Outsider Literature And Nonfiction from Royal Books, Inc.

Northville, MI: Sun Dog Press, 2001. First Edition. First Edition. Bone's autobiographical account of his experience in the circus and in carnivals. A must for the sideshow diehard. Spine text slightly faded, else Fine and unread in printed wrappers.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965. First Edition. First Edition. The author of "Shane" (1949) brings to light the life of ten lesser figures of the American West, including James Capen "Grizzly" Adams. Moderate sunning to the jacket spine and folds, and a hint of shelfwear to the jacket, else Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust… Read more

London: Faber and Faber, 1988. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page: "John Healy / 19-2-2011 / Dublin." On this date Healy attended a screening of the 2011 Irish documentary about his life and work, "Barbaric Genius," at the Dublin International Film Festival. The documentary tells the story of Healy's rise from wino and… Read more

Kansas City, MO: A.M. Wilson / The Sphinx, 1913. First Edition. First Edition. A small pamphlet detailing tricks of the trade for magicians and performers, written during the height of the vaudeville era. Very Good in stapled wrappers. Stamp from the Magic House of Charles on the title page. Bruise to the front wrapper, with some light… Read more

New York: Rinehart, 1949. First Edition. Advance Copy, preceding the First Edition. An uncommon state of the second of Gresham's two novels, written 3 years after "Nightmare Alley," an examination of the lives of the inhabitants of the ninth floor of a city hospital, where the most seriously diseased patients are gathered. Very Good in publisher's illustrated… Read more