About this title: After years of being out of print, the story behind 'The Greatest Show on Earth' is back for new generations to discover. Through the early twentieth century, the Ringling Brothers created a spectacle like no one had ever seen, and one that still wows audiences to this day. Yet what most people do not know is that events behind the scenes rivaled the excitement and intrigue of the center ring.Originally published in 1960, and told with remarkable honesty by the nephew of the original Ringling brothers, "The Circus Kings" remains a clear and unexaggerated telling of what the circus was like ...
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Edition: First Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good. 1282. Moderate creasing, yelllowing, name and sticker on first page; solid book. "The incredible story behind the greatest show on earth. " Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Vintage Paperbacks Inventory No: 072692. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City, N. Y
Date Published: 1960
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. first edition with original dust jacket some chipping on top and bottom of dust jacket, has incription on front cover page. 383 p. illus. 22 cm. Includes Illustrations. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good with no dust jacket; Good reading copy. Ex-lib markings. Wear at spine ends, spine darkened. Ex-Library; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 383 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday & Company
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good. No Jacket. 383 pages. Wear to boards; name inside; good solid book. Parts of book include Son of the circus; The seven brothers; John Ringling and the Norths; John Ringling North. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Inventory No: 059337. read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Date Published: 1960
Description: Hatch, Allene Gaty. Good in Good jacket. Ex Library with the Usual Stam. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A fascinating look at the incredible family that established the legendary ringling Brothers Circus. The front free end paper has been removed and one section of photographs is loose. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday, Garden City
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library Ex-library with usual library markings. Head and tail of spine lightly bumped. Tape marks on inside cover boards. Book DJ book description taped on inside free endpages. Rest of book clean and unmarked. Story of the Ringling family and the seven outrageous Ringling brothers and the development of the circus as an American institution. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, New York
Date Published: 1960
Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. $4.95 Publishers Dust Jacket Price, B/W Illustrations, 383 Pages, Light Edge Wear to the Top Spine Edge of the DJ. read more
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. First Edition. Octavo, mustard colored cloth spine over red boards. Ringling family tree endpapers. 383pp. Illustrated with line drawings and black and white photographs. Fine in very good plus jacket which has minor edgewear and 1' closed tear near front hinge and light soil overall. A very presentable volume. read more
Edition: 1st Edition, so stated.
Binding: Hardbound
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York
Date Published: 1960
Description: 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) 383 pages. family tree on endpapers. Description: Dust jacket design by Robert Flynn. Includes chapter head drawings and a section of b&w photo plates. paper covered boards with cloth at the spine; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday garden city 1960
Description: 1st ed 8vo very good/good-dj Story of the famous circus family by the son of Ida Ringling. jacket-all there but w/ soil and edgewear. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Univ Pr of Florida
Date Published: 2008-08-25
ISBN-13:9780813033112ISBN:081303311X
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780813033112. read more
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY
Date Published: 1960
Description: Text Illus, 29 Photos. VG+/VG. W/Dust Jacket 383pgs A 1/8" x 3/4" DJ chip at bottom rear edge, DJ nicked head & foot of spine, 3/8" DJ tear & ink owner name at top of front. Free endpaper, o.w. clean, bright & tight. No ink names, bookplates, etc. Price unclipped. Has family genealogy map with photos on endpapers. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1960
Description: Very Good-plus in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author "This is the story of a lusty, gusty Amercian family who achieved the peak of the tnertainment world and in so doing gave America a beloved national institution--the circus. " Warmly inscribed to noted Hollywood publicist Col. Barney Oldfield and signed by Henry Ringling North on the second inside page. Two spots of "shadows" on two inside pages, apparently from newspaper stories which had been cut out and laid between pages ... read more
Edition: 1st Edition Later Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY
Date Published: 1960
Description: Text Sketches. Fine/Near Fine. DJ with Mylar 383pgs DJ very slightly nicked foot of spine, o.w. clean, tight & bright. NO ink names, bookplates, DJ tears etc. Price unclipped. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Alden Hatch on Half Title Page. Also SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Allene Gaty Hatch, the Illustrator with comic sketches by Allend laid in about a weekend stay at a friends home. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1960, Garden City
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good+ No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Small outline on bottom of spine from where library sticker was. Several B&W illustrations and photos. read more
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