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Tom Thumb

 

(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, Fifteen Years Old, Twenty-Eight Inches High, and Weighing Only  Fifteen Pounds. With Some Account of Remarkable Dwarfs, Giants, and Other Human Phenomena, of Ancient and Modern Times. Also, General Tom Thumb's Songs. New York: Van Norden & Amerman, 1847. 1st ed., 2nd issue. 12mo. 24 pp. Orig. printed wrappers. A few stains & a trifle weary. $175.00

 

Sabin 92735, with the title & wrapper, adding "Fifteen Years Old." The very scarce first American biography of Tom Thumb, with verse and song. 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. The back wrapper shows Barnum's American Museum.