(Giants) | "Tallest Man in the World," "The Largest Giant Since the Time of Goliath"

(Giants)

A group of eight broadsides

Miss Melius. Commodious Rooms ... The Astonishing Giantess. [London]: Robarts, [ca. 1820s]. Woodcut royal arms to head; creases, spot to foot, some smudging to head. — The Wonderful French Giant. London: G. Humphrey. Engraved broadside (405 x 275 mm). Full page engraved portrait by Dighton after Wilkie; old horizontal fold, creasing at foot, some smudging to margins. — Gantonio, Joseph. Saville House ... The Young Italian Giant. [London]: W.J. Golbourn, [1857]. Letterpress handbill (290 x 150 mm). Printed on pink paper, large woodcut depicting Gantonio and audience to head, hand-dated; sunned at head and right margin, dampstain to head, short marginal tear. Tipped on to a sheet of paper. — Brice, J.J. Athenaeum, Sunderland ... The Renowned Great French Giant. Nottingham: Stafford & Co., [1864]. Printed handbill (190 x 125 mm). Printed on yellow paper, hand-dated; tiny chips and creases at margins, fingersoiling. — Campbell, W. Egyptian Hall ... the Scottish Giant. Gravesend: Baynes & Carpenter, [1878]. Printed handbill (190 x 121). Printed on yellow paper, hand-dated; text a bit faded at foot, a few creases. — Chang the Chinese Giant ... Hagar, Campbell & Co.'s Dime Museum. [Philadelphia]: np, [1884?]. Printed playbill (490 x 360 mm). Printed on crepe paper, engraved portrait of Chang to center, decorative pictorial border in red, brown, and green, vertical and horizontal text; old folds, some spots, tape to corners. — Herr Winkelmeier. London Pavillion ... The Celebrated Austrian Giant. [London]: Smith & Co., [1887]. Letterpress handbill (190 x 127 mm). Hand-dated; uniformly sunned at foot. — Goode, Thomas. The American Colossus. [London]: John K. Chapman and Company, nd. Letterpress handbill (235 x 180 mm). Large woodcut depicting Goode to center; mat burn, a few spots, stain to left margin, light pencil to foot.

A group of playbills and broadsides for giants from around Austria, America, Scotland, Italy, France, and China. Featuring a beautifully decorated crepe paper broadside for Chang the Chinese Giant.

Group lots not subject to return.