Condition: Good. Good condition. (Circuses, Circus Performers, Sideshows) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Published by MILLER BROS, MD, 1949
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
PAPER BACK WHITE. Condition: FAIR. Lobster pictorial cover. Blue lettering. 3 cracks horizontally and one vertically cracked in the middle from folding. Foxing on the back. DATE PUBLISHED: 1949 EDITION:
Published by Connelly Press, Hot Springs, AR, 1956
First Edition
Staple Bound Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. List of appearances, performers & staff of the "2nd Largest Circus", with plenty of ads for its suppliers & others - nice Coke ad on the rear cover. Based in Oklahoma, they toured Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas, and Louisiana, travelling 9370 miles. Stapled pamphlet, red & blue titling. Light wear, minor creasing & light foxing. Text clean; 100 pages, b/w photos. Size: 5¼" by 7¼".
Connelly Press, Hot Springs, AR. 100 pages. Many photos of bosses, performers, musicians, trucks, animals, parade, big top, billboards, clowns, many advertisements, route. 7x5", paperback. VG.
W.H. Hohenadel Printing, Rochelle, IL. 100 pages. Many photos of bosses, performers, Dixie-Land Minstrels, trucks, animals, parade, big top, billboards, Cherokees, many advertisements, route. 7x5", paperback. Corner nick, VG.
W.H. Hohenadel Printing, Rochelle, IL. 100 pages. Many photos of bosses, performers, Dixie-Land Minstrels, trucks, animals, parade, big top, billboards, bands, many advertisements, route. 7x5", paperback. VG.
Connelley Press, Hot Springs, AR. 100 pages. Many photos of bosses, performers, musicians, trucks, animals, parade, big top, billboards, clowns, many advertisements, route. 7x5", paperback. VG.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Howell, Mich. 1890-1891. 12.5 x 8", quarter leather, 216pp, covers worn & warped, spine missing pieces, corners worn, contents soiled, spotted, with tears, front inner hinge cracking, only 13 pages filled-in, mainly expenditures of the Millers. People were paid to haul bricks & stone, masonary work, dig holes, install a dynamo foundation, load sand & carbon, etc. Names include Hills Creek Coal, Union Mining, Lansing Iron & Engine Co, Gould Packing, Standard Oil, Michigan Supply, etc.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
14 x 8.5", boards, 404pp, covers poor, text block cracked & splitting, soiling, spotting, tears. Loose page, approx 2/3 of pages are used. Miller's expenditures include July 4 celebration, lawn mower, doctor, smoke stack, honey, taxes & mortgage on property in Detroit, etc. Businesses mentioned include: Lorillard Tob. Co, Reynolds Tobacco, Howell Amusement, Lowry Oil, Howell Lumber & Coal, Barrett Cider, Swisher Grocery, etc.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
16 x 10.5", leather, 460pp (almost all written in), covers fair-poor condition, corners bumped & worn, interior soiling, spotting, tears, removal marks. Lists merchandise sold: beer, tobacco, swiss cheese, sausage, rum, etc. Also includes expenditures (trip to lake, July 4th celebration, United War Campaign Fund, War Stamps, farms expenditures, etc), collateral notes payable on Parke Davis stock. Miller family owned three lots in Detroit and others in several other counties, and they invested in Parke Davis, Detroit Wheel, Hotels Fort Shelby & Tuller, etc.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
14 x 9.5", leather, 500pp, covers well worn & rubbed, corners bumped & worn, leather on corners worn off mostly, contents light soiling & spotting, almost all pp filled-in. Expenditures include Pioneer Picnic, Circus Day, taxes, tornado insurance, livery, poultry show, farm, etc. Lists suppliers: Pabst, Howell Lumber & Coal, Davison Broom, Smith Spring Wheel, Star Flask, Old Kentucky Distillery, Rex Bitter, etc.