prior to the infamous Hartford Circus Fire of 1944. Inserted as ffep is a picture of the author with Alex Caldwell, INSCRIBED To my dear friend Alex Caldwell, in appreciation of many pleasant moments together, George Beal, 1953. Beals own copy, with his address label (Newburyport, MA) affixed to lower back inside board. 308 pp., illustrated with photographs (some of which include Betty Broadbent, Tattooed Lady, Showing Her Remarkable Picture Gallery, Ella Harris, All-Around Circus Performer, and Her Trick Elephant, The Famous Flying Codanas: Alfredo, Vera and Lalo, Billy De Baugh and Joe Lewis, World-Famous Clowns, and The Famous Midget Troupe, The Doll Family, Writing a Letter Home). VG (hinge cracking, rubbing, edgewear and spine fading) publishers blue cloth with gilt lettering and design, lacking the dustjacket. Beal was a circus authority and writer and photographer, lecturer, and amateur filmmaker, and he often traveled with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey Combined Circus. Scarce signed.
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- Bookseller
- Crow Hop Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 245
- Title
- Through the Back Door of the Circus
- Author
- Beal, George Brinton
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- McLoughlin Bros. Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Springfield, MA
- Date Published
- 1938
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Crow Hop Rare Books
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About the Seller
Crow Hop Rare Books
Biblio member since 2019
Kennesaw, Georgia
About Crow Hop Rare Books
Established in 2018, Crow Hop Rare Books sells a variety of unusual and hard to find material, including photo albums, vernacular material, signed/inscribed first editions, African Americana, ephemera, and midcentury Americana.
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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