New York: HarperCollins, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first novel, set in the world of the circus backlot. SIGNED on the half title page. 223 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0172975.

New York: Putnam, (1976.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Autobiography of a great performer and showman extraordinare. He grew up in a family with a 250 year traditional of traveling shows and built his father's modest troupe into the greatest circus in Europe. Photographs. Index. 220 pp. ISBN: 0-399-116168.

Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., (1948, c. 1943.). Hardcover - A fourth grade reader, illustrated in both color and black and white by Corrine Malvern and Ruth Steed. Topics include "We Go By Air" about the Flying Family's trip to Greenland, "Mexico, Our Southern Neighbor," "ATrip to the West." "The Circus" and more. Includes exercises at the end of each story, a dictionary and vocabulary list. 376 pp.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2003.). First edition - Canadian author's first book, a novel based on the life of Mabel Stark, the greatest female tiger trainer in history. In the 1910's and 20's, during the golden age of the big top, she was the superstar of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus. A tiny blonde in a white leather bodysuit, Mabel was brazen, sexually adventurous and suicidally courageous. "You can't mix tigers and husbands, and anyhow, I prefer the tigers." Winner of the Trillium Award. 428 pp.

Concora Book (Rand McNally and Container Corp of America.) 1959. dj. Hardcover first edition - Story of a wise, whimsical ex-circus clown, and the Bambinos, Papa Pompino's faithful followers, who love to listen to his tales and learn from him how to do circus tricks. Illustrated in full color by Jan Balet. A 'slottie' book but lacking the slottie toy. 34 pp.

Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 2014. First edition - A fun to read early chapter book. "The rascals from the worlds friendliest family circus are back." SIGNED and dated in 2013 on the title page. Illustrated with drawings by M. Sarah Klise. 127 pp.

New York: Warner, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Novel of the Connecticut Circus Fire" at a matinee perfomance of the Barnum and Bailey circus, in Hartford, Connecticut in 1944, a fire which claimed 169 lives and injured more than 1000 others, mostly women and children. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-446518069.

Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (1922.). Hardcover - Mystery and adventure set in the circus world and the world of boxing. 238 pp.

Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (1922). Hardcover - Mystery and adventure set in the circus world and the world of boxing. 238 pp.

New York: Hyperion, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's intriguing second novel From the dustjacket: "The Woodrow family is at the circus to celebrate Greta's seventh birthday. When a clown asks for a volunteer from the audience, the Woodrows are shocked when James, their extremely shy five-year-old, raises his hand. .. James thrives in the spotlight, and... the parents glow with pride as the audience cheers for their son. The cheers turn into thundering applause as the act culminates in spectacular fashion, with James vanishing before their very eyes. The trouble is that James really does vanish -- into thin air.." Cover praise from Joanna Scott, Margot Livesey and others. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-786867795.

New York: Atheneum, 1971. dj. Hardcover first edition - A child sees a circus with miniature performers under a tree, and this world becomes more important to him than anything else in his life. Frontispiece and dust jacket cover by Mercer Mayer. 31 pp.