Boston: Little, Brown. Red cloth covers with gold and blue on spine, rear hinge cracked, pages very good+ in edge worn, good+ jacket with several creased tears, now in protective Brodart cover. . Good +. Hardcover. 2ndprinting. 1973.

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Bookseller: Vintage Quaker/Corner Bookshop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 020140
Title: Humbug: The Art of P. T. Barnum
Author: Harris, Neil
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good +
Jacket Condition: good +
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 2ndprinting
ISBN 10: 0316348236
ISBN 13: 9780316348232
Publisher: Little, Brown
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1973
Keywords: BIOGRAPHY; P. T. BARNUM; CIRCUS; ENTERTAINMENT;

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We got started selling online as Vintage Quaker Books in 2013 and opened a storefront under the name The Corner Bookshop in 2020. Vintage Quaker Books sells books by, for, and about Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) and a variety of other Christian books. The Corner Bookshop is a general used bookstore located in a cozy basement under/behind the main shopping street of Front Street in Bath, Maine.

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Brodart: Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...