VINTAGE FUNFAIRS AMUSEMENT RIDES, CAROUSELS AND FAIRGROUND ART
Written by Brian Steptoe.
Stock no. 1817235
Published by Jumper Books. 1st 2002. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Yesterday's amusements restored to their full glory today. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w pictorial endpapers. Colour photos. ISBN: 0952311224. Edges of dustwrapper lightly creased, 0.25" closed tear to top edge of rear panel (no loss).
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THE FAIR ORGAN - HOW IT WORKS
Written by Eric V. Cockayne.
Stock no. 2129220
Published by The Fair Organ Preservation Society. 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Introduction to the Mechanical Organ of the Fairground. Red cloth boards, gilt title to front. B/w photos and diagrams. 40 pages. Front cover is a bit bowed with some marks. This copy includes a cardwrap booklet/programme: 'Tewkesbury Steam Fair, Organ Festival, on the Old Station Yard July 17,18,19,20' (1969).
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SHOWMEN'S ENGINES AT WAR
Written by Kay Townsend.
Stock no. 1817068
Published by Kay Townsend. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Threshing, Haulage and Demolition. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780955359521. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). Light creasing to rear cover.
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BURRELL SHOWMAN'S ROAD LOCOMOTIVES
Written by Michael R. Lane.
Stock no. 1816804
Published by Model & Allied Publications. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Story of Showman's Type Road Locomotives Manufactured by Charles Burrell & Sons Ltd. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos, pull-out diagram to rear. Text block lightly browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears.
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SHOWMEN'S ENGINES AT WAR
Written by Kay Townsend.
Stock no. 1816716
Published by Kay Townsend. 1st 2009. Fine condition.

Threshing, Haulage and Demolition. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780955359521. SIGNED by the author to title page.
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STEAMING VOL. 12 No. 1
No author listed.
Stock no. 1816706
Published by The National Traction Engine Club Ltd.. 1969. Almost very good condition.

Paperwraps with staple binding. Showman's Engines Issue. Many b/w photos and fold-out diagrams. 122 pages. Covers creased and browned. Some fold-out diagrams creased at edges.
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PHILIP BRADLEY FAIRGROUND PHOTOGRAPHS & NOTES
Written by Kevin Scrivens; Stephen Smith.
Stock no. 1816701
Published by New Era Publications. 1st 1999. Fine condition.

January 1932-December 1938. Collection of captioned b/w photos together with selected notes from Philip Bradley's notebooks. . Large format. Pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0953509729.
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THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Written by Erik Larson.
Stock no. 2127038
Published by Crown Publishers. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Murder, Magic, and Madness At the Fair That Changed America. ISBN: 0609608444. 16th printing. White marks to covers, which have bumps to edges. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.
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MARY MOUSE GOES TO THE FAIR
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Fred White.
Stock no. 2124074
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition.

Very small format. Pictorial card wraps with red linen spine. 48 pages (92 frames). Rear cover lists 6 Mary Mouse titles 'Goes to Sea' to 'How do You do'. Red and black illustrations throughout. A Mary Mouse Strip Book. Spine is browned. Ink writing to title (a child has written the name again). Some page browning and dark brown marks.
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PIXIE PIP AT THE FAIR
No author listed.
Stock no. 1317107
Published by Fleetway Publications Ltd.. 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Jack and Jill Book, no. 12. Buff pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is foxed and just a little rubbed to spine and corners.
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THE ENGLISH FAIR
Written by David Kerr Cameron.
Stock no. 1814125
Published by Sutton Publishing. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour & b/w illustrations. B/w photos. Colourful, boisterous and often bawdy, the oldtime fairs punctuated the routine of the year like exploding stars. ISBN: 0750917725. Tape marks to endpapers and dustwrapper flaps.
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THOMAS WALKER BUILDER OF STEAM ROUNDABOUTS
Written by Graham Downie; John Middlemiss.
Stock no. 2106724
Published by The Fairground Association Of Great Britain. 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Thomas Walker did not set out in business to make fairground rides, but this is the first comprehensive history of Thomas Walker and his firm to have been written. B/w photos. 136 pages. ISBN: 9780951383551. Some fading to wrapper (mostly on spine), with foxing and repaired tears. Contents fine.
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