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Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections
by P T Barnum
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Buffalo, New York: The Courier Company, 1875 Book. Fair. Burgundy Boards. Revised Enlarged Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Author's Edition of a memoir by the American showman and politician Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891), founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus, first published in 1869. 875pp with 33 black and white illustrations, including tissue guarded portrait to frontis. Blind stamped border to boards, gilt design and title to spine. Rubbing and bumping to spjne and corners, page edges somewhat soiled, hinges starting to pull and inscription in pencil to endpaper, otherwise fair/good reading copy..
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- Bookseller
- Washburn Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015611
- Title
- Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections
- Author
- P T Barnum
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Revised Enlarged Edition
- Publisher
- The Courier Company
- Place of Publication
- Buffalo, New York
- Date Published
- 1875
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Washburn Books
Biblio member since 2010
Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire
About Washburn Books
Washburn Books is a small family business, based in Yorkshire. We offer a wide variety of hard-to-find and out-of-print books in our virtual store, as well as an offline search service. We take pride in our fast delivery of well packaged books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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