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The Ricky Jay Collection Part III

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Lot 227

[GIANTS]. Collection of Pitchbooks for Circus and Sideshow ...

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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[GIANTS]. Collection of Pitchbooks for Circus and Sideshow Giants. Including: The Life of Miss Sylvia Hardy the Celebrated Maine Giantess. Boston: William White, Printer, 1856. 24pp. Lacks lower wrap. ? Something about the Tallest Man and Woman in the World, Capt. M.V. Batest and Wife. Buffalo: The Courier Company, Show Printers, 1879. 8pp. Disbound. ? Miss Lambert The Leicestershire Giantess. The Heaviest and Stoutest Lady on Earth. Leicester: Willson?s New Walk Printing Works, 1905. SIGNED by Lambert. ? The Cape Breton Giant, A Truthful Memoir. Montreal: Printed for the Author by John Lovell & Son, 1899. Plates, including an image of Tom Thumb. 102pp. ? Memoirs of Mr. Robert Hales, the English Quaker Giant and his Wife, the Giantess. New York, 1849. 12pp. Includes information related to his exhibition by Barnum. ? The History of Palestine and the Present Condition of Old Jerusalem and the Life of Col Routh Goshan. New York: New York Popular Publishing Company, ca. 1880. SIGNED by Goshan on the ffep. 60pp. ? Biographical History and Adventures of Col. Routh Goshan, the Arabian Giant. New York: Great American Engraving & Printing Co., 1870. 60pp. Lacks upper wrapper. Most in pictorial wraps or illustrated with woodcuts, with various faults as noted.