viii, [13]-785 pp. Illustrated (8vo) rebound in modern brown morocco-backed marbled paper-covered boards, all edges marbled, fresh endpapers. The Author's Edition.
Autobiography of the famed master showman and impresario. This copy inscribed "To My Niece / Mrs. Sarah M. Bailey / With kind regards P.T. Barnum / Waldemere / Bridgeport Conn. April 4th 1882". Waldemere was P.T. Barnum's third mansion.