First Edition. 'Lorrie was a trouper's daughter and dancing was as natural to her as breathing, but sickness abruptly marked a break in her career'. This copy signed and inscribed by the author at front endpaper. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners. Item #41479

First Edition. Peers dustjacket art. Novel of Vaudeville artists. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with light chipping and heavy creasing to front lower edge and shallow chipping to rear top edge. Item #15081

First Edition. Paris set novel in which our heroine has only one year to live and who sets out to become a famous performer. Her reckless lifestyle causes her to be nearly raped, her attacker murdered and when it is discovered that she will live after all, she abandons her stage name and starts a new life as a married woman. "If you were young and beautiful, wealthy, daring, romantic, talented and suddenly found that you had but one year to live, what would you do?" Near Fine in a nearly Very Good dustjacket, narrow loss at front flap edge, shallow edge chipping, lower spine end with quarter sized chip. Item #21272

Early Edition. Novel of an amorous young woman who had her first affair at age 13, and who goes on to become the world's most renowned ballerina. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket. Item #20305

First Edition. Parkhurst dustjacket art. Circus themed novel of romance and performer life. Very Good, front free endpaper removed, gift shop stamp at rear inside cover, in Very Good dustjacket, spine mildly faded, shallow chipping at spine ends, modest shelf wear. Item #17921

First Edition. Cameron Wright dustjacket art. Uncommon circus themed novel of several generations of an English traveling show family. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, small chip at lower spine end. Item #14880

First Edition. Ann Meredith dustjacket art. Very scarce novel of a professional dancer, "the account of her debut, first as a frightened young girl facing a sea of faces in her first solo dance - until the tremendous night when she has blasé London theatre-goers at her feet." Near Fine in Very Good modestly soiled dustjacket, few small chips at top spine end. Item #22687

First Edition. Novel of a young woman, the daughter of two circus acrobats, who escapes her fate as a tattooed lady, and makes her way as a dancer on Broadway and a life on Park Avenue. Near Fine, some wear at lower edge of covers, in Good or better dustjacket, with shallow loss along upper edges, some loss at lower spine end and lower front panel, some paper tape at top spine end (at verso), scotch tape at lower spine end. Item #27437

First Edition. Harrison Fisher dustjacket art and illustrations by the author. Perhaps better known as an artist and illustrator, the striking two-page illustrations in the American edition of Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera are by Castaigne. A contemporary novel of circus life and peril, with an uncommon example of Harrison Fisher wrap-around dustjacket art from 1909. An attractive copy of rare title. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, very shallow spine end chips, top rear panel with small chip, edges with few short closed tears. Item #17331

First Edition. Will Grefe illustrations. Extremely rare posthumously published fictionalized autobiography of famous tap dancer Jack Donahue, star of 'Sunny', 'The Follies' and 'Sons o' Gun'. The work would serve as the basis for a long running Broadway musical titled My Vaudeville Man. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, dime sized chip at top front panel, inch closed tear at lower rear spine edge, hint of stain at lower spine end, shallow loss at top spine end. Item #37814

First Edition. Wrap-around dustjacket artwork. Unusual novel of the violent conflict between two rival circuses. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, nicks and closed tears at lower spine end area. Item #40858

First Edition. Near Fine dustjacket art. Romance between a radio comedian, “the darling of innumerable women,” who was in love with a woman who didn’t want him and risked his career trying to get her. Near Fine in a lovely Near Fine dustjacket, with few nicks and light wear. Item #19784

First Edition. Uncommon circus themed novel and romance of two circus performers. Great dustjacket art. Near Fine, small name and date at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, fairly shallow chipping at spine ends, light shelf wear. Item #23016