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Merle Evans; maestro of the circus
by Plowden, Gene
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/good
- ISBN 10
- 0912458046
- ISBN 13
- 9780912458045
- Seller
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Pittsburg, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Miami: E.A. Seemann Publishing, Inc, 1971. Cloth. Good/good. Octavo, 154 pages. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt accents and light bumping. Firm binding; no loose pages. Lightly tanned edges and pages. Tear at gutter inside spine; board still firmly attached (see picture). One page with chips at bottom corner noted. Dust jacket with chips and small tears; small loss at top back. Merle S. Evans (1891 - 1987) was the legendary band conductor for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus for fifty years (1919-1969). Originally a cornet player from Columbus, Kansas, he became known as the "Toscanini of the Big Top." Evans was inducted into the American Bandmasters Association in 1947 and the International Circus Hall of Fame in 1975. He died in 1987 in Sarasota, Florida.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wayside Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11196
- Title
- Merle Evans; maestro of the circus
- Author
- Plowden, Gene
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0912458046
- ISBN 13
- 9780912458045
- Publisher
- E.A. Seemann Publishing, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Miami
- Date Published
- 1971
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About the Seller
Wayside Books
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Pittsburg, Kansas
About Wayside Books
Wayside Books LLC is owned by Dianne and Steven Cox, currently operating their online store in Southeast Kansas. We have honed our rare book skills at the Rare Books School at the University of Virginia and the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar. We sell modern first editions and collectible fiction, as well as children's books and non-fiction books, with an emphasis on history, politics, social sciences, and the arts.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.