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Book and Jacket are in Near Fine condition; book shows lightest fading at top edges, jacket has two tiny closed tears at top of spine, no other defects noted. Jacket not price clipped. No marks noted to interior. Included is publisher's request to journalist for review of book. See photo.

Caldwell ID: Caxton Prnters, 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Slim Lewis left hom at 16 to travel with verious American circuses and carnival shows as animal caretaker and concession helper (Robbins Circus, trainer of the famous elephant Tusko, Downie Bros. Circus, had keeper of pachyderms at the Brookfield Zoo, Chicago, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle...263 pages, b/w photos. DJ corners taped unobtrusively; DJ in protective sleeve.; 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 ''.

Caldwell, ID, U.S.A.: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1961. First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The author operated a tattoo shop in a Seattle, Washington penny arcade, he purchased a chimpanzee named "Garganga" and went on the carnival circuit later adding more animals. He tells the inside story of the carnival business and life. Illustrated with photographs, 263 pages. Front endpaper [blank page] has been removed,

Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1961. Very good hard cover. No dust jacket . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Cover.

Idaho: The Caxton Printers Ltd, 1961. First edition. Hard Cover. very good/very good. Octavo. 263pp Illustrated with photographs. Some light soiling to page 133. Dust jacket has some edge wear and chipping. In a brodart protective wrapper.

Caldwell: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1961 263 pp.; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, frontis; med offset to eps, child's inscription ffep. Cover: orange, black titles front/spine; v lt shelfwear, head/heel mildly curved. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, lush circus artwork front/spine, orange/black titles front, balck/reverse titles spine, photo and black text back; lightly rubbed, sm closed tear back, tiny chpped front, lt tatter to head. A season with the carnival.

Caldwell: The Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1961. Hardcover. Good +/Good +. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 263pp. Book presents nicely with price-clipped dust jacket encased in protective archival sleeve. Wear to jacket with light rubbing, toning, and creasing ot covers, corners, and edges. Bound in orange cloth over boards with spine and front cover lettered in black. Light toning and rubbing to covers, corners, and edges of boards. Faint spots of toning to top edge of text block. Book plate to front paste-down. Penciled notation to front free endpaper. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: George W. ("Slim") Lewis was operating his own tattoo shop at the Penny Arcade in Seattle when he heard, through friends, of a gorilla show for sale--a chimpanzee named Garganga, billed as "The Greatest Living Manlike Ape Alive." Thinking this was a way back into the show business, he became Garaganga's new owner and was on hand at Renton, Washington, when the American United Shows opened for… Read More

Caldwell: Caxton Printers, 1961. 1st . Hardcover. fine/very good. Illustrated with photographs.

Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1961. 1st Edition (Unstated). Hardcover. Back cover has a scuff/scratch, otherwise covers in VG. Yellowing (light) to pages. No markings on text pages or major defects, erased bookseller markings on ffep. ; Slim; B&W Photographs; 263 pages .

"The Ape I Knew" by George W. (Slim) Lewis1961 - First EditionVintage Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket8 1/2" x 5 3/4"263 Pages The jacket is in good minus condition with a few edge chips and some rubbing. The jacket is now protected with a removable Mylar cover. The hardcover book is in good to good minus condition free from rips, tears, and bends. There is very light page edge toning. The boards are in good minus condition with minimal wear. There are a couple of light bends on the back board. The binding is tight and square.

Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1961. First edition. Illustrated with Photographs. 263 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Orange cloth. Fine in Near Fine pictorial dj. First edition. Illustrated with Photographs. 263 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.