[Rarebooks] FS: Run Away to the Circus Books:

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Morris, Ron. WALLENDA (SIGNED BY KARL WALLENDA) A Biography of Karl Wallenda. Chatham, New York: Sagarin Press, 1976. First Edition. Small octavo. Bright red cloth with gilt decorations. Binding is slightly cocked witth small faint dampstain near top edge of front cover. Dust cover has some edgeware including two small chips on either side of top of spine, one approx. 3/4" x 1/2", the other 1/2" x 1/2", with corresponding closed tears of about 1". Dust jacket is also sunned and faded, especially along top edges. Original $8.95 price. Inscribed and SIGNED by Karl Wallenda on the front free endpaper: "To ___ and ___, from Karl Wallenda". Enclosed is a letter from the recipient's son attesting to the authenticity of Wallenda's signature. GOOD IN GOOD ONLY DUSTJACKET. Hardcover.
A biography of the great Karl Wallenda, one of the most famous circus performers of all time, who was killed in a high-wire accident a few years after the publication of this book. (#84936) Click here for pictures. <https://www.ezrabook.com/advSearchResults.php?action=search&orderBy=relevance&category_id=0&keywordsField=84936>

Macgregor-Morris, Pamela. SPINNERS OF THE BIG TOP Illustrated and with photographs by Rex Coileman and David Simpson. London, England: Chartto and Windus, 1960. Qyarto, 10 x 7.5 in., pp. 140. Illustratyed with black and white photographs. Orange boards with gilt title to spine. Very light rubbing to extremities. Very light rubbing to dustjacket edges. Protected in mylar. Very Good Plus / Very Good Plus. Hardcover.
The intimate story of the biggest tenting circus in the British Isles. (#85810). Click here for Pictures. <https://www.ezrabook.com/advSearchResults.php?action=search&orderBy=relevance&category_id=0&keywordsField=85810>

Toscana, David. OUR LADY OF THE CIRCUS Translated from the Spanish by Patricia J. Duncan. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2001. First U.S. Edition. Octavo, 8/5 x 5.5 in., pp. 244. Gray cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Protected in mylar. Near Fine / Near Fine. Hardcover.
"... a dark and whimsical tale about a group of circus performers who, disillusioned with their lives as traveling entertainers, are seduced by the idea of settling down and living like ordinary people." (from the dustjacket) (#85808).   Click here for Pictures <https://www.ezrabook.com/advSearchResults.php?action=search&orderBy=relevance&category_id=0&keywordsField=85808>.

Deal, Borden. THE SPANGLED ROAD. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Octavo, 8.4 x 5.6 in., pp. 309. Purple cloth boards with black clown character to front and black title to spine. Light rubbing and sunning to top/bottom edges of dustjacket; small chip to top of dustjacket spine. Protected in mylar. Novel by the southern author of "A Long Way to Go". Near Fine / Very Good Plus. Hardcover.
The Spangled Road tells the tale of a retired clown who purchases a traveling circus. The book "moves with humor and pathos, and beneath its surface (Deal) probes to the essence of Harlequin, to the spirit of Circus." (from the dustjacket) (#85798).  Click here for pictures. <https://www.ezrabook.com/advSearchResults.php?action=search&orderBy=relevance&category_id=0&keywordsField=85798>


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