The Ricky Jay Collection
Sat, Feb 25, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 292
Barnum & Bailey Group of Five Programs. 18...
Estimate: $400 - $800
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Barnum & Bailey Group of Five Programs. 1890s/1910s. Including the Wonder Book of Freaks & Animals (London, 1898) -- Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth Book of Wonders and Official Program (1905, with tipped-in daily program for a stand at Chico, CA, as issued) -- Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth Magazine of Wonders (1897) -- Official Programme and Book of Wonders Combined of the Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth (New York, 1903) -- and The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth Magazine and Daily Review (1910, with laid-in program for a stand at Missoula, MT). Color lithographed covers by Strobridge, Courier, and others. Small 4tos, with chips, soiling, and age-expected wear. Many of Barnum?s most celebrated sideshow acts are represented (and pictured) in the pages of these souvenir programs, including Charles Tripp, Annie and Frank Howard, Jo-Jo the Dog Faced Boy, and Annie Jones, the bearded lady.
