BARNUM (Phineas T., 1810-1891, American Showman, Founder of the Barnum and Bailey Circus)

"Struggles and Triumphs; Or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum. Written by himself", with fine inscription signed on the front free endpaper, "To Mr John Howard Stott, with the author's compliments, P. T. Barnum" and the place and date, Author's Edition, publish Buffalo, N.Y., Warren Johnson & Co, 1874, half calf with marbled boards, Waldemere, 8th September

The flamboyant showman was the discoverer of the midget Tom Thumb, Jenny Lind (the Swedish Nightingale) and the counterfeit Feejee Mermaid. He founded the famous Barnum and Bailey Circus.

Item Date:  1876

Stock No:  31049      £575

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