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Life and Art of Andrew Ducrow and the Romantic Age of the English Circus by A. H. Saxon Published by Archon Books Hamden, CT 1978 First Edition Hardcover Book/DJ Condition: AN/F+ 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 511 pp; Book is as-new, ordered direct from distributor. No remainder marks. Retail price was written in pencil on end page but has since been erased. In tracing Ducrow's career, the author uncovers a range of topics to delight both the social historian and the general reader: circus architecture; histrionic horses, elephants, and man-monkeys; circus audiences and the training of performers; Negroes and Jews in the early circus; the circus on the continent, in England, and in America; ballets d'action, mime, and tableaux vivants; Ducrow's friends and enemies--including Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, and Queen Victoria herself. Archon Books is an imprint of the Shoe String Press. ISBN: 0208016511 Keywords: n/a

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