Description: TOM THUMB CDV PHOTO/ SIGNED BOOK/ BARNUM BOOK
Brady Carte de Visite Photo of the Wedding of Charles S. Stratton (1838-1883) and Lavinia Warren Stratton on February 21, 1863 , marked "Mr & Mrs General Tom Thumb", with printed signatures on back, along with E&HT Anthony backstamp, using Brady's negative, 2 1/2" x 4", light burned, edge chips, toning; PLUS 1863 Oxford Holy Bible, inscribed inside front board, "Charles S Stratton - In remembrance of his visit to Colchester, April 1859. Search the Scriptures, John V-39". Leather binding, 5 1/2" x 4", bent backboard, cupped contents; PLUS Book "Trials and Triumphs or Forty Years of Recollections" by P.T. Barnum, New York, American News Company, 1871. First edition. Brown blindstamped cloth. Binding poor, contents soiled, some foxing.