Language: English
Published by Circus Historical Society, Columbus, OH, 2000
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. color & b/w illus. Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers Book of Wonder featured on cover (illustrator). 1st Edition. stapled yellow pictorial wraps; 40 clean, unmarked pages; includes: Circus history; John Daniel Draper (Early Equestrians of the Ringling Bros. Circus--/Rhoda Royal,); Fred D. Pfening, Jr. (Noah's Ark of Menagerie and Circus That Never Came to Be.--Frederick S. Millican); David W. Watt (Pt 13: Side Lights on The Circus Business),) etc.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1888
First Edition
Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Original pictorial wraps, 30 un-numbered pages, illustrations, some chipping to edges, light soiling. Wild West booklet promoting Forepaugh's Wild West Show. Forepaugh was the first to re-enact the Custer fight for the public. His shows ran from 1886 to 1894. He later joined with Sells. P.T. Barnum and Buffalo Bill were his competitors. Contains, much on Custer, Custer's Last Rally The Battle of the Little Big Horn, Doc. Carver world famous marksman, Mountain Meadows Massacre, Overland Mail, Deadwood, etc. O'Keefe 859. Rare!