By Maurice Gorham
London   Percival Marshall
8.5" by 5.5" ix, 262pp
An excellent volume on the world of entertainment from Irish journalist Maurice Gorham, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
By Maurice Gorham

1951 Showmen and Suckers: An Excursion on the Crazy Fringe of the Entertainment World

London   Percival Marshall
8.5" by 5.5" ix, 262pp
An excellent volume on the world of entertainment from Irish journalist Maurice Gorham, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
£70.00
: 0.5kgs / : 971Y59

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First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The first edition. 

With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. 

Illustrated with in-text drawings by British artist Edward Ardizzone. 

A series of rambles and observations made of the showman and show business, from the Flea Circus to the Drury Lane pantomime, casting many curious sidelights on the people and events that flourish here. 

From Irish journalist and broadcasting executive, Maurice Gorham. 

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In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor shelf wear. Dust wrapper is sunned to the spine, with minor loss to the head and tail. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages.

Near Fine

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