This is the saga of Madame Rosenbloom's fashionable establishment in Chicago and of the ladies in her domain. And here is the Jim Tully of "Circus Parade", the forthright Tully whose language is as frank as life itself. Tully does not pull his punches. The big men and the little ladies for whom Madame Rosenbloom's house is a social center are portrayed with vigor and honesty. The novel is crammed with incident and penetrating word pictures. It is not a story for the squeamish. But if life itself, that robust, lusty segment ...
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This is the saga of Madame Rosenbloom's fashionable establishment in Chicago and of the ladies in her domain. And here is the Jim Tully of "Circus Parade", the forthright Tully whose language is as frank as life itself. Tully does not pull his punches. The big men and the little ladies for whom Madame Rosenbloom's house is a social center are portrayed with vigor and honesty. The novel is crammed with incident and penetrating word pictures. It is not a story for the squeamish. But if life itself, that robust, lusty segment of life that is here so honestly and brilliantly depicted, does not frighten or shock you, this novel will hold your deepest interest. Upon initial printing of this book in 1935, copies were seized from the publisher and destroyd by police based on allegations that the material was obscene and blasphemous. It is unknown how many copies survived. This is the first printing since that time.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. #414. Though not as uncommon as the banned Greenberg 1st ed in 1935, the Mosher reprint is becoming scarce. Typical browning pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ohio; Literature & Literary. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 6068.
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Very Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. Spine sunned. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ohio literature; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8357.
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Good. First edition. 245pp. Pinkish red cloth with navy lettering. Good+. No jacket. Spine sunned, a few stain spots to cloth. Bookplate on paste down. Hinges at front and rear a bit free. A nice copy. A novel about prostitution and poverty in the American midwest, written by the author of hobo-novel-par-excellence Beggars of Life. After a single printing the book was declared "obscene." Unlike other banned books from this period such as Lillian Smith's Strange Fruit it was effectively suppressed. Copies were destroyed by police and the book was forgotten.
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Fair+ Signed first edition. [vii], 245 pp. Pinkish red cloth with navy lettering. Fair or a little better, lacking jacket, with staining to cloth, spine sunned, front corner chewed, front and rear hinges repaired with glue, some marginal pinpricks and creased corners. With a lengthy inscription by Jim Tully late in life, meditating on this thoroughly censored and banned book about brothels, "6/26/42 For Louis and Bess Cochran--and their new home, who will have understanding for the gals in this book--suppressed in a free land [? ] by those who might dreamt [? ]--to the impure--al things are impure. One critic said that no man of talent ever wrote so Bad a Book--and yet it was suppressed in the words of whitman I say of such gals--not [three illegible words] excludes you will I exclude [? ] you [signed] Jim Tully June 1942." On the facing page he wrote, "Suppressed by Comstock, New York City, only 900 copies printed." He also added Carl Sandburg's name to the dedication page quote. Quite uncommon signed. A novel (hailed by H.L. Mencken as the author's best) about prostitution and poverty in the American midwest, written by the author of hobo-novel-par-excellence Beggars of Life. After a single printing the book was officially declared "obscene." Unlike other banned books from this period such as Lillian Smith's Strange Fruit it was effectively suppressed. Copies were destroyed by police and the book was forgotten.
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Good. First edition. Hardcover in red cloth lettered in black. 245 pp. Good to very good, some fade to the spine strip anong with some light spotting, small stain lower front cover and another to the upper rear cover. Private non-lending library stamp front free endpaper. No dust jacket.
