1 I Love You Honey But The Seasons Over by Connie Clausen Published 1961 2 Grock King Of Clowns by Grock Published 1956 3 Clown by Emmett Kelly and Beverly Kelly Published 1954 4 Little OL Show by Art “Doc” Miller Published 1982 5 Circus Doctor by Doc Henderson&Richard Taplinger Published 1951 6 My Wild Life by Jimmy Chipperfield Published 1976 in USA 7 Center Ring Circus Cuisine Linda W. Holst Published 1979 8 Lions On The Lawn by Mary Chipperfield Published 1971 9 Tiger Tiger by Charly Baumann Published 1975 10 Greatest Show On Earth by M. Willson Disher Published 1937 11 Mud Show by Fred Powledge Published 1975 12 The Cristianis by Richard Hubler Published 1966 13 Speaking Of Elephants And The Circus Under Canvas by Bruce R. Royal Published 1973 14 Circus by Beatrice Schenk DeRegniers Photos by Al Giese Published 1966 15 A Ticket To The Circus by Charles P. Fox Published 1959 16 The Circus Bigger And Better Than Ever? by Herb Clement Published 1974 17 Tent Show by Marian McKennon Published 1962 18 How The Circus Works by Routledge&Kegan Paul Published 1962 19 This Way To The Big Show by Dexter W. Fellows&Andrew A. Freeman Published 1936 20 Struggles And Triumphs Of A Modern Day Showman by Ward Hall Published 1982 21 The Live And Legend Of Tom Mix by Paul E. Mix Published 1972 22 Cat Dancers by Ron&Joy Holiday Published 1987 23 Big Top Circus by Neil Johnson 1995 24 Performing Horses by Charles Philip Fox 1960 25 Here Comes The Circus by Peter Verney 1978 26 Hoaxs,Humbugs And Spectacles by Mark Sloan 1990 27 Behind The Circus Scene by D.X.&Barbara Fenton 1980 28 Bretram Mills Circus Its Story by Cyril Bertram Mills 1967 29 The Great American Amusement Parks by Gary Kyriazi 1976 30 A Ringling By Any Other Name The Story of John Ringling North And His Circus by His Circus by Ernest Albrecht 1989 31 Stilts by S.Carl Hirsch 1972 32 Center Ring by Robert Lewis Taylor 1956 33 Circus Days and Chimp Antics by David Hibbling 1986 34 The story Of Mr. Circus by Charles T. Hunt Sr. 1954 35 Horse Dung Trail Saga Of The American Circus by Joe McKennon 1979 36 Lions and Tigers by Carl Laemmie 1934 37 Black Bras Dont Show The Dirt Or Life On A Mud Show by Bunni Bartok Perz 1984 38 The Circus Life Of Adam Bardy by Adam Bardy 1978 39 A Day In The Life Of A Clown by Carol Gaskin 1988 40 Mudshows&Railers The American Circus In 1878 by Staurt Thayer 1971 41 Jungle Acrobats Of The Russian Circus by Boris Elder 1958 42 Look At The Circus by Noel Streatfeild 1960 43 Follow That Elephant by Bunni Bartok Perz 44 The Circus Comes To Town by The Circus Word Museum Baraboo Wi.1963 45 The Worlds Greatest Showman by J. Bryan The3rd. 46 Circus Buffoon by Danny Chapman 1982 47 Yorkshire Gypsy Fairs, Custums & Caravans by E. Alan Jones 1986 48 Very Special People by Frederick Drimmer 1973 49 Tent Show by Marian McKennon 1964 50 Lion Boy The Story Of Cedic Crossfield 1954 51 The Circus Book by Rupert Croft-Cooke 52 The Other Side Of The Circus by Edwin P. Norwood 1926 53 Fairs,Circuses And Music Halls by M.Willson Dishe 54 Step Right Up by Dan Mannix 1950 55 It Was Better Than Work by F.Beverly Kelly 1982 56 Tanbark& Tinsel by John C. Kunzog Also Publisher 1970 57 The Art Of Chinese Acrobatics by Wang Zhengbo 1982 58 Lukes Circus by Ruth Manning-Sanders 1939 59 Lions, Tigers And Me by Roman Proske 1958 60 Children Of The Big Top by Marian Murray 1958 61 Wallenda by Ron Morris 1976 62 Facing The big Cats by Clyde Beatty 1964 63 Circus Parade by Jim Tully 1927 64 A Ring A Horse And A Clown by John H. Mc Connell 1992 65 Untamed by Gunther Gebel-Williams 1991 66 Circus by Clem Butson Publish by Circus Fans Association Of Great Britian 67 The Big Top by Fred Bradna 1952 68 Umberttos Circus by Edward Bass 69 Wild Tigers And Tame Fleas by Bill Ballantine 1958 70 Nights At The Circus by Angela Carter Viking Press 1985 71 Past Murder Imperfect by Billy Barton Bilbar Books 1980 72 Circus Cinders To Sawdust by Eise Forrester OBrien 1959 73 The Unlikely Legacy John Ringling,The Circus And Sarasota by Kenneth Matthews&Robert McDevitt 1980 74 A History Of The Circus In America by George L. Chindahl 1959 75 Pink Coats, Spangles And Sawdust By Frank Foster Stanley Pauls&Co. Ltd. 76 The English Circus by Ruth Manning-Sanders Nerner Laurie 1952 77 The Circus by Issac J. Greenwood 1898 78 Celebrity Circus by Charles Higham 1979 79 The Big Show by Felix Sutton 1971 80 Toby Tyler by James Otis 1980 81 Ringmaster by Kristopler Antekerier 1989 82 The Colorful World Of The Circus by David Jamieson-Sandy Davidson 1980 83 The Circus by Mabel Harmer 1984 84 Spinners Of The Big Top by Pamela McGregor-Morris 1960 85 Circus Heros And Heroines by Rhina Kirk 1972 86 This Way To The Big Show by Fellows And Freeman 87 The One Horse Show by John Kunzog 1962 88 The America Circus by Wilton Eckley 1984 89 Showman And Suckers by Edward Ardizzone 1951 90 Circus Couronne by A,Wright Cambell 1977 91 A Seat At The Circus by Anthony Hippisley Coke Evan 92 The Circus Parade by Tom Tully 1951 93 Fun By The Ton by Allen&Kelly 1941 94 The Fabulous Showman by Irving Wallace 1962 95 No Bars Between by Alex Kerr 1957 96 Barnum by M.R. Werner 1923 97 Struggles And Triumphs Of P.T. Barnum 1872 98 Sawdust And Spangles by W.C. Coup 1901 99 Facing The Big Cats by Clyde Beatty 1965 100 The real Ringmaster by Austin Miles 1980 101 Denver Brown F. Beverly Kelly 1966 102 First Of May by Charlie Hill 1978 103 Fifty Years Under Canvas by Herb Walters 1962 104 Clowns by John H. Towsen 1976 105 Circus Day Under The Big Top by Richard Glendining 1969 106 Circus by Paul Eipper 1931 107 Show Life In America by William lambert 1925 108 Circus Down Under by Diana&George Spear 1960 109 Mud Show by Don B. Wilmeth 1988 110 Bring On The Clowns by Beryl Hugil 1980 111 All The Fun Of The Fair by The Showman Guild Of Great Britain 1987 112 I Never Went To Clown College by Frank Cain 1993 115 Dandylions In The Snow by Frank Cain The Years 1957-1987 116 A Reckless Era Of Aerial Performance, The Evolution Of The Trapeze by Steve Gossard Illinois State University Normal Illinois 1994 118 119 120 A Pictorial History Of The American Carnival by Joe McKennon Carnival Publishers Of Sarasota Volumes 1 2 3 121 Old Time Circus Cuts by Charles Philip Fox Dover Publications Co. 1979 122 The Circus Comes To Town Nostalgia Of Australian Big Tops by Geoff Greaues 1980 123 Born On The Circus by Fred Powledge Harcourt Bruce Journovich 1976 124 Circus Life by John Allins Pelham Books Ltd. 1982 125 Great Days Of The Circus by Freeman Hubbard American Heritage Publishing Co.Inc. 1962 126 Indiana’s Big Top by Don Chaffee Foremost Press Inc. 1969 127 Mary Chipperfield Circus Book by James Jamisen Jarrold&Sons Ltd. 1979 128 The Magic Ring A Year With The Big Apple Circus by Anna Machotka William Morrow&Co. Inc. 1988 129 When The Circus Came To Town by Dean M. Aungst Applied Arts Publisher 1969 130 The Book Of Clowns by Felix Sutton Gosset&Dunlap 1953 131 Side Show by Max Rusds Anjon Publisher Inc. 1975 132 Circus by Marce Aarry Huber Raverlag Publisher 1974 133 The National Geographic Magazine October 1931 R.B.B.B. Circus 134 The National Geographic Magazine March 1948 R,B.B.B. Circus 135 The National Geographic Magazine March 1972 Hoxie Bros. Circus 136 A History Of The Circus by George Speaight The Tantivy Press 1980 137 Behind The Big Top by David Lewis Hammarstron A.S.Barnes&Co. 1980 138 The Circus And The Fair Longacre Press Ltd. 1960 139 Circus Days by Jill Freedman Harmony Books 1975 140 Circus A World History by Rupert Croft-Cooke&Peter Cotes McMillian Publishing Co. Inc. 1976 141 Hagenbeck Wallace Circus No Performance Today June 22 1918 by Warren 142 142 A.Reeder Jr. Hammond Historical Society 1968 143 Freaks by Giovanni Juliani 1978 144 The Circus Ideals Publishing Co. 145 The World Of Clowns by George Bishop Brooke House Publisher 1976 146 The Love Of The Circus by David Jamieson&Sandy Jamieson Octopus Books Ltd. 1980 148 I loved Rouges The Life Of An Elephant Tramp by George “Slim” Lewis Superior Publishing Co. 1978 149 The American Circus, an illustrated history by John Culhane published by Henry Holt and Company, 1989. Over 500 pages. Includes some b&w photos, and a 23-page bibliography 150 American Circus Posters, edited by Charles Philip Fox, Dover Publications, 1978 151 The Big Apple Circus, Peter Angelo Simon, , Penguin Books, 1978 152 The Big Cage, by Clyde Beatty, New York, Century, 1933 153 Big Top Boss; John Ringling North and the Circus, by David Lewis Hammarstrom, University of Illinois Press, 1992 154 . The Carousel Animal, text by Tobin Fraley, photos by Gary Sinick, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1987, 1983 155 Circus, paperback fiction by Alistair MacLean, Fawcett Crest Books, 1975. 156 The Circus Comes Home When The Greatest Show On Earth Rode The Rails, by Lois Duncan 157 Circus Dreams, by Lynn Goldsmith, Published in U.S. by Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1991 (printed in Japan). Incredible color photos of Great Circus Parade, wagons, and tents... 158 The Circus In America, by Chappie Fox and Tom Parkinson, pub. by Country Beautiful, 1969. 159 . The Circus Kings, by Henry Ringling North and Alden Hatch, Doubleday publishers, 1960 (Story of the Ringling family, by a nephew of the Ringling brothers) 160 The Circus - Lure and Legend, compiled and edited by Mildred Sandison Fenner and Wolcott Fenner, with foreword by Irvin Feld. Published by Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1970 161 The Circus Moves by Rail, by Tom Parkinson & Charles P. Fox, Carstens Publications, 1993, 1978, 392 pp. A great resource, lots of b&w photos 162 Circus Press Agent; The Life & Times of Roland Butler, by Gene Plowden, Caxton Printers, 1984 163 . Circus Trains, by Charles Philip (Chappie) Fox, Kalmbach Publishing, 1947 164 Circus Trains, Trucks and Models, edited by Harold H. Carstens, 1990. 52 pp. 165 The Colorful World Of The Circus, by David Jamieson and Sandy Davidson 166 Gargantua, Circus Star of the Century, by Gene Plowden 167 The Great American Carousel; a century of master craftsmanship, by Tobin Fraley, Chronicle Books, 1994 168 The Great Circus Street Parade in Pictures, by Charles Philip (Chappie) Fox and F. Beverly Kelley, New York, Dover Publications, 1978 169 . Merle Evans, Maestro of the Circus, by Gene Plowden 170 My Father Owned a Circus, by R. H. Gollmar, Caxton Printers, 1965 Morrow Junior Books, New York, 1993. (FOR KIDS) 171 Circus Trans and Modeling, edited by Harold H. Carstens, 1975, 32 pages, Published by Carstens Publications, Inc., New Jersey 172 Pictorial History of the American Circus, by John and Alice Durant, Published by Castle Books, New York, 1957 173 The Colorful World of the Circus, by David and Sandy Davidson, Forward by Helen Wallenda, Published by Octopus Books Limited, Wisconsin, 1980 174 A Very Young Circus Flyer, by Jill Krementz, Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1979 175 American Circus Posters, Edited by Charles Philip Fox, Published by Dover Publications, New York, 1978 176 Singing Wheels and Circus Wagons by Gene Plowden, Caxton Printers, 1977. (softbound, binding falls apart. But this book has nice, clear b&w photos) 177 Those Amazing Ringlings and their Circus, by Gene Plowden, New York, Bonanza Books, 1967 (Roland Butler called this book "the first completely authentic history of the Ringlings and their circus ever put on paper.") 178 Under the Big Top - A Season with the (Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros.) Circus, by Bruce Feiler, published by Scribner, 1995 (no photos) 179 Browe, Waldo R., editor: Barnum's Own Story: The Autobiography of P.T. Barnum. Magnolia, Massachusetts: Peter Smith Publisher, 1927, 1972. 180 . Bryan, George S., editor. Struggles and Triumphs: Or the Life of P.T. Barnum. Written by Himself. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. 181 Groh, Lynne. P.T. Barnum. Illinois, Garrod Publishing Co., 1966. 182 Kunhardt, Jr., Philip B., Kunhardt III, Philip B., Kunhardt, Peter W. P.T. Barnum: America's Greatest Showman. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Circus by George A. HAmid 1950 Wild Animal Man by Damoo Dhorte 1961
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