Circus & Cabaret
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Les Freres Zemganno
$3,000.00 Add to cartEdmond de Goncourt; Auguste Brouet
Paris: Edite par F. Gregoire, 1921.
Goncourt’s Naturalist exploration of the evolution of French literature through the acrobatic artistry of two circus brothers, also echoing and exploring his own love and loss of his inseparable brother (and literary partner) who passed some years prior. Originally published in 1879, here for the first time with numerous illustrations by Auguste Brouet. The illustrations include 15 full page etchings, a half-page etching on the half-title, and a vignette on the title, all signed in the plate, together with a further 51 illustrations in the text. This copy extra illustrated with 4 original signed drawings by Brouet mounted at the beginning, and finely bound in a signed full leather binding by Ganape, RD, dated 1925, and with the bookplates of Yvan Lamberty and B. Le Dosseur. -
James Taylor’s Shocked and Amazed! On and Off the Midway (First Bizarre Issue!)
$100.00 Add to cartJames Taylor
Baltimore: Dolphin-Moon Press / Atomic Books, 1995.
First issue of the leading ‘show business’ magazine which chronicles the history of circus, carnival, and novelty sideshows. Includes feature articles, interviews with performers, and works of fiction. -
The Circus Comes To Town: Nostalgia of Australian Big Tops
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First Edition.
19cm x 26cm. 96 pages, black and white photographs. Blue cloth, white lettering, pictorial jacket.
Very minor foxing to edges and jacket verso. Minor general wear. Very Good Condition. -
Secret Arena
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All Misemono: Last Freak Show
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First Edition.
22cm x 32cm. [152] pages, many fold-out, colour illustrations. Ringbound in illustrated papered boards, ribbon-tie. Text is in Japanese, primarily illustration.
Photodocumentation of banners and photographs from early 20th century Japanese sideshows: snake girls, wrestling, freak shows, human oddities, and more.
Very minor wear to edges. Near Fine Condition. -
Thinking Through Circus
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First Edition.
23cm x 16.5cm. 176 pages, black and white illustrations. Cloth, green lettering.
“Thinking Through Circus gathers ten dialogues with and between circus artists. Each entry bears witness to how a specific circus practice is (also) a practice of critical thinking, revealing how feminism, queerness, dramaturgy, love, disobedience, posthumanism and the aesthetico-political imaginary are rethought in and through contemporary circus practice.” (publisher’s blurb)
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The Life of Philip Wirth: A Lifetime With An Australian Circus
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First Edition.
21.5cm x 14cm. 128 pages. Illustrated wrappers.
The Great Circus Man! 1930s autobiography of Philip Wirth (1864-1937), cofounder of Wirth’s Circus, one of Australia’s most iconic circuses founded in the 1800s.
Minor chipping to spine Creasing and small tears to wrappers. Tanning and foxing. Good Condition. -
Memoirs of a Sword Swallower
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First Thus.
28cm x 21cm. 128 pages, black and white photographs. Pictorial wrappers.
First V/SEARCH Printing and the first edition to include photographs of the people described in the original edition. “..true story of life with a traveling carnival, peopled by amazing characters (the Human Ostrich, the Human Salamander, Jolly Daisy) who commit outrageous feats of wizardry. This is one of the only authentic narratives revealing the “tricks” (or more often the lack thereof) and skills involved in a sideshow, and is invaluable to those aspiring to this profession.” (publisher’s blurb).
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New Circus
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First Edition.
Book is in Good condition, by which we mean it has marks of age and is well worn from handling, but is still intact and good for reading. Good Condition. -
Pro-Circus: The Voice of Australian Circus (29 Volumes) + Australian Circus News (1 Volume)
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First Edition.
30cm x 21cm. 30 volumes, black and white illustrations. Pictorial saddle-stapled wrappers.
An almost complete run of the first 30 issues of Australian circus industry magazine Pro-Circus, missing only issue 18, together with Issue 01, Volume 01, January 1997 of Australian Circus News. Sold by subscription, Pro-Circus was aimed at the Australian professional circus industry rather than fans. Contains hundreds of articles and photographs documenting Australian circus history, circus life in the 1990s, and advertisements aimed at circus companies. Regular article authors include Jim Fogarty, John and Angela LeMare, Robin Brampton, Robin and Leona Howell, Stafford Bullen, Bob Cunningham, Reg Bolton, Barry Fletcher, and John MacDonnell with coverage of Ashtons, Silvers Grand Magic, The Great Royale, Burtons, Robinsons, Stardust, Lennon Bros, Circus Galaxy, The Great Australian Free Circus, Weber Bros, Circus Sonelli, Allan Blaxters Magic Circus, Circus Carnivale, Flying Fruitfly Circus, Perry Bros, Moscow, Leonardo Costa Camp Circus Royale, and Urbans Circus Circus, and more.
Minor shelf and handling wear. Light vertical crease to some volumes. A few volumes with insets and stapled related ephemera. Issue 20 has a bump to the top edge. Issue 14 has a small rub to the front cover. Very Good Condition. -
Circus Days
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First Edition.30cm x 23cm. 128 pages, black and white photographs. Pictorial wrappers.
Moderate shelf wear to wrappers. Very minor bump to tail fore-edge corner. Good Condition.
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Freak Show: Sideshow Banner Art
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Second Printing.18cm x 23cm. 96 pages, colour illustrations. Illustrated french fold wrappers.
Minor wear to wrappers. Near Fine Condition.
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The Circus Comes To Town: Nostalgia of Australian Big Tops
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.Book is in Good condition, by which we mean it has marks of age and is well worn from handling, but is still intact and good for reading. Good Condition (ex-library).
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Marvellous Miss May: Queen of the Circus
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First Edition.. New Book.
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Carnival Strippers
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First Edition. Inscribed by Author22cm x 25cm.150 pages, black and white photographs. Pictorial wrappers.
An inscribed first printing softcover of Meiselas’ photographs and interviews with carnivals strippers and associates.
Small chunk missing from front cover near spine head. Creasing to spine. Cracked, tender in places. Fair Condition.
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The Gathering
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First Edition.28cm x 22cm. 200 pages. Pictorial wrappers.
Over 300 photographs of human freaks, oddities, sideshows, and circus acts each with short captions.
Bump to crown, very minor bump to top fore-edge. Internally clean and bright. Good Condition.