BARNUM, P. T

Autograph Letter Signed (Als)

Bridgeport, CT, 29 August 1890. Letter. A 2-page letter on two 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" sheets of Barnum's Marina letterhead addressed to Mrs. [Alice Graham] Lanigan and SIGNED as "P. T. Barnum." Barnum discusses a sketch being written by Mrs. Barnum and an unnamed neighbor (who might possibly be fictitious). In part: "I have thought you had better look over the article.. This lady in quiet conversation with Mrs. Barnum drew out the account of her training at school, & it seems a pity to strike it out-- Most of the description of Waldemere [Barnum's estate] might be omitted & then it must be left to your discretion to cut out what you feel you must do. I must see the proof & submit it to our neighbor .. before it goes to press. Mrs Barnum is a splendid writer. I have tried long to get her to write over her own name with but little success-- but she gives considerable for charity & might I think be induced to write for pay-- all of which she would conscientiously add to her charitable fund. But this is all entre nous. Normal creases from folding; some bleedthrough of ink. Near Fine .

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Book number: 020838

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Americana, Signatures, Circus, American Politics, Literature: American, 19th Century American Literature Signed Autograph Letter P. T. Barnum Autographs

BARNUM, P. T

Autograph Letter Signed (Als)

Bridgeport, CT, 30 January 1877. Letter. A two-page letter on the front and verso of a 5-1/8" x 8" sheet with a blue ink stamp of Barnum addressed to an unknown recipient regarding employment and SIGNED as "P. T. Barnum." In part: "You are declining the American tour-. My respected father-in-law is I fear rather too timid. My son-in-law - filled the position of traveling Treasurer 4 or 5 years without inquiry, and hundreds are doing the same every year. We think it is a most healthy calling. It is lively, busy & exciting, but not sickening nor killing. My partners would only have allowed $25 per week & I should have paid the other $15 from my own pocket for the sake of having you see if the business would suit you, and also see if an opening could be made for you whereby you could gain an independence. The disappointment to me is not at all serious on my account—more so on yours. But it is all for the best no doubt. I still think I shall have a permanent place of amusement in New York City, where you can have a situation & a chance to own an interest which will be sure to be valuable. We will talk it up when we meet.”. Scattered toning and soiling, small tear to top, a couple partial fold separations. Very Good .

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Book number: 021566

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Americana, Signatures, Circus, Literature: American, 19th Century American Literature, Show Business Signed Circus Show Business Autographs

BARNUM, P. T

Struggles and Triumphs; or, Sixty Years' Recollections

Buffalo, Courier Company, 1878. Hardcover. Original cloth; 324 pages. Illustrated with engravings. One of several editions of one of the most famous American autobiographies by one of the world's most sensational entrepreneurs. This edition has a new introduction and preface by Barnum. A compliments slip with Barnum's printed signature is tipped to the title page. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author "To my friend/Doctor W B Hurd/with kind regards/P. T. Barnum/Waldemere July 28th 1881/Bridgeport Conn. Minor fraying to spine tips and corners. Very Good .

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Book number: 009810

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Autobiography, Nonfiction, Inscribed, Phineas T. Barnum, P. T. Barnum, 19th Century Literature Signed Illustrated Books Literature: American Circus

BARNUM, P. T

Struggles and Triumphs; or, Sixty Years' Recollections of P.T. Barnum, Including His Golden Rules for Money-Making. Illustrated and Brought Up to 1889

Buffalo, Courier Company, 1889. Early Edition. Hardcover. One of several editions of one of the most famous American autobiographies by one of the world's most sensational entrepreneurs. This is a special copy in a full black morocco leather publisher's presentation binding with gilt decorations on the spine and Barnum's gilt signature on the front cover, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; 360 pages. Illustrated with 43 engravings. This copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front blank: "To/Miss Jeanie Smith/with author's good wishes/P. T. Barnum" and dated London 1 February 1890. We are not sure who Jeanie Smith was, but alas, the inscription is too early to have been "the Half Girl" who married Al Tomaini, the 8' 8" giant. Some foxing to preliminaries, including the inscribed page but the writing is dark and clear. About Fine .

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Book number: 018959

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Autobiography, Inscribed, 19th Century Literature, Literature: American, P. T. Barnum Signed Circus Illustrated Books Inscribed

BARRAX, Gerald; BROWN, Larry; EDGERTON, Clyde; GIBBONS, Kay; GREEN, Jaki Shelton; NAUMOFF, Lawrence; PRICE, Reynolds; and SIMPSON, Bland

Southern Nights: Epigraphs; from Joe; Cold Black Peas; Birth of a Baby, So Lovely; Swiss Time; from Thurberama; Lost Homes; and Sugarhouse

Chapel Hill, NC, The Mud Puppy Press, (1988). First Edition. Wraps. Complete set of eight limited edition chapbooks in printed color wraps, with original printed paper wraparound band. Of a total edition of 126, these are one of 26 lettered copies. Each chapbook is lettered "E" and SIGNED by its author. While individual numbered copies of these are readily available, an entire lettered set is quite scarce. Fine .

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Book number: 015484

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Larry Brown, Modern Firsts Modern First Editions Limited Southern Literature Literature: American

BARTH, John

Chimera

New York, Random House, (1972). First Edition. Hardcover. Copy #244 of 300 numbered and SIGNED copies of this winner of the National Book Award. Walter Shirley's copy with his bookplate tipped to a front blank. Fine in acetate dustwrapper and slipcase, as issued .

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Book number: 008203

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, National Book Award, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions, Limited Modern First Editions National Book Award Literature: American Signed

BARTLETT, John

Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source Passages and Phrases in Common Use

Boston, Little, Brown & Company, 1878. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Original cloth. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front blank to a noted abolitionist: "Mrs. Maria W. Chapman/with the respects of/John Bartlett/1878." With Chapman's early pencil signature using her maiden name above Bartlett's inscription. Armorial bookplate on the front pastedown. Front endpaper detached; hinges cracked. Slight fraying to the spine head. Good Maria Weston Chapman was an American abolitionist who was the principal lieutenant of the radical antislavery leader William Lloyd Garrison. She edited THE LIBERATOR, a widely-circulated abolitionist publication.

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Book number: 019038

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Association Copy, Inscribed, Quotations Inscribed Quotations Abolitionism Association Copy

BARTON, Clara

Autograph Letter Signed (Als)

Glen Echo, MD, 4 February 1906. Letter. A four-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED on both sides of a 10-5/8" x 6-3/4" sheet of light blue paper from the 85year-old founder of the American Red Cross to her friend and supporter Roscoe [Green Wells], who held various positions in the National First Aid Association of America, the organization Barton founded after retiring from the Red Cross in 1904. In part: "I believe I am the earliest and most persistent to shout on the danger line -- Too much work for you both -- I see it and have foreseen it for months, and then the financial worry is worse.. It is not saying but doing that is needed. No one knows that better than I. But enough moralizing!!" Barton talks about overcoming troubles and looks forward to seeing him again. "The little Greetings have certainly been very efficient, so many persons have gotten hold of the idea of 'First Aid' through them, who would scarcely have gotten it in any other way. Faint creases from mailing. Fine with excellent content Barton established the American Red Cross in 1881, but she was also a suffragist, appearing onstage during suffrage events with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Julia Ward Howe, and Lucy Stone.

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Book number: 019656

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Rare, Women's Rights, Signature, Clara Barton, Medicine, Women's Suffrage, Feminism, Red Cross, Nursing Signed Autographs Red Cross Nursing

BASS, Rick

The Book of Yaak

Boston & New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. A homage to this wilderness area in northwestern Montana. SIGNED and dated in 1996 on the half-title page. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 008821

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern Firsts, Americana, Modern First Editions, Natural History, Montana Modern First Editions Natural History Signed Literature: American

BASS, Rick

The Ninemile Wolves

(Livingston, MT), (Clark City Press), (1992). First Edition. Hardcover. Rick Bass has written an inspired essay advocating wolf reintroduction and recolonization, in the context of one small pack's fate." Attractively printed and illustrated with photographs and drawings. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Laid in is a photocopy of a 3-page letter by Bass with a list of elected officials to contact. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 017131

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern Firsts, Americana, Wolves, Modern First Editions, Natural History, Montana Modern First Editions Natural History Signed Literature: American

BASS, Rick

Platte River

Boston & New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of three novellas. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 017130

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern Firsts, Fiction, Modern First Editions Modern First Editions Signed Modern Firsts Literature: American

BASS, Rick

Waterfall (Signed Broadside)

(Salt Lake City), Ken Sanders Rare Books, 2003. First Edition. Broadside. Issued on the occasion of the opening of the new Salt Lake City Public Library, this attractive 12" x 18" broadside was printed letterpress on heavy white paper and illustrated in color by R. P. Bissland. One of 100 copies SIGNED by the author. Fine .

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Book number: 000590

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern Firsts, Broadside, Broadsides, Modern First Editions, Environmental LIterature Signed Modern First Editions Literature: American Environmental LIterature

BAUSCH, Richard

The Fireman's Wife and Other Stories

New York, Linden Press/Simon & Schuster, (1990). First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of stories from the twin brother of writer Robert Bausch. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page to Brian in 1994. Advance Review Copy with a photograph of the author laid in. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 017868

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, Inscribed, Southern Literature, Short Stories Signed Southern Literature Modern First Editions Literature: American

BAUSCH, Richard

The Last Good Time

Garden City, NY, The Dial Press/Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. His third book. SIGNED by the author on the title page and additionally INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the half-title page. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 020686

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, Inscribed, Southern Literature Signed Modern First Editions Southern Literature Literature: American

BAUSCH, Richard

Mr. Field's Daughter

New York, The Linden Press/Simon & Schuster, (1989). First Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the title page: "For Dick,/this hardest one I've/tried-- 1993. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper .

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Book number: 020685

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: Signed, Modern First Editions, Modern Firsts, Inscribed, Southern Literature Signed Modern First Editions Southern Literature Literature: American