Step Right Up: Circus and Sideshow Memorabilia
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Lot 427
Pair of circus menagerie pitch books.
Estimate: $200 - $400
Sold for
$187.50
Sold Price includes BP
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Pair of circus menagerie pitch books. Including:
A brief biographical sketch of I.A. Van Amburgh, and an illustrated and descriptive history of the animals contained in this mammoth menagerie and great moral exhibition. New York: S. Booth, 1861.
DAY, Charles H. The animal kingdom illustrated and sketches descriptive of the wild beasts contained in Forepaugh's menagerie. Philadelphia: Forepaugh's Amusement Enterprises, ca. 1883.
Both in original wrappers. Illustrated. 8vos.
Condition
Forepaugh's with tape repair to backstrip; scattered chipping, tears, and small losses.
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