STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS; OR, FORTY YEARS' RECOLLECTIONS
by Barnum, P. T
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good +
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Salisbury, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Buffalo: The Courier Company, 1878. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. First edition, which Barnum published in a different form years before. 8vo, green cloth, ribbed on the horizontal, blind-stamped front and back, gilt titles to spine. xii, 324, 33 full-page illustrations. With complements ticket with Barnum facsimile signature tippe-in at title page. Corners modestly worn, covers lightly rubbed. Solid binding. And we thought we were through with the likes of him when his circus left the building. yeah right.
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- Bookseller
- Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012470
- Title
- STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS; OR, FORTY YEARS' RECOLLECTIONS
- Author
- Barnum, P. T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Courier Company
- Place of Publication
- Buffalo
- Date Published
- 1878
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- BIBLIO-LIVE-1 , ,
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About Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB
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