1st Ed, 1945. Whittlesey House (Publ.), NY/London. HC, DJ. Large format, 138 pages with nearly 100 photographic illustrations. For decades, one of the most desirable books about the circus ever published in the US. Primarily a book of photographs, all through the lens of Coplan, himself, this volume captures the massiveness of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey in all of its under-canvas glory. Commentary by Francis Beverly Kelley. An all-time must. VG+.

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