The Ricky Jay Collection Part III
Sat, Aug 17, 2024 12:00PM EDT
Lot 12
The Adventures of the Three Australian Travellers … Discove…
Estimate: $300 - $600
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The Adventures of the Three Australian Travellers? Discovery, Capture, and Semi-Civilization of the Wild Australian Children. New York: Printed by S. Booth, 1864. Original printed yellow wraps, lower bearing a full-length woodcut portrait of the ?wild? children. [1-3], 4 ? 16. General soiling, a few corner folds, dog-ears and chips, but very good. SCARCE.This pitch book was apparently sold by those exhibiting the children, known as Hoomio and Iola, ?for their benefit.? The pamphlet contains a fictionalized account of their lives, in addition to discussing the ?savage tribes inhabiting the interior of Australia.? The children were widely exhibited for at least half a decade and sometimes appeared with Chang and Eng. They suffered from microcephaly.
