Robert Gollmar (28 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition in very good used condition. Jacket shows shelf wear. The Friends of the Bridgeport Public Library use these funds to promote literacy in the community and in the Bridgeport Public Schools.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Darlene Jean Pekul (illustrator). First Edition. Humorous anecdotes of circuit court life in central Wisconsin, mostly. Gollmar was best known as the judge in the Ed Gein murder case, about which he wrote another book. Navy blue hardcover, gilt titling. Light wear to book, ink note inside front cover, jacket lightly rubbed. Text clean; 190 pages, line drawings. Size: Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A couple small chips to jacket. Price-clipped.

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Hardback. The author, a Wisconsin judge with over 50yrs in the legal profession, shares a few of his most dramatic cases and unforgettable experiences, with 9 major cases plus a few others mentioned casually in other chapters. Contents include : The Day By Day Nitty Gritti & Anecdotes; Crime & Punishment; The Family Code; Murder : State vs. Martin, State vs. Hazen, State vs. McBrair, State vs. Roberts, State vs. Hebard, State vs. Pierotti, State vs. Olsen, State vs. Buhat, et al, State vs. Crutcher; Bits and Pieces. Sketch of Judge Gollmar and Illus. by Darlene Jean Pekul + Map. 190pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Nr. F. in Nr. F. dw.

Cloth Over Board. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good w/ Protective Cover. First American Edition. Text is clean, spine is tight. D.j has some damage: there is chipping and some minor tearing along the top edge, some fading along the spine and on corners, some crinkling along the edges as well. There is an Advance Reader slip in the book the original. There are many black and white photos throughout the text, Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Third printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. CLEAN CONTENT PAGES. SEE PHOTOS FOR MORE INFORMATION. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First edition THUS, third printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Covers have light shelf rubbing with scuffing and smudging as well as tearing and creasing. Binding is sound. Interior covers have age-toning and smudging with foxing. Page edges have moderate age-toning with light foxing and smudging. Interior pages are age-toned and foxed. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Caxton Printers, Caldwell, ID. 1965. Hardcover. First Edition (NAP). Signed by the author (son of Fred Gollmar) and by a founder of the Gollmar Brothers Circus, Fred Gollmar on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for Joplin Historical Society stamps on the textblock bottom and the FFFP and a circus ownership note on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good; insect mottling to the bottom of the rear board; slight shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($5.50); missing small piece at bottom of rear panel; light wear to head, tail, and tips. Gray cloth boards and spine with brick red lettering on the spine and front board. 205 pp 8vo. The author, Robert F. Gollmar who later graduated law school and was a judge, recalls his life with the circus, which is based on his family's story of running the Gollmar Brothers Circus around the turn of the 20th century. There were four Gollmar brothers, Fred, Charles, Ben, and Walter, of whom only Fred was alive for the writing of this book. The Gollmar Circus was the fourth largest railroad circus in America in 1916. A two-ring circus, this book recounts the travel and tent hazards of the ear, the street parades, the acts, the performers, and the animals. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Blue cloth, 8vo., 190pp. SIGNED by AUTHOR, with nice inscription "Best Regards to ___________Board of Governors, State Bar of Wis., Judge R. H. Gollmar". This is the judge that presided over the famous murder case of Edward Gein. Book very nice, appears never to have been read, dust jacket shows just the slightest shelf wear, in Brodart cover. Book condition NF, DJ VG+. Binding: Hardback. Edition: 1st.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition. A Very Fine copy issued in grey cloth with maroon titles. The dust jacket is also Very Fine. The jacket has not been price clipped, $5.50. 205 pages with photographs. Tight, clean copy. A spectacular copy! Selling quality books for 35 years.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First edition THUS. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Covers betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages unmarked. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Begun in 1891, by 1916 the Gollmar Brothers circus was the fourth largest travelling circus in America; the author was the son of one of the founding brothers and has based the book on his father's reminiscences, old records, and his own experiences as a child. SIGNED by the author on the free endsheet. Gollmar was best known as the judge in the Ed Gein murder case, about which he wrote another book. Hardcover, full grey cloth, brown titling. Light wear to book, minor damage from, apparently, a removed address label; jacket lightly rubbed with some edgewear, light chipping, short tear to rear panel, spine a bit faded. Text clean; 205 pages, b/w photos, reproduction of the 1911 Souvenir Route Book. Size: Octavo. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Fair condition. Clean pages, intact binding.

Hardback. Gray cloth, brown lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo., 205 pp. Story of the "Leading 25¢ Shows of the World", the Gollmar Brothers Circus. Fred Gollmar, one of the founders, was the authors father. SIGNED by the author on front end paper. Dust jacket shows slight chipping, not price-clipped. Author was the Wisconsin judge who presided at the trial of Edward Gein. Book condition VG+ in VG- DJ. Binding: HB. Edition: 1st.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Fifth printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. No notes, inscriptions or underlining. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Third printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Book has minor staining along with creasing and edgewear to cover. Binding is worn. Page edges have additional creasing and staining. End pages along with interior pages throughout have notable spotting and smudging but text and images are overall clean. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Chas. Hallberg & Company, Delavan, WI. 1982. 236 pages. First edition, fourth printing, stated. Burgundy cloth stamped in gold on the spine. Burgundy cloth is clean. Red endpapers are clean. No writing within. This book's flaws are limited to instances of shelf-rubbing along edges and tips. Original dust jacket with $9.95 price intact on flap. DJ shows soiling, closed edge tears and wrinkles. An uncommon hardcover edition in DJ, of the cult classic that is a first hand account of the trial of Ed Gein, written by the Judge presiding over his 1957 murder trial; a case that inspired the novel and film Psycho, among countless others. VG-/VG-.