Auteurs : Ringling, Alfred T (Auteur)

Lieu de publication : Chicago

Éditeur : R.R. Donnelley

Date de publication : 1900

Langue : Anglais

Description : 242 p. : ill. , portraits, facsimiles ; 20 cm

Sujets :
Ringling Brothers Circus [compagnie de cirque]
Histoire des arts du cirque - États-Unis

Remerciement au donateur : Circus Historical Society;The Ringling : The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art

Collection : Bibliothèque de l'École nationale de cirque

Localisation : Livres rares et anciens

Cote : 791.309 227 3 R5819l 1900

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