
351 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, red cloth, [xxxviii] + 351 pages, index, appendix, chronology, 25 b/w photos and facsimiles, over 300 letters with historical notes and commentary. ; Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) was not only an amazing circus master and fantastic publicist but also a museum founder, social activist, abolitionist, Universalist and mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut. ; No defects to book. Jacket shows only a whisper of shelfwear.
Title: Selected Letters of P. T. Barnum
ISBN Number: 0231054122
ISBN-13: 9780231054126
Location Published: Columbia University Press: 1983
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Item: 1.80 lbs
Categories: Biography
Seller ID: 24213
Keywords: advertising, business history, circus, circuses, correspondence, marketing, p. t. barnum, performing arts, publicity, universalism, universalist