STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS; OR, SIXTY YEARS' RECOLLECTIONS

Buffalo: Courier Company, 1878. Hardcover. Minor fraying to spine tips and corners. Very Good. 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."