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Lot 317

Sells Brothers Route Book Featuring Annie Oakley.

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Sells Brothers Route Book Featuring Annie Oakley. Houston, 1884. Booklet details the month-to-month history of the year's events, together with biographies of the various members of the Sells family that participated in the operation of this major American circus. Performers listed include James Robinson, as well as "Champion Rifle Shots Frank Butler and Annie Oakley," who later perform as Quaker Starchback and Mrs. Old One-Two. The 1884 route begins on April 16 in Columbus, Ohio with the circuit ending on November 30, in New Orleans for a total of 11,537 miles. Soft covers, worn, bumped, soiled, disbound and spine stitched. Good.

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