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HUMBUG: THE ART OF P. T. BARNUM
by Harris, Neil
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0316348236
- ISBN 13
- 9780316348232
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1973. "Humbug is both a biography of this master trickster and a quest for the historical Barnum, a study of the audiences whose needs he so brilliantly anticipated. It shows the young Barnum starting out in the age of 'the common man,' the irreverent Jacksonian era, when physical progress and democratic dogmas made Americans extremely sure of their own opinions--and easy prey for the hoaxer." 337 pages with index. Gift inscription from author on half title page. Red cloth cover. DJ in VG- condition. with wear and small tears to edges and corners, some creasing, tears along joints near spine edge, front flap is not price-clipped. Cover corners are bumped, spine ends are bent. Decorative endpapers. Front hinge loose. Stain from paperclip on author book listing opposite of half title page. Interior tight, clean. Book in VG+ condition.. Gift Inscription By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good-. Illus. by Illustrated. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". Biography.
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007478
- Title
- HUMBUG: THE ART OF P. T. BARNUM
- Author
- Harris, Neil
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316348236
- ISBN 13
- 9780316348232
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Biography, Art, Circus, P.T. Barnum
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies; Art;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2"
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