My Father Owned a Circus de Gollmar, Robert H - 1965T

The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1965. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1965 Book. Illus. by Photos. Very Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original grey cloth lettered in red on boards. Later to become a judge in Wisconsin, the author remembers the good old days of a travelling circus owned by his father and uncles early in the 20th Century. My favourite incidents were the tricks the elephants played. Previous owner's name. DJ front flap missing. 205 pp..

Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1965. 1st . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 205pp.; HB gray w/maroon; slight rub; bookplate; PONstamp; clean,tight pgs. DJ orange,gray,&brwn.; slight rub w/folds. "Here, set down in a nostalgic mood, is the story of how one circus grew from small beginnings to a position of prominence." illus.

Pages 205 pp.8vo. Cloth. 1st edition. Black & white photographs throughout. Fine in dust jacket.

Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1965. Begun in 1891, by 1916 the Gollmar Brothers circus was the fourth largest travelling circus in America; the author was the son of one of the founding brothers and has based the book on his father's reminiscences, old records, and his own experiences as a child. SIGNED by the author on the free endsheet. Gollmar was best known as the judge in the Ed Gein murder case, about which he wrote another book. Hardcover, full grey cloth, brown titling. Light wear to book, minor damage from, apparently, a removed address label; jacket lightly rubbed with some edgewear, light chipping, short tear to rear panel, spine a bit faded. Text clean; 205 pages, b/w photos, reproduction of the 1911 Souvenir Route Book.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, 1965. 1st. HB. Gray cloth, brown lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo., 205 pp. Story of the "Leading 25¢ Shows of the World", the Gollmar Brothers Circus. Fred Gollmar, one of the founders, was the authors father. SIGNED by the author on front end paper. Dust jacket shows slight chipping, not price-clipped. Author was the Wisconsin judge who presided at the trial of Edward Gein. Book condition VG+ in VG- DJ.