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P. T. Barnum

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P. T. Barnum

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Auction Date:2010 Dec 08 @ 19:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Signed book: Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years’ Recollections. First edition. Buffalo: Courier Company, 1882. Hardcover, 5.25 x 8, 336 pages. Signed and inscribed in ink on a printed prefatory page, “To Mr. Josh B. King with New Year’s Greetings, P. T. Barnum, Jany. 1st 1883.” In fair condition, with covers heavily worn and partially detached, previous owner’s bookplate and ink stamps, vertical tape stain to signed page (which is detached), diagonal fold over top of last name of signature, writing just a shade light, and scattered toning and soiling. Signed page also bears a Don Smith Circus Collection stamp. The inscription and signature are clear and mostly unaffected.