[Printed handbill.] Miss Alice Bounds, the Bear Lady. ['Life of Miss Alice Bounds'.] With portrait by Willsons of Leicester.]

[4]pp., 12mo. Stapled in original pink printed wraps. Cover has drawing of Bounds by Willsons of Leicester, whose slug is in the bottom left-hand corner of the cover. First page has drophead title 'Life of Miss Alice Bounds', and the piece is signed in type at the end by 'W. Y.' It begins: 'I was born in Calcutta, East India, in the year 1877. At the early age of two years I and my mother were taken to Europe and placed on Exhibition, since then we have never been back to our native home.' She writes: 'From a womanly standpoint, I am, amongst friends and my own people, of a most entertaining disposition, and I am a very clever vocal mimic or imitator of voices, and enjoy a good story immensely. [...] I walk on all fours like a bear. The black fur which covers my body is that of the Baribal or Black American Bear, and is the same as my mother and I wore when we were first placed on exhibition.' Scarce: the only other copy known is at the National Fairground Archive, University of Sheffield.