Hardcover. Chicago, Charles C. Thompson, 2nd, 1906, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 319 pages. Black & white illustrations by C. Frink. Front hinge weak but intact. Light wear to covers.
Hardcover. New York, A.S. Barnes, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 328 pages. Illustrated with mainly black & white photographs. Dust jacket has interior tape repair at bottom of spine. Clean, tight copy.
hardcover. Garden City, NY, Garden City Publishing, 1st, 1927, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Black & white photos. Light edgewear to covers. Spine a bit faded.
Softcover. Shelburne, VT, Shelburne Museum, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 62 pages. A little edge-wear, creasing of corners, and shelf-wear. First few pages lightly creased with small closed tears. Nice, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, E. P. Duttton, 1st, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardbound, 183 pages. Black & white illustrations by C. Walter Hodges. Soiling to covers, especially spine. Waterstain marks at corners. Spine faded. Edge and spine wear. Previous owner's signature front endpaper.
Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, Reprint, 1925, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 238 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Purple top edge. Light foxing to edges. Clean, tight copy.
Softcover. New York, Garden City, 1st, 1941, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Tear to half-title pg, cardboard covers edges worn, esp corners, previous owner's signature front end paper,
Hardcover. New York, Maxton, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-Paginated. Illustrated in full color by Marion Guild. Small tear at top of a slightly cocked spine. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Philomel, March 16, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR on title page. Very clean and tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Funk, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 289 pages. Black & white photography. Gift inscription on front end paper. Dust jacket has edgewear, spine sunned. This account of Freddie Darius Benham is part biography of the man but mostly a record of the organizations he has founded, the most famous of which is the Circus Saints and Sinners where important people were recruited and raucously initiated. Record # 207891
Hardcover. Sarasota, FL, Carnival Publishers, 1st, 1975, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 528 pages, hardcover. Dust jacket has some chips and wear. Covers underneath are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. An excellent history of the Circus in America, presented around a central fictional character, and written by a well known historian of the circus. "Every person, except Dick Dale and his families, was an actual living person. Every show actually existed and played the towns mentioned on the dates recorded. Every event actually happened at the time and place documented. Whether Dick Dale was there, or not, you may decide for yourself." Clean copy. Record # 33704
Hardcover. Chicago, Reilly & Lee Co, rep, 1991, Dust Jacket: None, 281 pages, b&w illustrated plates by Howard Church, illustrated endpapers, blue cloth cover, embossed with blue lettering and border on front cover and spine. Spine slightly faded, light wear to cover, previous owner's signature to front endpaper; otherwise a tight, clean copy. Record # 803247
 "When the Circus Came to Town: The Circus Story with a Pictorial ArrayAungst, Dean M.")
 "Fabulous Freddie & Saints and Sinners by: Green, Paul D.")
 "Horse Dung Trail: Saga of the American Circus by: McKennon, Joe")
 "Jack of the Circus by: Brandeis, Madeline, Illust. by: Howard Church")