The Circus in America by Fox, Charles Philip and Parkinson, Tom - 1969

Waukesha, WI: Country Beautiful. Fair ex-library. (1969). 12" x 12" edition. Cover warped, heavy edge wear, back cover damp stain near spine, ft cover faded, DJ front glued to front . end paper, back flap glued to back end paper. Fox is Director of the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, WI. Parkinson was Circus Editor of the Billboard & Director of the Univ. of Illinois Assembly Hall, Champaign, where one of his annual attraction is Ringling Bros & Barnum & Bailey. Interior text & illustrations in very good condition. Some pages clipped on edges, wear on endpapers where they join binding, etc., usual library markings. .

Waukesha, WI: County Beautiful. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine+ in Near Fine+ dust jacket; 289 pp oblong folio, bookplate on endpaper, jacket price clipped. .

Waukesha, WI: Country Beautiful, (1969). Illustrated by Full color & b/w reproductions and photos throughout. Assumed first (NAP) edition. Maize cloth printed red. Oblong 4to. pp. 289, [1] blank. Index. VG+/VG/Unclipped price in mylar. Several short tears, shallow chips at folds, short head creases to jacket..

Country Beautiful. Hardcover. Used - Acceptable/Fair. Boards have shelf wear. Dust jacket has shelf wear.

Country Beautiful, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Ed. First ed. Very good/Very good condition, slight over all wear to book and dustjacket, dirt smudge to bottom of page edges, lower corners bumped..

Country Beautiful, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed and signed by both authors. Price-clipped. Couple short tears to jacket..

Waukesha, Wisconsin: Country Beautiful (Flick-Reedy), 1969. First Edition. Cloth. Used; Very Good. Wide - 9 1/4 Tall, 12 1/4 Wide. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. SIGNED BY AUTHOR Yellow cloth cover lightly soiled w bioprdation on spine & cover. Pages tight and crisp and look bright. A well written history of the Circus in America from the small town Mud Shows, to the big city Tent Shows and Wild West Shows. Featuring 300 photographs and illustrations including 100 in full color. Graced by discussions and many FRAMEABLE authentic posters (11' x 8') in BRIGHT color including P.T. Barnum, The Ringling Brothers, and James Bailey, plus hundreds of lesser-known performers and managers. Except for cover this is a beautiful copy of a beautiful book, and the frontispiece is personally inscribed with date and message by Charles Philip ('Chappie') Fox.

Wisconson: Country Beautiful. 1969. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Bumping at bottom right corner of front panel. Various tears on spine. .