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- Title Memoirs of a Sword Swallower
- Author Daniel P. Mannix
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Printing
- Pages 128
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Re/Search Publications, San Francisco, CA
- Date 1996-01
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780965046954 / 0965046958
- Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 11.05 x 8.41 x 0.42 in (28.07 x 21.36 x 1.07 cm)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96090463
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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San Francisco: V. Vale, 1996. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 11" X 8 1/2". 123pp. Very mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Very occasional inked underlining to pages. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Memoirs of a Sword Swallower is Daniel P. Mannix's autobiography as a sword-swallower with a traveling sideshow, illustrated with photos from the 30s and 40s taken by the author. An example of Classic Americana, this book offers a portrayal of a vanished world of working-class performance artists who earned a living by their unique bodies and imaginations. Stars include the Fat Lady, the human beanpole, the Ostrich man who ate broken glass, and many more. The "tricks" behind eating fire and swallowing swords are explicated with clarity and candor. This book will appeal to all who speculate about the outer limits of pain, pleasure, and revulsion. Mannix went on to become the supreme noir historian of the 20th century, penning Those About to Die (about the…
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San Francisco, CA: V/Search, 1951. First edition, first printing (full number line). Paperback. Mildly sunned spine, light crease to rear cover, few faint scratches to front cover, else near fine.. Large reddish-orange quarto; 123 p, b&w illus ; 28 cm. Circus performers -- United States -- Biography.
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