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Tom Thumb & Lavinia

 

(STRATTON, CHARLES S.). Sketch of the Life, Personal Appearance, Character and Manners of Charles S. Stratton, the Man in Miniature, Known as General Tom Thumb, and His Wife, Lavinia Warren Stratton, Including the History of Their Courtship and Marriage, With Some Account of Remarkable Dwarfs, Giants, and Other Human Phenomena, of Ancient and Modern Times. Also, Songs Given at Their Public Levees. New York: Wynkoop & Hallenbeck, 1869. 16mo. 47 pp. Woodcuts. Orig. printed front wrapper. Some staining, especially early, & minor wear. $175.00

 

Sabin 92735 for the first edition of 1847. Tom was P.T. Barnum's greatest success. Born in Connecticut, Stratton was advertised by Barnum as English, and his first great success was in England. With an 1867 copyright, and material on Lavinia not in the early editions.