circa 2000. Ring_bound. Black plastic 3-ring binder. 11 1/2" X 10". Black plastic covers, with "Freaks of Nature" taped to front and "Special People" to spine. 156 sleeves full of photocopies, photographic reproductions, printed articles, handwritten notes, and more, about such subjects as: conjoined twins, sideshow performers such as "Baby..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1988. Paperback. 9" X 6". xiii, 322pp. Mild shelf wear to pictorial paper wraps with light rubbing and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Light creasing to spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. With black-and-white photographs throughout. ABOUT THIS BOOK: From..... More
Atglen: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2015. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 11 1/4". 224pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial over boards. Pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Explore the lives of over 150 of the top sideshow performers of by-gone..... More
Bernard Geis Associates, 1969. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". xii, 212pp. Wear to unclipped dust jacket with rubbing, toning, and chipping to covers, corners, and edges. Bound in orange cloth over boards with spine lettered in red and black. Toning and spots of soiling to covers of boards. Slight..... More
Paris: Le Divan, 1923. First Edition. Paperback. This medical, historical, legal, and literary study of the chastity belt is the work of Eric John "Dirty Ding" Dingwall (1890–1986), a respected anthropologist, skeptical psychical investigator, and sexologist who earned his nickname from his research interests in erotica and sexual customs. Dingwall..... More
Buffalo: Firefly Books, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 256pp. Mild shelf wear to unclipped dust jacket with scattered rubbing to covers and light creasing to edges. Black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Bumps to..... More
New York: Carrel Books, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6". xii, 257pp. Very mild shelf wear to unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing to covers and light creasing to edges. Black paper over boards with spine lettered in silver..... More
Thrupp: Sutton Publishing Limited, 2003. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 1/2". x, 180pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In a...... More
New York: Ballantine Books, 2005. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 290pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. White paper over boards with spine backed in red and lettered in..... More
New York: Popular Library, 1961. Mass market paperback. 6 3/4" X 4 1/4". 160pp. Rubbing, toning, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Age-toning to pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. The astonishing autobiography of..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 3/4" X 7 3/4". 192pp. Book presents nicely in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Black cloth over boards..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". xvii, 302pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers and corners of unclipped dust jacket. Light creasing to edges of jacket. Orange paper over boards with spine backed in..... More
University Park, PA: The Pennsylvannia University Press, 2012. Hardcover. 9 1/4" x 7 1/8". 231pp. Extremely mild shelf wear to dust jacket. Black cloth boards with bronze lettering to spine. Binding sound and contents clean and bright. Gorgeous Beasts takes a fresh look at the place of animals in history..... More
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2014. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xviii, 317pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Blue paper over boards with spine backed in black and..... More
San Francisco: V. Vale, 1996. Paperback. 11" X 8 1/2". 123pp. Very mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Very occasional inked underlining to pages. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Memoirs of a Sword Swallower is Daniel P. Mannix's autobiography as a...... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2004. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 352pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Blue cloth over baords with spine lettered in silver. Top and..... More
Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2005. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xxi, 401pp. Mild shelf wear to covers and corners of unclipped dust jacket. Light creasing to edges of dust jacket. Black paper over boards with spine backed in red and lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and..... More
Goteborg: Joh. Lundens Tryckeri, 1907. Leather bound. 9" X 6 1/8". 239pp. Text in Swedish. Halfbound in black leather with what appears to be alligator or crocodile skin over boards, but cannot confirm. Spine lettered in gilt with gilt floral decorations and five raised bands. Moderate edgewear to binding, with..... More
Cambridge: Perseus Publishing, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". x, 270pp. Book presents nicely in protective archival sleeve. Mild shelf wear to unclipped dust jacket with 3 1/2" neat tear to front cover. Brown paper over boards with..... More
London: William Heinemann, 2002. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First U.K. Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 8 3/4" X 5 1/2". x, 270pp. Mild shelf wear to unclipped dust jacket with light creasing and toning to edges. Black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt..... More
Tokyo: Treville, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. 11 3/4" X 8 1/4". Unpaginated. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in green paper over boards with spine and front cover lettered in red. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound..... More
Mexico: 1960s. Loose_leaf. Not a great deal is documented (at least on the internet) about the life of Mexican Surrealist artist Carlos Coffeen Serpas. His mother, the Salvadoran poet Lilian Serpas, is more well known. Both Carlos and his mother appeared as odd, enigmatic characters in the 2008 novel Amulet..... More
New York: Random House, 1975. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". xi, 418pp. Light chipping and creasing to edges of unclipped dust jacket. Black cloth over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Previous owner's name stamped to edges of text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and..... More
New York: Penguin Press, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition with full number line indicating first printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 378pp. Blue cloth over boards with spine backed in black and lettered in silver. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: In..... More
New York: New York University Press, 1996. Paperback. 10 1/4" X 7 1/4". xviii, 400pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of orange paper over boards. Spine backed in blue and lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Giants. Midgets..... More
