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[Carnivals] A dozen books on carnivals and sideshows. Including Under the Big Top (1995) by Bruce Feiler; Secret of the Sideshows (2005) by Joe Nickell; Showmen and Suckers (1951) by Edward Ardizzone; Freak Show (1988) by Robert Bogdan; Shocked and Amazed (2002) by James Taylor; Step Right Up (2004) by Nathaniel Knaebel; and others. Sizes and bindings vary. Illustrated. Condition generally very good.


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