circus de steinbeck john (8 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Very good in original wrappers with crease and some small ink notations.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Moderate wear to wrappers. Interior fine. The introductory comment by Henry Ringling North discusses how he came to know Steinbeck during the World War II invasion of Italy.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Offering: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Magazine & Program. No Place: Harry S. Dube, 1954. VG in illustrated, stapled wraps, as published. This copy shows only minor fading and light handlingoverall very good condition for its age. This 1954 edition of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Magazine & Program features an original contribution by John Steinbeck, titled simply Circus. In it, Steinbeck reflects on the traveling show's emotional and cultural role in American lifea warm, thoughtful piece that blends his working-class empathy with the wonder of the Big Top. It's a rare find in his body of work: tucked inside a circus program, surrounded by popcorn ads and acrobat photos -- yet unmistakably Steinbeck. The rest of the program includes Ringling's full 1954 lineup: awesome vintage advertising, bios, and photos. But it's the Steinbeck piece that gives this its punchmaking it a must-have for Steinbeck completists, collectors of off-track literary appearances, and those chasing the forgotten corners of 20th-century American writing. Super cool cover illustration by Gaskervilleclassic circus cheesecake meets pulp vibrancy. John Steinbeck. In a circus program wedged between tiger photos and clown bios. It's barely cataloged and oddly appropriate.

Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus Magazine, 1963, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Pages 7, 31, this is the lead article, reprinted from the 1954 issue, this item wasn't in the Adrian H. Goldstone collection, cited as Goldstone & Payne C183 by a photo-copy from Preston Beyer, Morrow 403. Fine.

Photos, ads, 11 x 8.5, pict stapled wraps, 76 pp, covers worn and a bit soiled with a small burn mark that goes through a few pages, pp a little worn but ok; a decent copy, whole issue present. Steinbeck's article appears on page 7, with large photo opposite.

NY, Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus Magazine, 1954, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. Pages 6-7, this is the lead article, preceded by a giant photo of Steinbeck by Philippe Halsman (the only photographer who could make Steinbeck look handsome), this item wasn't in the Adrian Goldstone collection, but see Goldstone & Payne C112, not recorded by Morrow. Fine.

PAPER BACK WHITE. Condición: VERY GOOD. Author's black&white photo in the book. The story is about how the circus people work to set the show, backstage, etc. DATE PUBLISHED: 1954 EDITION: 76.

FIRST EDITION. CIRCUS in Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus Magazine & Program, 1954, first edition, fine in wraps as issued.