[Rarebooks] FS: INSCRIBED P. T. Barnum Autobiography, 1889, in special publisher's binding

[Charles Agvent]

BARNUM, P. T. STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS; OR, SIXTY YEARS' RECOLLECTIONS OF 
P. T. BARNUM, INCLUDING HIS GOLDEN RULES FOR MONEY-MAKING. ILLUSTRATED 
AND BROUGHT UP TO 1889. Buffalo: Courier Company, 1889. Early Edition. 
One of several editions of one of the most famous American 
autobiographies by one of the world's most sensational entrepreneurs. 
This is a special copy in a full black morocco leather publisher's 
presentation binding with gilt decorations on the spine and Barnum's 
gilt signature on the front cover, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, 
all edges gilt; 360 pages. Illustrated with 43 engravings. This copy is 
INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front blank: "To/Miss Jeanie 
Smith/with author's good wishes/P. T. Barnum" and dated London 1 
February 1890. We are not sure who Jeanie Smith was, but alas, the 
inscription is too early to have been "the Half Girl" who married Al 
Tomaini, the 8' 8" giant. Some foxing to preliminaries, including the 
inscribed page but the writing is dark and clear. About Fine. 
(#018959)        $1,250

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