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Bonanza Books, Div. of Crown, 1972. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Bonanza Books, Div. of Crown, 1972. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Bonanza Books, Div. of Crown. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Bonanza Books, Div. of Crown. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bonanza Books. 1972. First thus Edition / 1st Printing. H Hardcover. Very Good. First thus edition / First printing. Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket : slight wear at top & bottom of spine & corners, tearing to upper corner and tips of jacket, 18.5 x 26cm. hard cover. 96pp.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bonanza Books. 1972. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. First thus Edition / 1st Printing. H Hardcover. Very Good. First thus edition / First printing. Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket : slight wear at top & bottom of spine & corners, 1/2" tear on top edge of rear panel. 18.5 x 26cm. hard cover. 96pp.

Bonanza Books, Div. of Crown. Good in Good dust jacket. 1972. hardback. 0517136597 . 2.70 X 2.20 X 0.40 inches .

E a Seemann. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 8vo 8"-9" tall; 96 pages. .

Bonanza Books, Div. of Crown, January 1972. Hardcover. USED Good.

NY: Bonanza Books, 1972. First Edition, First Printing; dj w/chipping, tears, tear, in mylar; book store label; 96 clean, unmarked pages. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by B/W Illus. 4 Vo; 1 Pound.

New York: Bonanza Books, 1972. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 96pp. Frontispiece, illustrations (some color). Near fine/very good. Reprint, tight and attractive.

New York: Bonanza Books. Hardcover. 1972. Reprint 1st Pr. 8vo 95pp . Fine in Very Good DJ. B&W and Color Illustrations Small sticker on endpaper, DJ spine faded and price clipped The story of a famous circus gorilla .

New York: Bonanza books. very good in good dust jacket . photo's. New York: very good in good dust jacket

New York: Bonanza, 1972. 96pp, bw & col ills. Or red cloth in jacket. Moderate edge wear to jacket. The gorilla, Gargantua the Great, was the greatest single attraction of any circus. This is his story telling how a young, terribly mutilated gorilla was nursed back to health and domesticated and how the maturing animal helped revive the fortunes of Ringling Brothers Circus.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 4to.

Bonanza, 1972. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good/Fair. Gargantua Circus Star of the Century Gene Plowden Bonanza Books, 1972, lst. Hardback in good condition with good dust jacket. Text clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cover clean but does have tear at rear. Millions stood in line to see the largest if not the ugliest member of the Ape family seen in America. After 12 years of Circus stardom his death was flashed around the world. This is his story of how orphaned he was horribly mutilated, how he was nursed back to heath and found himself in the Circus. Loaded with B&W photos as well as colored pages of posters, index.

E A Seemann, 1972. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. A couple short tears to jacket. .

E a Seemann, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. Very Good Hardcover in Good DJ. SIGNED by author. PO's name on ffep, pages are otherwise clean, crisp and unmarked. DJ shows some edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Miami, Florida: E A Seemann, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. A New Giftable Book.. Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket - reverse side of jacket has age toning. Now in a new clear Mylar sleeve. 4to; 10.25 inches tall. 96 pages; b/w photos and colored pages of posters, index.. The name of Gargantua was a household word throughout this country, and his picture was spread around the world. Millions stood in line through rain, wind, cold, and heat to pay admission to see this ugliest (if not largest or fiercest) member of the ape family ever seen outside the jungles of Africa. And after twelve years of stardom, major wire services flashed the news of his death around the world. Gene Plowden tells us how the young, terribly mutilated gorilla was nursed to health and domesticated by a remarkable woman; how the maturing animal helped the Ringling North brothers revive their troubled enterprise; how the carefully contrived stories of the… Read More