Signed by Author to Front End Paper; Limited Edition Number 416/2483; Very Good/Very Good in Blue Cloth over Boards; Hard Cover W/ Dust Jacket; 4to; 132 pages; B/W and Color Illustrations and Photographs; Illustrated End Papers; Chronicle Books; 1994; Limited Edition First Printing; Subtitled: A Century of Master Craftmanship; Foreward by Nina Fraley; Book appears unread; Text smells slightly of smoke; Minor rubbing to DJ DJ in archival mylar jacket; Handsome Book!

The Great American Carousel: A Century of Master Craftsmanship

Arts & Photography

Fraley, Tobin

Photography & Video

Chronicle Books LLC.

This entertaining visual celebration offers a closeup look at the carousel not only as amusement but as cultural icon and craft. Rare historical photographs portray America's earliest wooden carousels, their creators, and the shops where they were carved. Full-color portraits display fanciful pigs, frogs, and tigers as well as an array of magnificent decorated horses.

Great American Carousel

Chronicle Books+

Shows horses and menagerie animals carved out of wood for American and European carousels, traces the history of carousel rides, and looks at some prominent manufacturers

Carousel Animal

Sinick, Gary

When a family gets a visit a few days before Christmas from the Humbug so often mentioned by Ebenezer Scrooge, a series of mishaps occur

A Humbug Christmas

Children's Books

Holidays & Celebrations

Zephyr Pr

Very Good/Very Good in Glossy Black Boards; Hard Cover W/ Dust Jacket; 4to Square; 80 pages; B/W and Color Photographs; Subtitled: The Myth, The Magic, and the Memories; Faint shelf wear to boards; Text clean and unmarked; Rubbing to DJ; DJ in archival mylar jacket.

Carousels: The Myth, the Magic, and the Memories

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Home Improvement & Design

Willitts Designs Pub