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The Ricky Jay Collection Part III

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[JUGGLERS]. Exercise! Health!! Strength!! New York: Bornste...

Estimate: $200 - $300

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[JUGGLERS]. Exercise! Health!! Strength!! New York: Bornstein, [ca. 1889]. Double-sided one-color letterpress circular for the dealer ?Bornstein / King of Clubs,? advertising the sale of Indian clubs, as well as horizontal bars, flying trapeze, flying rings, and dumb bells. With ten wood-engraved images of the merchandise in use, including two depictions of a man and a woman holding Indian clubs aloft, three illustrations each of a man on the trapeze and rings, a dumb bell, and a disembodied arm holding an Indian club. Verso includes, along with a decorative border, the lyrics to a song by famed minstrel show performer Lew Dockstader?(George Alfred Clapp 1856 ? 1924), and an advertisement for ?Bornstein?s Letter Copying Presses? featuring a small engraved image of a press. 10 x 6?. Old creases, small tears.