New York: Modern Age Books, 1938. First edition. Octavo. Printed wrappers w/ pictorial dustjacket; 152p; illus. A clean, tight copy in the uncommon pictorial jacket, lightly rubbed and worn but still quite presentable. Extensively illustrated with halftones, uncredited but clearly of WPA/FSA lineage. An explication and defense of federal work-relief..... More

New York: Viking Press, 1984. First Edition. Conover's first book, begun as a Master's thesis in anthropology. A classic of participatory journalism, and an important entry in the literature of modern vagabondia. Also the book that launched many thousands of college-age faux-bos on their careers. Octavo (9-1/4" x 6-1/4"). Cloth-backed..... More

New York: Macmillan, 1916. First Edition. First printing. 12mo. Ribbed maroon cloth, titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; xii,[1]-205pp + 4pp publisher's ads. Base of spine just a trifle pushed, else a tight, Fine copy in the original cloth. More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Publisher's deep red ribbed cloth, titled in gilt on spine; xvii+278pp; 3pp ads. Bit of sunning and wear to cloth backstrip, slight soil to upper edge of text block, else a tight, VG or better copy. Small bookseller label..... More

Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1927. "Despite its cheery-sounding title, Circus Parade is light years away from Toby Tylerland, presenting a dark, violent and thoroughly unromanticized portrait of life on the road with a traveling show -- described by Tully as "generally a canvas nest of petty..... More

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.25cm); blue-grey cloth, with pictorial title labels mounted to spine and front cover; dustjacket; xiv,178pp, with color pictorial frontispiece and 10 inserted black & white plates of illustrations by the author. Gentle sunning to spine and extremities, some light..... More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. First Edition. Tully's final novel, a nostalgic look at his family, upbringing, and Ohio roots, as well as a young boy's life on the road. "Biddy Brogan, the son of Irish immigrant parents, grows up the hard way. From an Ohio orphanage where he..... More

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1931. First Edition. "The final installment in what Tully considered his five-volume autobiographical cycle (following Beggars of Life, Circus Parade, Shanty Irish and Shadows of Men), this book essentially picked up where Shanty Irish had left off, following the passage of young Jim from a Cincinnati..... More