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Van Nostrand Reinhold (International) Professional & Reference. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
SPLENDID AMUSEMENT! STARTLING FEATS OF LEGERDEMAIN! MR. A. WALKER RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCES TO THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THIS PLACE THAT HE WILL ENTERTAIN THEM AT [blank] ON [blank] EVENING, [blank]. . . 1855 WITH A VARIETY OF NOVEL, ORIGINAL AND STARTLING FEATS OF NATURAL MAGIC! ALL OF THE MOST UNEXCEPTIONAL CHARACTER, TOGETHER WITH THE EXTREMELY LAUGHABLE PERFORMANCE OF PUNCH & JUDY CONSISTING OF TEN BEAUTIFUL MECHANICAL FIGURES! INTRODUCING LAUGHABLE INCIDENTS & COMICAL ADVENTURES &c. OF MR. PUNCH! TON CONCLUDE WITH THE CELEBRATED NOSE AMPUTATION! LARGE NOSES PREFERRED! . . . by [Walker, Albert] - 1855
by [Walker, Albert]
SPLENDID AMUSEMENT! STARTLING FEATS OF LEGERDEMAIN! MR. A. WALKER RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCES TO THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THIS PLACE THAT HE WILL ENTERTAIN THEM AT [blank] ON [blank] EVENING, [blank]. . . 1855 WITH A VARIETY OF NOVEL, ORIGINAL AND STARTLING FEATS OF NATURAL MAGIC! ALL OF THE MOST UNEXCEPTIONAL CHARACTER, TOGETHER WITH THE EXTREMELY LAUGHABLE PERFORMANCE OF PUNCH & JUDY CONSISTING OF TEN BEAUTIFUL MECHANICAL FIGURES! INTRODUCING LAUGHABLE INCIDENTS & COMICAL ADVENTURES &c. OF MR. PUNCH! TON CONCLUDE WITH THE CELEBRATED NOSE AMPUTATION! LARGE NOSES PREFERRED! . . .
by [Walker, Albert]
- Used
- near fine
- first
Hartford: Calhoun Steam Printing Co., 1855. First Edition. Broadside. Near fine. Broadside, 18 x 8 inches. Small, light dampstsain (approximately 2 inches, affecting two characters of text), light foxing, and light early ink smudges (evidently from printing process). Very good.
Broadside advertising a performance by Albert Walker (1836-1902) of Glastonbury, Connecticut, a sleight-of-hand artist, puppeteer, and ventriloquist (also, a fiddler, farmer, cigar factory worker, &c., &c.).
Broadside advertising a performance by Albert Walker (1836-1902) of Glastonbury, Connecticut, a sleight-of-hand artist, puppeteer, and ventriloquist (also, a fiddler, farmer, cigar factory worker, &c., &c.).
- Seller W. C. Baker Rare Books & Ephemera (US)
- Format/Binding Broadside
- Book Condition Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First Edition
- Publisher Calhoun Steam Printing Co.
- Place of Publication Hartford
- Date Published 1855
- Keywords performing arts, magic, theater, theatre, automata, ephemera, broadside