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.
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...
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...
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....
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...
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.