Barnum, P. T. The Swindlers of America. New York: J.S. Ogilvie, 1903. Colored pictorial wraps. 8vo. Paper considerably browned and chipped, title page loose, but contents sound; fair. Subtitled “Who they are and how they work,” the cover features the Three Shell Game in process, and the book itself describes the methods of confidence men, quack doctors, and more.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-05-18
Smith, William Henry Sedley (1806-1872) Archive of Correspondence, Ephemera, and Other Material. Including approximately seventy autograph letters signed from family members, theatre contacts, and other Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-05-18
The Life of Joice Heth, the Nurse of Gen. George Washington, (The Father of our Country) Now Living at the Astonishing Age of 161 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-11-16
Barnum, P.T. The Humbugs of the World. New York: Carleton, 1866. First Edition. Publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt-stamped spine title. 8vo. Some light soiling on Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-12-03
Gannon, E.J “Faro”. The Game of Craps Exposed. How Swindlers With “The Bones” Always Win and Never Lose. New York: F.F. Moore, 1922. Publisher’s pictorial Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-27
Gannon, E.J. “Faro.” The Game of Craps Exposed. How Swindlers with “The Bones” Always Win and Never Lose. New York: F.F. Moore, 1922. Pictorial wraps. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2013-05-18
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Photo Archive of 66 Images. Coast-to-coast tour photographs for the Season 1922, including 42 sepia tone photos (5 x Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-07-23
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey. The Human Projectile Hugo Zacchini. N.p., ca. 1930. Color lithograph depicts a crowd gathered in awe of the performer Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-07-23
Barnum, P.T. The Humbugs of the World. New York: Carleton, 1866. Brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. 8vo. Spine toned, one leaf punctured affecting Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-05-21
Barnum, P.T. The Humbugs of the World. London: John Camden Hotten, 1866. Publisher’s blue cloth stamped in gilt and blind. 8vo. Some soiling and shelfwear Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-27
Barnum, P.T. Humbugs of the World. New York: Carleton, 1886. Blind stamped publisher’s cloth with gilt stamped spine. 8vo. Spine chipped and extremities worn; good. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-12-05
