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BARNUM, P. T. (Phineas Taylor Barnum 1810 – 1891). Lectures...

Estimate: $150 - $300

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BARNUM, P. T. (Phineas Taylor Barnum 1810 ? 1891). Lectures! Hon. P. T. Barnum! Gloversville: Gloversville Standard, 1866. One-color letterpress broadside advertising a schedule of upcoming lectures and featuring the renowned showman on a topic for which he would become quite famous, ?The Art of Money-Getting? or ?Success in Life.? This lecture took place in upstate New York just a few years before the establishment of Barnum?s circus. 18 x 6 ??, laid down. Old creases, tears, small losses affecting text, soiling. B-.