Fellows Dexter (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: fair. 4th Printing. The life of Dexter Fellows, 362 pp. Fellows was Dean of press agents and father of the purple adjective." for Barnum and Bailey and Ringling Brothers for 40 years. Front and rear endpages are quite darkened (newsprint-caused?), red cloth covers with cloth rubbed at very edges of spine.; 1/2 x 10 1/4 ". …

hardcover. vg,nj; B009495; 362, Illus.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Ed., 326 pp., photos, vloth, vg+ 6-Guns #704 Much interesting material in this classic on circus and western shows. Chief Joseph, David Barry, Rain-in-the-Face, The Custers, Hickok, etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 362pp; contents clean, tight, textually unmarked. Sepia-toned photograph-illustrations. Former library volume with customary stamps and labels. Book was re-bound by Heckman Bindery in red buckram with white lettering on spine. Fellows was well-known circus publicist and press-agent for Pawnee Bill's Historic Wild West, and later for the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, Ringling Brothers World's Greatest Show and Barnum & Bailey, and then the combined operation of Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Worn. Later Edition. 362pp. Illus. Tales of the publicity man for Buffalo Bill and the Ringling Bros. Water stain atop rear cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Second Printing. Hardcover; Hardcover. SIGNED and inscribed by the author Dexter W. Fellows on dedication page. Beige cloth boards with title in orange on front board and spine. Boards show soil and light edge wear. Lower foredge soiled. Endpaper soil. Text pages are clean. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.; B/w Photos; 8VO; 362 pages.…

Hardcover. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Good in a Good dust jacket. Flaps clipped and priced clipped. Flaps also pasted down. A lot of rubbing and edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. HARDBACK BOOK IN VERY GOOD TO NEAR FINE CONDITION,DUST JACKET IS GOOD.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. 362 pages in clean, very good condition. Several pages of photographs. Previous owner's signature on half-title page. Light foxing on endpapers. Beige cloth with orange titles. Spine and boards stained. Light wear on corners and edges. Overall, the book is in very good, tight condition. GOOD+. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Viking Press. New York. 1936. 362 pages. First edition, first printing in original DJ with $3.50 price intact on flap. Signed twice by Dexter Fellows; first on the dedication page, signature only, dated 1936, in the year of publication. The second signature is a presentation inscription to a fellow circus lover, written over the corner of his portrait, and dated Dec. 21, 1936. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Burlap cloth stamped in orange. Panels are bright and clean; titles unmarred. Pages and endpapers are bright and clean. Orange topstain has one inadvertent small ink dot. Uncommon original DJ is present and intact. $3.50 price present. DJ shows shallow chipping at crown, with small chipping elsewhere. Light creasing with a couple of small closed edge tears. The legendary ballyhoo man started with the Pawnee Bill Show at age 23, then joined the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, then moved on to the Ringling Brothers Circus, then P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth; and when Ringling and Barnum merged, he stayed on. This is his story; 40 years in the circus business, from the 1890's to 1936, the year he published his circus memoir. A cult classic; signed twice, and dated, in the year of publication; just one year before the greatest ballyhoo man on earth, would join the Big Top in the sky; in 1937. His papers and circus memorabilia collection is now at the University of Tulsa's McFarlin Library, Henneke Archives of Performing Arts. First edition, first printing, signed, inscribed and dated; twice. Near fine/VG. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: G/FR. First Edition. New York: Viking Press. G/FR. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. Signature of Walter N. Fellows on half title page? Maybe we have been "oompahed" by Dexters real name? . Sm 4to., 362 pp., dust jacket 89% complete. . Black & White Photographs (illustrator).…