CIRCUS BOOKS COLLECTION

 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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