viii, [13]-785 pp. Steel-engraved frontispiece portrait of a rather dapper P.T. Barnum. Illustrated (8vo) rebacked half-sheep with original marbled paper-covered boards, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. The Author's Edition, revised and enlarged. Signed by P.T. Barnum on front preliminary blank with the inscription "To Wilbur A. Brothwell with good wishes. P.T. Barnum, Xmas 1881." Tipped in are two newspaper articles about the death of Mrs. Charles R. Brothwell, widow of Barnum's associate. Wilbur Brothwell was a prominent Chester businessman, but we cannot determine his relation to Charles. Autobiography of the famed master showman and impresario. Institutional plates and rubber stamps.
viii, [13]-785 pp. Steel-engraved frontispiece portrait of a rather dapper P.T. Barnum. Illustrated (8vo) rebacked half-sheep with original marbled paper-covered boards, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. The Author's Edition, revised and enlarged. Signed by P.T. Barnum on front preliminary blank with the inscription "To Wilbur A. Brothwell with good wishes. P.T. Barnum, Xmas 1881." Tipped in are two newspaper articles about the death of Mrs. Charles R. Brothwell, widow of Barnum's associate. Wilbur Brothwell was a prominent Chester businessman, but we cannot determine his relation to Charles. Autobiography of the famed master showman and impresario. Institutional plates and rubber stamps.
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