Bert J Chipman (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed by Harry Chipman (editor). Good condition with dust jacket with wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardbound, no dust jacket. Wear to board corners & edges, age toning to pages, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition with dust jacket with wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. October 1933; 1st edition. Very Good HC, no DJ. Red cloth over boards, gilt stamped titles on front cover; unprinted spine. Bright, clean covers and spine; lightly scuffed; tightly bound and square in case; owner names on front end papers; light, clean interior with slight general age darkening; pages opposite full page plates more age darkened, especially at page edges. 8vo, 203 pp; many illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Hardcover; Hardcover. SIGNED and inscribed by the author Bert Chipman on first free endpaper. Green cloth boards with title in gold on front board. Boards are soiled and bumped. Upper corner creased. Previous owner's label on inside paste down. Endpapers show soil and foxing. Text pages show occasional foxing/tanning. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.; B/w Illus; 8VO.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, original dark green cloth over boards, gilt lettering, illustrated dustjacket, black and white plates and illustrations throughout, signed and inscribed by author on front free endpaper dated 8-11-1943. Book about "circus life [by a] former circus trouper and now manager of the Masonic Temple in Hollywood, California." Good, internally very good, but covers of binding are heavily moisture stained, in Very Good dustjacket, a few chips and tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 203pp.; HB dk.green w/gilt; slight rub w/bookplate; lt.sun on edges of clean,tight pgs. "Ladies and Gentlemen: May we offer for your kind indulgence our humble effort, which tells of life among a red blooded class of people whom through many years of pleasant association we dearly love and understand." illus. signed. includes advert. Signed & Inscribed By Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket. discoloration to front cove where some sort of liquid spread over it causing the red cloth to be lighter red on streaks. signed on front free end page by Chipman. former owner's name on inside front and rear covers, and another former owner's name stamp on front and rear free end pages and title page. Edited by Harry B. Chipman. "Ladies and Gentleman: May we offer for your kind indulgence our humnble effort, which tells of life among a red blooded class of people whom through many years of pleasant association we dearly love and understand. We make no attempt to present a complete history of the circus, as even faithful records of events during the period we cover are not told single handed and alone. More competent historians and skilled writers having capably told of the larger circuses, we mention them but briefly." ; 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 "; Signed by Author.