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Lot 369
[BARNUM, P. T.]. Group of 15 volumes by or about Barnum.
Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold for
$390
Sold Price includes BP
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[BARNUM, P. T.]. Group of 15 volumes by or about Barnum. 19th / 20th century. Titles include:
Struggles and Triumphs; or Forty Years' Recollections. Buffalo: Courier, 1883.
The Life of Barnum, the World Renowned Showman. Chicago, Philadelphia, et al: H.J. Smith, n.d. (ca. 1890s). Two copies, one being a salesman's dummy with a portion of the text only and a section of lined paper at rear to take down subscribers' information (blank).
Animal Stories by P.T. Barnum. New York and Akron: Saalfield, (1926).
BENTON, Joel. Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum. Edgewood Publishing, 1891.
And various others. 8vos. Most illustrated.
Condition
Regular edition of Life of Barnum lacks title page; some soiling to covers and various edge-wear.
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