[Rarebooks] FS: Inscribed by the premier salesman to the premier preacher of their day

[Charles Agvent]

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BARNUM, P. T. DOLLARS AND SENSE OR HOW TO GET ON. THE WHOLE SECRET
IN  A NUTSHELL Inscribed to the most famous preacher of his time.  New
York:  Henry  S. Allen 1890. First Edition. Publisher's  gilt-lettered
morocco,  beautifully rebacked with a new sympathetic spine; 488,  [1]
pages.  Illustrated with engravings by W. W. Denslow. With sketches of
the  lives of several successful men by Henry M. Hunt and "An Appendix
Containing  Money!  Where It Comes From and Where It Goes To.  Being a
Concise  History  of Money, Banks and Banking" by Seldon  R.  Hopkins.
This  copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the period's greatest showman to
the  most  famous  Protestant preacher of his day  whose  church,  the
Brooklyn  Tabernacle, was the most famous church in America: "To  Rev.
T  De Witt Talmage/with kind regards/P. T. Barnum/Bridgeport Conn  Oct
16th  1890."  Lovely  copy  with  superb  association:  a  book  about
attaining  success  and  happiness  inscribed   by  one  of  the  19th
century's greatest salesmen to another. Near Fine             $3000.00

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