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Sat, Nov 18, 2017 11:00AM EST - Sun, Nov 19, 2017 11:00AM EST
Lot 452

With the Circus. A Route Book of Ringling Bros. Seasons of 1895 and 1896.

Estimate: $250 - $350

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Ringling, Alf T. With the Circus. A Route Book of Ringling Bros. Seasons of 1895 and 1896. St. Louis: Great Western Printing Co., 1895. Yellow printed wrappers. Frontis. portrait of the Ringling Bros., profusion of illustrations and plates, including several color lithographs. Oblong 4to. Minor wear and folds, very good overall. Perhaps the most attractive route book of the period, and the only one to include color plates. Alfred Ringling was the only manager of a major circus to edit his own route book.

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