Sold for:
$2,200
$2,200
[Blow Book] Humpty Dumpty. New York: A.W. Frauenthal, 1869. Publisher’s original colored wraps, backed with red cloth, possibly later. Eight changes, the images printed in colors. 8vo. Minor creasing at fore-edge from use, but very good overall. The book is dedicated to George L. Fox (1825 – 1877), the American comedian, pantomimist, and clown who performed as “the original Humpty Dumpty,” an illustration of whom appears as one of the series of images within. He is represented in a clown costume matching the one he was pictured in for a portrait by the New York photographers J. Gurney & Son.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-10-31
