Item #171123003 Circus Day (Little Folks Library). George Ade, McCutcheon. John T.
Circus Day (Little Folks Library)
Circus Day (Little Folks Library)
Circus Day (Little Folks Library)

Circus Day (Little Folks Library)

Chicago and New York: The Werner Company, 1896.

First edition, first issue. 128pp. Tiny book measuring 2 3/8" x 2 3/16", bound in boards with a cloth-like finish. Good only with offsetting to spine and inner edges of covers from binding, front cover rubbed along edges with delicate hinge near front, a few small stains to covers, small hole in ffep matching small glue spot on front paste down. Pages 37-44 and 51-60 loose. An "almost legendary" rarity of American author George Ade's first book under his own name, according to Ade bibliographer Dorothy Ritter Russo. Item #171123003

Price: $350.00