Bailey Combined Shows (7 results)

76 pages plus covers. Magazine-style staple-bound paperback: H 28cm x L 21.25cm. Charles Baskerville front cover illustration of costumed woman holding a leopard atop an elephant's head and trunk. Some rubbing and soiling to covers; small shallow gouge at upper spine below top binding staple; front cover's top fore-edge corner creased/curled. Slight toning to interior pages; pages 1-2 creased. Binding is firm. A very good- copy.…

PAPER BACK RED. Condition: FAIR. cover creased and worn, color illustrations, 119th edition, previous owners name written on first page, foxing DATE PUBLISHED: 1989 EDITION: UNPAGINATED.

Condition: Good. Good condition. (circus, souvenir program) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: Good. 4to. 76 pp. Good, Soft Cover, covers detached with rubbing, staining and edge wear; shelf wear. Cover design by Charles Baskerville, cover is color illustration of Mr. Mistin, Jr. Article On Mistin, child music artist, by Roland Butler called "Monster to Mistin." Features Hemingway Short Story "The Circus." Illustrated. Photographs. Inside Protective Mylar Sleeve.…

Condition: good. 118th Edition. Wraps, profusely illus. in color, center poster present, some wear and soiling to covers. Heavily illustrated souvenir program from perhaps the most famous circus ofthe 20th century, with roots back to P. T. Barnum, the most famous exhibitor of the 19th century and a force behind the Madison Square Garden venue in New York City.…

Wraps. Condition: Good. Format is approximately 10.25 inches by 13.5 inches. Unpaginated (approximately 100 pages). Illustrations (many in color). This 100th anniversary production was entitled The Circus of a Lifetime. Includes articles on "From Canvas to Concrete"; "The First One-Hundred Years of The Greatest Show on Earth"; The Way it Looks Back There; and Bobby Kay shows you how To Put on Make-Up. Caroline and Martin have colored on the Hey Kids! You can color this page. From Wikipedia: "Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is an American circus company billed as The Greatest Show on Earth. In 1871, Dan Castello and William Cameron Coup persuaded Barnum to come out of retirement to lend his name, know-how, and financial backing to the circus they had already created in Delavan, Wisconsin. The combined show was named "P.T. Barnum's Great Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan, and Hippodrome". As described by Barnum, Castello and Coup "had a show that was truly immense, and combined all the elements of museum, menagerie, variety performance, concert hall, and circus", and considered it to potentially be "the Greatest Show on Earth", which subsequently became part of the circus's name. Independently of Castello and Coup, James Anthony Bailey had teamed up with James E. Cooper to create the Cooper and Bailey Circus in the 1860s. The Cooper and Bailey Circus became the chief competitor to Barnum's circus. As Bailey's circus was outperforming his, Barnum sought to merge the circuses. The two groups agreed to combine their shows on March 28, 1881.[12] Initially named "P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show On Earth, And The Great London Circus, Sanger's Royal British Menagerie and The Grand International Allied Shows United", it was eventually shortened to "Barnum and Bailey's Circus". Bailey was instrumental in acquiring Jumbo, advertised as the world's largest elephant, for the show. The company was started in 1919 when the circus created by James Anthony Bailey and P. T. Barnum was merged with the Ringling Brothers Circus. The Ringling brothers purchased the Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1907, but ran the circuses separately until they were finally merged in 1919. In 1957 John Ringling North changed the circus from using their own portable tents to using venues, such as sports stadiums that had the seating already in place. In 1967 Irvin Feld bought the circus, but in 1971 he sold it to Mattel. He bought it back in 1982. The moniker "Greatest Show on Earth" was added later." Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Ira Shareff (Photographer) (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. In pictorial wraps, 4to, 34pp+ads. Illustrated. A scarce souvenir programe from the Ringling Golden Jubilee Convention held in Baraboo, Wisc. Features Circus news, highlights and iteneraries together with advertisments, histories, &tc. (light shelfwear to extremities). Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. b/w Illustrations (illustrator). Book.…