[Rarebooks] FS: Inscribed P. T. Barnum

[Charles Agvent]

BARNUM,  P.  T.  STRUGGLES   AND  TRIUMPHS;  OR,  SIXTY   YEARS'
RECOLLECTIONS.  Buffalo: Courier Company 1878. 324 pp. Original cloth;
illustrated  with  engravings. One of several editions of one  of  the
most  famous  American  autobiographies  by one of  the  world's  most
sensational  entrepreneurs.  This edition has a new  introduction  and
preface  by Barnum. A compliments slip with Barnum's printed signature
is  tipped to the title page. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the
author  "To  my  friend/Doctor  W   B  Hurd/with  kind  regards/P.  T.
Barnum/Waldemere  July  28th 1881/Bridgeport Conn." Minor  fraying  to
spine tips and corners. Very Good                             $1500.00

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