By Theodore Roosevelt
New York   Syndicate Publishing Company
9.5" by 6.5" xxiii, [1], 583pp.
The first Syndicate edition of Theodore Roosevelt's account of his 1909 African safari, on which he collected numerous artefacts for the Smithsonian.
By Theodore Roosevelt

1910 African Game Trails

New York   Syndicate Publishing Company
9.5" by 6.5" xxiii, [1], 583pp.
The first Syndicate edition of Theodore Roosevelt's account of his 1909 African safari, on which he collected numerous artefacts for the Smithsonian.
£165.00
: 2kgs / : 974Q15

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Description

Early Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

The first Syndicate edition, published the year after the first edition. 

Bound in the publisher's pictorial cloth. 

Theodore Roosevelt's account of the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition, on which they bagged five-hundred and twelve big game animals, all for the Smithsonian Institution and the American Museum of Natural History.

Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States, travelling on this expedition after his term as President ended.

Richly illustrated with more than two hundred illustrations, taken from photographs by Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the expedition, and from drawings by Philip R. Goodwin. 

Ink inscription of Ernest Shoemaker dated Nov 30/14. 


Condition

Bound in the publisher's cloth. Externally, sound, with rubbing to joints and extremities, causing some loss to the cloth. Light soiling to cloth. Tears to the joints, with tape reinforcing the joints externally. Front hinge is a little strained, rear hinge has been reinforced with adhesive and is a touch stiff. Ink inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with bright, clean pages.

Good

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