Signed book: Life of P. T. Barnum. Later printing. Buffalo: The Courier Company, 1888. Hardcover, 5.25 x 7.75, 357 pages. Signed and inscribed on the first free end page in ink, "Editor Morning News with the author's compliments, P. T. Barnum, Feb'y 8th 1888," with a gift inscription in another hand below. Autographic condition: very good to fine, with toning, soiling, and some chipping to the right edge of the signed page. Book condition: VG/None, with cracked hinges, wear at spine ends, tiny 'Barnum Autobiography' booklet affixed to front pastedown, and newspaper clippings affixed to rear endpapers.
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