Monster Midway by Gresham William (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, SECOND Printing. In original jacket which is not price clipped, wear to edges of jacket. Tight binding, Spotting to pages throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Publishers black boards titled in white to spine, with author and publisher in pale blue. Original dustjacket under mylar cover, clipped to top of front flap. Some creasing to edges and very mild chips to head / foot of spine. Blue and white spotted endpapers. Some age related toning throughout but overall a lovely copy of a scarce title. Iconic work on American carnivals of the mid-20th century. The carnival world was a special interest of Gresham (August 20, 1909 September 14, 1962) who contributed many articles on the subject for magazines such as Collier's , Life, Esquire and True. His earlier book, "Nightmare Alley", was a novel dealing with the sleazy underbelly of the carnival world. Pp309. Hardcover, 8vo. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. GOOD / NO DUSTJACKET. 306 pages. Text is clean and unmarked, spot stains on some of the pages. Red board with faded gold lettering on the spine. Cover is bumped on the corners with some rubbing and light staining. Hinges are beginning to separate, binding intact.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. 2nd printing. Believed unread.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Later edition, 1953. No publisher's colophon. A gorgeous copy in a Near Fine dust jacket! Unread! Tight, clean copy with bright white paper. There is a small sticker scar on the front flap of the jacket which takes a small piece out of the word MONSTER. Not price clipped, $3.75. An uninhibited book at the glittering world of the carney. Blue endpapers. Rosemary Patrina has put her name inside the book. Rosemary and her husband Andrew worked for Ringling, Hoxie and other circuses for 50 years. 309 pages. Very Scarce title. Selling quality books for 35 years.n of the word MIDWAn.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8vo. 309 pp. Black cloth. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Subtle wear to head of spine. Small chip to jacket at head of spine. Leaves somewhat age-toned. Early printing, lacking the publisher's designation on the copyright page but with the original $3.75 price to jacket's front flap.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Pages age-toned as usual, else fine in very good or better dust jacket with a small scrape on the front panel. An exploration of carnival life. An increasingly scarce title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Rinehart, 1953 First printing with Rinehart colophon on copyright page. Black boards are pretty clean, corners bumped, slight fading to top and bottom edges of covers, discoloration to head and tail of spine, shelf wear to head and tail. Spine titling is still bright, with a little rubbing on middle of spine below title. Discoloration at gutter to end papers. Binding is tight, although covers open easily. Interior is heavily age-toned, as is common. A few pencil marks/notations to "The Opening," otherwise clean. Dustjacket is age-toned, worn along folds, heavily chipped at corners with 1/4" missing from both head and tail of spine. Spine sunned and age-toning to edges of flaps. Missing "M" in title on front flap where a sticker was removed. Flaps are not clipped and price is intact. Cover is still fairly bright with one faint vertical scratch. Presents very nicely in mylar. "An uninhibited look at the glittering world of the carny." Gresham followed up his bestselling carny novel "Nightmare Alley" with this book, a non-fiction collection of essays. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Pages age-toned as usual, small paper remnant from jacket attached at foot of the spine, very good or better in very good dust jacket with the aforementioned tear. An exploration of carnival life. An increasingly scarce title.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Rinehart & Company, New York. 1953. 319 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth with titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. Previous owner's bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Iconic work on American carnivals of the mid-20th century and the characters who peopled them. The carny world was a special interest of Gresham who contibuted many articles on the subject for magazines such as Collier's , Life, Esquire and True. His earlier book, "Nightmare Alley", was a novel dealing with the sleazy underbelly of the carnival world. William Lindsay Gresham (August 20, 1909 September 14, 1962) was an American novelist and non-fiction author particularly regarded among readers of noir. His best-known work is Nightmare Alley (1946) , which was adapted into a 1947 film starring Tyrone Power. E-128; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 309 pages.…

Condition: Good. Black cloth with blue and white stamping on the spine. 307 pages. Corners bumped, mild wear to covers, toning to pages, else in good condition. Gresham's look at the performers, personalities, and pitchmen from carnival midways of yesteryear, including fire eaters, wire walkers, and other amazing individuals. Gresham is best known today for his novel, Nightmare Alley, and also authored an engaging biography of Harry Houdini.…