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Step Right Up: Circus and Sideshow Memorabilia

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Featuring the collection of lifelong circus collector John Diesso, this auction includes heralds, couriers, and posters advertising the "greatest shows" of yesteryear. Photographs, route books, scrapbooks, and circus costumes will be also be offered, spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A wide array of early European circus posters will be sold, along with a large library of circus books of several thousand volumes. Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
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Eleven antiquarian and vintage circus children's books.
Lot 372

Eleven antiquarian and vintage circus children's books.

Estimate: $400 - $600
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Eleven antiquarian and vintage circus children's books. V.p., bulk late 19th century. Original linen, paper wrappers, and lithographed boards. Illustrations, many lithographed in color. Size 4to and smaller. Titles include:

Circus Friend's. Linen Pleasure Series. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1898.

E. Elephant, Esq. Showman. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1894.

Oh You Circus. Akron: Saalfield, 1915.

Jumbo Painting Book. Newark: Charles E. Graham & Co.

Barnum & Jumbo's ABC. London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co.

Circus Sights. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1890.

Menagerie and Arab Show. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1890.

Circus Fun. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1890.

Circus Tricks. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1890.

Visit to the Circus. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1897/1904.

Le Livre du Cirque. The Canada Games Co., Limited. 

Condition

Some tape and other repairs to wrappers, generally light staining, and creases.

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