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Ad pamphlet for P.T. Barnum's Fair 1873

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Item Details

Description

Heading: (Circuses)
Author: Crum, William C.
Title: Illustrated History of Wild Animals and Other Curiosities Contained in P.T. Barnum's Great Traveling World's Fair, Museum, Menagerie, Polytechnic Institute, and International Zoological Garden
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Press of Wynkoop & Hallenbeck
Date Published: 1873
Description:

[5]-77, [1] ad pp. Illustrated throughout with frontispiece and numerous wood engraved drawings throughout the text. 23x15 cm (9x6"), original pictorial wrappers decorated and lettered in red and gilt.

Scarce mixture of an advertisement and rare animal guide, with woodcuts and sensationalized entries for the various animals at P.T. Barnum's Fair.

Condition

Covers lightly worn and soiled with several tears along edges of covers; occasional smudging in the textblock; very good.

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Ad pamphlet for P.T. Barnum's Fair 1873

Name: Ad pamphlet for P.T. Barnum's Fair 1873
SKU: 89706176
Price: 100 USD
Availability: InStock

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