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WATKINS, Harvey L. Four Years in Europe. The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth in the Old World. Paris: Author, [1901]. Original blue-grey cloth stamped in gilt. With four folding route maps. Numerous illustrations, from photographs, of circus and sideshow performers, including Frank and Annie Howard (tattooed couple), Annie Jones (bearded lady), Charles Tripp, James Morris (elastic skin man), Jo-Jo; equestrians and aerialists, circus managers and agents, and others. Tall 8vo (10 ½ x 7 ¼”). Darkening and fraying to covers. [Laid in]: eight Barnum & Bailey route cards of the 1900-01 Season while touring the Continent; and a folding map of the Barnum & Bailey Tour of the United States, 1903. Provenance: bookplate of A.T. Leonard Jr., MD.