African Game Trails / Theodore Roosevelt
Book
[86] p. : ill.
Blank lined order forms to the rear (one removed). Pencil notations throughout. Has three sample spines from which the buyer would select the one he desired: one in cloth and two in leather.
Written during Roosevelt's tour of Africa and Europe following his 1904-1908 Presidential term. "The twenty-sixth president of the United States was also a world-renowned hunter, conservationist, soldier, and scholar. In 1908 he took a long safari holiday in East Africa..."
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2017.11.2
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Dummies (Bookselling)1910s
9-1/2 in
6-3/4 in
Theodore Roosevelt
First
New York
New York
United States
North America
1910
Publisher's Binding- Salesman's Sample
Unidentified Designer
Bound in olive green vertically ribbed pictorial cloth depicting a herd of elephants under trees. Design stamped in salmon, brown, black, and gilt. Tree foliage design achieved by negative stamping. Gilt titles to spine and boards. Signed binding, "B" at center left border.
First edition of the same binding in collection
First edition of same binding in collection, 2017.11.1