The Fabulous Showman: the Life and Times of P. T. Barnum (Signed)
by Wallace, Irving
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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- Fine+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
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About This Item
Signed: Alfred A. Knopf. Fine+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. SIGNED, dated, and inscribed by Wallace (1916-1990) to director Melville Shavelson and his wife, Lucy ("two young Romans"). Black cloth spine on red boards, clean and sharp. Protected, unclipped, dustjacket with age fade to edges and spine, mild shelf wear to edges. Book is firm in binding, crisp interior. Shavelson directed "It Started in Naples" and "Houseboat, " among many others films. B&W illustrations. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 317 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Title
- The Fabulous Showman: the Life and Times of P. T. Barnum (Signed)
- Author
- Wallace, Irving
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- Signed
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- History-circuses. Phineas T. Barnum. Ringling Brothers Circus., Signed By Irving Wallace, Melville Shavelson movie director,
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