Lord George Sanger — Seventy Years a Showman

London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1961. Cloth. An excellent autobiographical work describing the life of this prominent showman, complete with a scarce dust wrapper. Lord George Sanger was an English circus proprietor who ran numerous shows with his brother John throughout the nineteenth century. He owned numerous circus halls, and wrote this work in 1910, just before his brutal murder by an unhappy employee the following year, at the age of 85.A new edition, with an introduction by Kenneth Grahame. Complete with the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper.Acquired from the sale of Paul Gallico's library. Paul Gallico was an American novelist best known for 'The Snow Goose' and 'The Poseidon Adventure&apos.The remarkable autobiography of an extraordinary man's life. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally generally smart, with just slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine discolouring the cloth. Dust wrapper is age-toned, with chipping to the joints. Spine is sunned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a little spotting at the edges. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.