Northville, MI: Sun Dog Press, 2001. First Edition. Bone's autobiographical account of his experience in the circus and in carnivals. A must for the sideshow diehard. Spine text slightly faded, else Fine and unread in printed wrappers. read more about Side Show: My Life with Geeks, Freaks and Vagabonds in the Carny Trade (First Edition)
Kansas City, MO: A.M. Wilson / The Sphinx, 1913. First Edition. A small pamphlet detailing tricks of the trade for magicians and performers, written during the height of the vaudeville era. Very Good in stapled wrappers. Stamp from the Magic House of Charles on the title page. Bruise to the front wrapper, with some light toning to the edges. Page... read more about Side-Show and Animal Tricks: Tricks of the Side-Show Performer, Animal Tricks, Gambler's Tricks,...
Paris: La Roulotte, 1950. First French Edition, preceding all others. Scarce early book on tattoos, with 80 illustrations of tattoos and 82 black and white photographs on glossy paper of tattooed men and women, 10 of which are by Robert Doisneau. Text in French. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Starting to the front hinges. Bruising to the... read more about Les tatouages du "milieu" (First Edition)
New York: Rinehart, 1949. Advance Copy, preceding the First Edition. An uncommon state of the second of Gresham's two novels, written 3 years after "Nightmare Alley," an examination of the lives of the inhabitants of the ninth floor of a city hospital, where the most seriously diseased patients are gathered. Very Good in publisher's illustrated wrappers (the same design as... read more about Limbo Tower (Advance Copy)
New York: Rinehart, 1949. First Edition. The second of Gresham's two novels, written 3 years after "Nightmare Alley," an examination of the lives of the inhabitants of the ninth floor of a city hospital, where the most seriously diseased patients are gathered. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket is very slightly faded at the spine, with a.... read more about Limbo Tower (First Edition)
Paris: Cinedis, 1959. Collection of 33 original borderless single weight still photographs from the 1959 French release (as "Resurrection") of the 1958 West German-Italian-French film. Action sequences, images of smoking women in brothels, and head-shots of starring actors throughout. Numerical notations in holograph pencil, and some in ink, on the versos. Based on Tolstoy's last novel, "Resurrection" (1899), a statement... read more about Auferstehung (Collection of 33 original photographs from the 1958 film)
London: Faber and Faber, 1988. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page: "John Healy / 19-2-2011 / Dublin." Accompanying the book is a ticket to a screening of the 2011 Irish documentary, "Barbaric Genius," on the same date at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival. The documentary tells the story of Healy's rise from wino and street... read more about The Grass Arena (First UK Edition, signed by the author in Dublin)
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1965. First Edition. The author of "Shane" (1949) brings to light the life of ten lesser figures of the American West, including James Capen "Grizzly" Adams. Moderate sunning to the jacket spine and folds, and a hint of shelfwear to the jacket, else Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. read more about Heroes Without Glory: Some Goodmen of the Old West (First Edition)
New York: New Yorker Films, 1977. Vintage black and white photograph from the US release of the 1977 film. 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm). Near Fine. read more about The American Friend [Der Amerikanische Freund] (Original photograph from the 1977 film)
