The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I

BARNUM, P.T. (1810 – 91). Struggles and Triumphs or, Sixty Years’ Recollections of P.T. Barnum. Buffalo: The Courier Company, 1889. Original maroon cloth lettered in black and gilt (covers rubbed and scuffed). PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed and signed: “To Mr. Francis George Heath/with the compliments of the author/P.T. Barnum/London Nov 14th 1889.” Lithographed frontispiece, illustrations. 8vo. Toole Stott (Circus) 1273.