[Dwarfism] Barnum, P.T. Vie et Histoire du Général Tom Pouce (General Tom Thumb)

L'homme en miniature d'Amérique, age de vingt et un ans, mesurant trente et un pouces de hauteur et pesant seulement vingt neuf livres. Frankfurt, Auguste Osterrieth, 1858. 40 p., woodcut ills. in text, orig. wr. Very rare. Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838–1883) is one of the most famous circus performer with dwarfism. He performed under the name "General Tom Thumb" in the circus of P.T. Barnum, the author of this booklet. With: (2) D'Albanes, A. and G. Fath. Les nains célèbres depuis l'antiquité jusques et y compris Tom-Pouce. Paris, G. Havard, 1846. 159 p., w. num. woodcut ills. by E. de Beaumont, contemp. gilt hmor. (bound w. orig. wr.). (3) Barnum, P.T. Struggles and Triumphs; or, Forty Years' Recollections. Buffalo, The Courier Company, 1883. Author's ed., 338 p., contemp. cl. Author's portrait loose.

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