Sold2017Large format 1st ed. King Lear – 1904 RoycroftLarge format 1st ed. King Lear – 1904 Roycroft An unusually clean and presentable large format book from The Roycroft Shop. The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare published 1904 by The RoycSee Sold Price
Sold2022Grandmothers Kitchen Wisdom Book 1stEd. 2005 illustrat."Grandmother's Kitchen Wisdom" large format 10th Anniversary Edition by Myles H. Bader published by Creative Concept Holdings, King of Prussia, PA. Stated First Printing February 2005; illustrated. HaSee Sold Price
Sold20231904 Roycroft 1ed William Shakespeare King Lear Tragedy Elbert Hubbard RARE1904 Roycroft 1ed William Shakespeare King Lear Tragedy Elbert Hubbard RARE Handcrafted by the artisanal expertise of the historic Roycroft Shops out of East Aurora, Erie County, NY, this first editioSee Sold Price
Sold20231st ed. near pristine McNally map of Calif. and Nevada, 1881Large format and highly detailed scarce map of California and Nevada. Rand, McNally & Co.’s California, published 1881 (dated first edition). Shows railroads, towns, rivers, topography, lakes, cSee Sold Price
Sold20221st ed. near pristine McNally map of Texas & Ind. Terr., 1881Highly detailed and scarce large format railroad map, one of the best of the period. Rand, McNally & Co.’s Texas and Indian Territory, dated 1881 (first edition). This great map depicts railroadSee Sold Price
Sold2019America’s Great Illustrators – 1st ed.The work of ten American illustrators who epitomized the Golden Age of illustration are here presented in large format, full-color and b/w images so you can view every detail of their extraordinary woSee Sold Price
Sold2024LORD OF THE RINGS: GUNTHER GEBEL-WILLIAMSIntroduction by Kenneth Feld. 1st Ed, 1988. Tenth Avenue Editions (Publ.), NY. HC, DJ. Large format, coffee-table-style volume, 120 pages. Signed by Williams. Produced as a Christmas gift to the hieraSee Sold Price
Sold2024GIRL SHOW: INTO THE CANVAS WORLD OF BUMP AND GRINDBy A. W. Stencell. 1st Ed, 1999. SC. ECW Press (Publ.), Toronto. Large format. 244 pages, profusely illustrated with B&W photographs.The absolute definitive work on carnival girl shows. An absolute muSee Sold Price
Sold2024A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE CLYDE BEATTY-COLE BROS. CIRCUSBy Bob Goldsack. 1st Ed, 2004. Midway Publications (Publ.), Nashua, NH. SC. Large format, 112 pages, lavishly illustrated with photographs.Goldsack was his own author/publisher of numerous circus andSee Sold Price
Sold2024CIRCUS: MAGIE DER MANEGE(Trans: Magic of the Ring) – by Rolf Lehmann. 1st Ed, 1979. Hoffman and Campe (Publ.), Hamburg. HC, DJ, in Slipcase. Large format, coffee-table-style volume, approx. 13.5 x 11.5 x 2” in siSee Sold Price
Sold2024CIRCUS TRAINSBy Charles Philip Fox. 1st Ed, 1947. Kalmbach Publishing Co, Milwaukee. SC, Spiral bound. Large format, (approx. 10 x 14”), 36 pages, illustrated completely with photographs.This was “ChapSee Sold Price
Sold2024A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN CARNIVALVOLS. ONE and TWO – by Joe McKennon. 1st Ed, 1972. Carnival Publ. of Sarasota, Sarasota, FL. HC, DJ. Large format, 400 pages, copiously illustrated with hundreds of B&W photographs.Respected asSee Sold Price
Sold2024A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN CARNIVALVOL. THREE – by Joe McKennon. 1st Ed, 1981. Carnival Publ. of Sarasota, Sarasota, FL. HC, DJ. Large format, 240 pages, bountifully illustrated with hundreds of B&W photographs.Not quite a decadeSee Sold Price
Sold2024THE JAMES E. STRATES SHOWS: A PICTORIAL HISTORYBy Bob Goldsack. 1st Ed, 2002. Midway Museum Publications (Publ.), Nashua, NH. SC. Large format, 108 pages, profusely illustrated with B&W and color photographs. Goldsack's volumes on American carnivaSee Sold Price
Sold2024WORLD OF MIRTH SHOWS: A REMEMBRANCEBy Bob Goldsack. 1st Ed, 1984. Greenhill Books (Publ.), Randolph Center, VT. SC. Large format, 144 pages, profusely illustrated with B&W photographs. This, we believe, was the book that started it allSee Sold Price
Sold2024CIRQUE KNIE: UNE DYNASTIE DU CIRQUE (Trans: A Circus Dynasty)Various Authors*. 1st Ed, 1975. Librairie Marguerat (Publ.), Lausanne. HC, DJ. Large format, 160 pages, generously illustrated with hundreds of B&W and color photographs.This book is a collection of eSee Sold Price
Sold2024MY VERY UNUSUAL FRIENDSBy Ward Hall. 1st Ed, 1991. Vanity Pressed (self published). SC. Large format, approx. 11 x 8.5”. 90 pages, illustrated with dozens of B&W photographs. Signed by Hall on inside front cover.RecogSee Sold Price
Sold2024A ZOO ON WHEELS: BOSTOCK AND WOMBWELL’S MENAGERIEBy Dr. J. L. Middlemiss. 1st Ed, 1987. Dalebrook Publications, Burton-on-Trent, UK. SC. Large format, 56 pages, with approx. 85 B&W photographs.This is a very comprehensive pictorial volume documentinSee Sold Price
Sold2024I LOVED ROUGUES: THE LIFE OF AN ELEPHANT TRAMPBy George Lewis and Byron Fish. 1st Ed, 1978. HC, DJ. Superior Publ. Co, Seattle. 184 pages. Large format, profusely illustrated with B&W photographs.Considered to be one of the finest volumes on theSee Sold Price
Sold2024CIRCUS – by Christian Staub.1st Ed, 1957. John Lane The Bodley Head (Publ.), London. HC, DJ. Large format, 108 pages, illustrated with approx. 95 B&W photographs and 9 sketches. What little text is included between the covers ofSee Sold Price
Sold2024I NEVER WENT TO CLOWN COLLEGEBy Frank Cain. 1st Ed, 1988. Midway Museum Publications (Publ.), Nashua, NH. SC. Large format, 66 pages of rare and unseen photographs. Cain began trouping in the early 1940’s as a circus band mSee Sold Price
Sold2024A PORTFOLIO OF AMERICAN CARNIVAL VINTAGE PHOTOSVOLUME 1 – by Bob Goldsack. 1st Ed, 1994. Midway Museum Publications (Publ.), Nashua, NH. SC. Large format, 64 pages of rare and unseen photographs. GD+, with an approx. half-inch tear in upperSee Sold Price
Sold2017Ansel Adams & Mary Austin The Land of Little Rain I EdAnsel Adams & Mary Austin The Land of Little Rain. Boston 1950 Houghton Mifflin Company, 1st Edition, Large Format hardcover (8 1/4" x 10 1/4") Cloth Covered Boards Titles on Front Cover and Spine. AdSee Sold Price
Sold2024WILLEM DE KOONING. ABRAMS, 1974. 1ST ED.(ART BOOK MONOGRAPH) Rosenberg, Harold. WILLEM DE KOONING. Abrams, NY; 1904, Large 4to. Hardcover with complete Dj. 293pp. In near fine condition, slightly dusty book block and Dj., bumped and torn frSee Sold Price
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