SKETCH OF THE LIFE, PERSONAL APPEARANCE, CHARACTER, AND MANNERS OF CHARLES S. STRATTON, THE MAN IN MINIATURE, KNOWN AS GENERAL TOM THUMB, NINETEEN YEARS OLD, THIRTY-ONE INCHES HIGH, AND WEIGHING ONLY TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF REMARKABLE DWARFS, GIANTS, & OTHER HUMAN PHENOMENA, OF ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES. ALSO, GENERAL TOM THUMB'S SONGS

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Published by Printed by Thomas Brettell, London, 1857

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32pp. Disbound a bit roughly but retaining the original printed wrappers, the rear wrapper illustrated with caption, "Gen. Tom Thumb in His Various Costumes & Characters, as He Appeared Before the Principal Crowned Heads of Europe." Inner rear wrapper illustration, "General Tom Thumb's Coach and Ponies." Clean text, wrapper title as issued. Except as noted, Very Good. General Tom Thumb, a native of Bridgeport CT, in song and story. Only a few OCLC locations with this imprint. Seller Inventory # 38036

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Title: SKETCH OF THE LIFE, PERSONAL APPEARANCE, ...

Publisher: Printed by Thomas Brettell, London

Publication Date: 1857

Binding: Soft cover

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