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STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS; OR, SIXTY YEARS' RECOLLECTIONS OF P. T. BARNUM, INCLUDING HIS GOLDEN RULES FOR MONEY-MAKING. ILLUSTRATED AND BROUGHT UP TO 1889
by BARNUM, P. T
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Some foxing to preliminaries, including the inscribed page but the writing is dark and clear. About Fine
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Buffalo: Courier Company, 1889. Early Edition. Hardcover. Some foxing to preliminaries, including the inscribed page but the writing is dark and clear. About Fine. One of several editions of one of the most famous American autobiographies by one of the world's most sensational entrepreneurs. This is a special copy in a full black morocco leather publisher's presentation binding with gilt decorations on the spine and Barnum's gilt signature on the front cover, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; 360 pages. Illustrated with 43 engravings. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front blank: "To/Miss Jeanie Smith/with author's good wishes/P. T. Barnum" and dated London 1 February 1890. We are not sure who Jeanie Smith was, but alas, the inscription is too early to have been "the Half Girl" who married Al Tomaini, the 8' 8" giant.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018959
- Title
- STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS; OR, SIXTY YEARS' RECOLLECTIONS OF P. T. BARNUM, INCLUDING HIS GOLDEN RULES FOR MONEY-MAKING. ILLUSTRATED AND BROUGHT UP TO 1889
- Author
- BARNUM, P. T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Some foxing to preliminaries, including the inscribed page but the writing is dark and clear. About Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Publisher
- Courier Company
- Place of Publication
- Buffalo
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- Signed, Autobiography, Inscribed, 19th Century Literature, Literature: American, P. T. Barnum
- Bookseller catalogs
- Inscribed; Circus;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Gilt
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- Morocco
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- Inscribed
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