A Wandering Showman, I
by Lano, David
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1957. Book. Illus. by Caroline Harris (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Presents the reminiscences of a man born into a circus family, and who spent the first 75 years of his life as a puppeteer, travelling and entertaining before failing health/eyesight forced him to the sidelines. He died in 1957, shortly after publication of this memoir, at the age of 83. Red cloth w/white and yellow lettering to spine, 290 pages. Bumped/lightly worn corners/spine ends, tanned pages, in edgeworn dust jacket w/sun darkened spine, chipping to corners/spine ends, short edge tears..
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- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019327
- Title
- A Wandering Showman, I
- Author
- Lano, David
- Illustrator
- Caroline Harris (dust jacket illustration)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Michigan State University Press
- Place of Publication
- East Lansing
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NOISBN, puppet, puppets, puppeteer, puppeteers, marionette, marionettes, circus, circuses, showmen, marionettists, rural America, John Quigley, Holland and McMahon Circus, Hurd and Berry Show, Clyde Beatty
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Auto/Biography;
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