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• Menageries, circuses and theatres (Frederick A. Stokes, 1928), by Edward Henry Bostock (page images at HathiTrust)

• Old wagon show days (Brockwell Co., 1925), by Gil Robinson (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Theatrical and circus life; or, Secrets of the stage, green-room and sawdust arena. (Sun Publishing Co., 1882), by John J. Jennings (page images at HathiTrust)
• The 7 lively arts. (Sagamore Press, 1957), by Gilbert Vivian Seldes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sans famille (Heath, 1925), by Hector Malot and I. H. B. Spiers (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ways of the circus; being the memories and adventures of George Conklin, tamer of lions (Harper, 1921), by George Conklin and Harvey W. Root (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sawdust & spangles; stories & secrets of the circus. (H. S. Stone and company, 1901), by William Cameron Coup (page images at HathiTrust)
• A day under the big top, a study in life and art (The Chicago literary club, 1924), by Irving Kane Pond (page images at HathiTrust)
• The circus comes to school; a plan whereby the circus becomes recreational and educational (A. S. Barnes, 1937), by Averil Tibbels (page images at HathiTrust)
• Circus. (G. P. Putnam's sons, 1938), by Bertha Bennet Burleigh (page images at HathiTrust)
• The seven lively arts (Harper & brothers, 1924), by Gilbert Seldes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Toby Tyler (Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923), by James Otis, W. A. Rogers, and Harper & Brothers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wisconsin circus lore : stories of the big top, sawdust ring, menagerie, and sideshows collected in the former circus towns of Delavan, Evansville, Janesville, Whitewater, Watertown, and Baraboo ... ([Madison? Wis.], 1947), by Dorothy Moulding Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medicine show (The Caxton printers, ltd., 1941), by Malcolm Webber (page images at HathiTrust)
• The circus lady. (Thomas Y. Crowell company, 1926), by Josephine De Mott Robinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Circus (Sterling Pub. Co.,c1950, 1950), by George A. Hamid, George A. Hamid, and University of Michigan-Flint. Arab-American Archives Project (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the road with a circus (New Amsterdam Book Co., 1905), by William Carter Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Seventy years a showman (E.P. Dutton & company, 1926), by George Sanger and Kenneth Grahame (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die grosse nummer, gesechichten und schicksale berühmter zirkus- und varieténummern (Ullstein, 1925), by A. H. Kober (page images at HathiTrust)
• The circus, its origin and growth prior to 1835, with a sketch of negro minstrelsy (W. Abbatt, 1909), by Isaac J. Greenwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sawdust and solitude (Little, Brown, and Company, 1928), by Lucia Zora and Courtney Ryley Cooper (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lions 'n' tigers 'n' everything (Little, Brown, and Company, 1924), by Courtney Ryley Cooper (page images at HathiTrust)
• The circus menagerie (Doubleday, Doran & Company, inc., 1929), by Edwin P. Norwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Here we are again; recollections of an old circus clown (The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1926), by Robert Edmund Sherwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Under the big top (Little, Brown, and company, 1923), by Courtney Ryley Cooper (page images at HathiTrust)
• ʹEcuyers et ʹecuyères; histoires des cirques d'Europe (1680-1891) (J. Rothschild, 1893), by baron de Vaux and Maxime Gaussen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wisconsin circus lore, 1850-1908 : stories of the big top, sawdust ring, menagerie, and sideshows (Wisconsin Folklore, 1947), by Dorothy Moulding 1896- Brown and Wis Federal Wrighter's Project (page images at HathiTrust)
• The circus; its origin and growth prior to 1835 (The Dunlap society, 1898), by Isaac J. Greenwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• The circus; its origin and growth prior to 1835. (Hobby House Press, 1962), by Isaac J. Greenwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pink lemonade (Whittlesey house, 1945), by Maxwell Frederic Coplan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Circus memoirs; reminiscences of George Middleton as told to and written by his wife. (G. Rice & Sons, Printers], 1913), by George Middleton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Theatrical and circus life (Sun publishing co., 1883), by John Joseph Jennings (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ring and coronet : a story of circus life (Tinsley Bros., 1883), by Arena (page images at HathiTrust)
• Theatrical and circus life : or, Secrets of the stage, greenroom and sawdust arena : a history of the theatre from Shakespeare's time to the present day, and abounding in anecdotes concerning the most prominent actors and actresses before the public : also, a complete exposition of the mysteries of the stage, showing the manner in which wonderful scenic and other effects are produced, & the origin and growth of Negro minstrelsy, the worst astonishing tricks of modern magicians, and a history of the hippodrome, etc. etc. : illustrated with numerous engravings and fine color prints. (Sun Publishing, 1883), by John J. Jennings (page images at HathiTrust)
• El circo. (Editorial Sempere, 1924), by Ramón Gómez de la Serna (page images at HathiTrust)
• Possibly the Ringling Brothers Circus, Ortonville (Big Stone County Historical Society Museum, 228 NW 2nd Street, Ortonville, Minnesota 56278, 1897), by A.L. Lee; Nancy Sparrow Copy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Circus Parade (Goodhue County Historical Society, 1166 Oak Street, Red Wing, Minnesota 55066; http://www.goodhuehistory.mus.mn.us, 1899) (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to put on an amateur circus (T.S. Denison & Company, 1923), by Fred A. Hacker and Prescott W. Eames (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les jeux du cirque et la vie foraine. (E. Plon, Nourrit, 1889), by Hugues Le Roux and Jules Garnier (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the road with a circus ([New York?, 1903), by William Carter Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Theatrical and circus life (Laird & Lee, 1893), by John Joseph Jennings (page images at HathiTrust)
• P.T. Barnum's greatest show on earth and great London circus Sanger's Royal British Menagerie and grand International Allied Shows. (s.n., 1883) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Descrizione dei circhi : particolarmente di quello di Caracalla e dei giuochi in essi celebrati (Nella stamperia Pagliarini, 1789), by Giovanni Lodovico Bianconi, Niccolo Pagliarini, Angelo Uggeri, and Carlo Fèa (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le cirque et les forains. (A. Mame, 1899), by Henry Frichet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Artisten-lexikon ; biographische notizen über kunstreiter. (E. Lintz, 1895), by Hermann Waldemar Otto (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pauvres saltimbanques (E. Lintz, 1891), by Hermann Waldemar Otto (page images at HathiTrust)
• Description of the circus on the Via Appia, near Rome : with some account of the Circensian games (John Murray, 1828), by Richard Burgess (page images at HathiTrust)
• Show life in America ... (W. Delavoye, 1925), by William Lambert (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old clown's history; in three periods. (Torrey Brothers, Printers, 1872), by John Tryon (page images at HathiTrust)
• The circus; its origin and growth prior to 1835. (Hobby house press, 1898), by Isaac J. Greenwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hey there, sucker!. (B. Humphries, 1947), by Jack E. Dadswell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The 7 lively arts (A.S. Barnes, 1962), by Gilbert Seldes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Circus parades, a pictorial history of America's greatest pageant (Century House, 1953), by Charles Philip Fox (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grade 1 outline unit : circus (Fresno City Unified School District , 1950), by Fresno City Unified School District and Phyllis Kesler (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A Peep at the circus; or, A business for life. (New England Sabbath School Union, 79 Cornhill., 1853), by John Putnam, Henry Stevenson Washburn, and New England Sabbath School Union (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das Buch vom Zirkus : Beiträge zur Geschichte der Wanderkünstlerwelt (E. Lintz A.-G., 1926), by Joseph Halperson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• My circus life : being the life and adventures, and the world travels and experiences of an artist and circus proprietor, now aged 79 years (Noel Douglas, 1925), by James Lloyd (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The circus lady (Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1936), by Josephine Demott Robinson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• With the circus (Little, Brown, 1927), by Courtney Ryley Cooper (page images at HathiTrust)
• Circo (Edizioni Corbaccio, 1928), by Ramón Gómez de la Serna, A. R. Ferrarin, and C. Candida (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Last of the 40-horse drivers; autobiography. (Vantage Press, 1959), by Jake Posey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Circus: its origin and growth prior to 1835. [Index] (J.M. Barriskill, 1955), by James M. Barriskill (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Les forains (Paris : G. Doin, 1925., 1925), by Charles Malato (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Here comes the bandwagon (New York : Dodd, Mead & Company, 1928., 1928), by H. L. Gates (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lions 'n' tigers 'n' everything, by Courtney Ryley Cooper (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Seven Lively Arts, by Gilbert Seldes (Gutenberg ebook)
• On the Road With a Circus, by William Carter Thompson (Gutenberg ebook)
• Myers' Grand Hippodrome (Gutenberg ebook)
• Theatrical and Circus Life: or, Secrets of the Stage, Green-Room and Sawdust Arena, by John J. Jennings (Gutenberg ebook)
• Sawdust & Spangles: Stories & Secrets of the Circus, by W. C. Coup (Gutenberg ebook)

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