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TRYON, John (1800 – 76). The Old Clown’s History; in three periods. Introducing Graphic Sketches of Show Life. New York: Torrey Brothers, 1872. Green pebbled cloth spine lettered gilt (dull). 242pp. Nine engravings. 8vo. Bookplate of David Belasco, the impresario who wrote, produced, or directed more than 100 Broadway plays, to front pastedown. Toole Stott Circus 1180. [Together With]: WALLET, W.F. Wallett The Queen’s Jester. An Autobiography. London: Bemrose and Son, 1870. Brown cloth stamped gilt and black, A.E.G. Portrait frontispiece of the author. 8vo. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED on the title page by Wallett, a clown and circus performer to whom Tyron’s book is dedicated.