“OUR AMATEUR CIRCUS OR A NEW YORK SEASON” 1892 CARTOON BOOK.
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$115.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Auction #201 - Part II
Item numbers 1409 through 3152 in auction 201
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Item Description
7.5x10” with 48 stiff paper pages with choice graphics by H.W. McVickar. Many are preceeded by tissue sheet with printed caption. Title page text reads “Our Amateur Circus Or A New York Season. The Greatest Show On Earth – Society! Truthful, Moral, Instructive. Twenty Pages Of Social Circus Performances! 400 Living Wonders! A Menagerie Of Rare And Trained Animals! Weird, Super Natural Illusions! Museum Of Wonders! Equestrians, Clowns, Tumblers, Freaks, Ballet Girls And Foreign Specialists In Amazing And Sensational Acts!!! Beginning In New York In December, And Continuing Every Afternoon And Evening Thereafter For A Season Of Nine Weeks!!!” Covers have scattered lt. wear, most noticeable around edges. VG. 3” tear on one tissue sheet between double-page spread titled “Climbing The Social Elephant.” 1x3” corner off another tissue. Blank inside covers have scattered moisture marks. Inside front cover seam has split. A few pages have trace of lt. dust soil, o/w images are bright and Exc. Wonderful design with choice graphics. From the Richard Merkin Collection and comes with Hake’s COA.
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