[BLOW BOOK]. Humpty Dumpty. The Great Trick Book. New York:...

[BLOW BOOK]. Humpty Dumpty. The Great Trick Book. New York: A.J. Fisher, 1869. Publisher’s colored wrappers with geometric design, backed with paper tape. Eight changes, including stencil-colored images of a devil, woman, harlequin, and soldier. 8vo. Wraps quite chipped, contents clean. SCARCE. See Toole Stott 1087. [With]: another copy, without wrappers.

A variant edition of this popular trick book. Other editions are dedicated to George L. Fox (1825 – 1877), the American comedian, pantomimist, and clown who performed as “the original Humpty Dumpty.” In this edition, Fox appears as part of a larger scene, dressed in his trademark costume.