Roosevelt, Theodore

2 volumes, 8vo (9 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.; 250 x 165mm). Half-titles, titles in red and black, map, 49 plates, being reproduction of photographs by Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt, and drawings by Philip R. Goodwin, captioned tissue guards; closed tear (pp. 61-62, vol. I), minor offsetting, minor toning to a few plates. Original half brown pigskin over tan paper covered boards, spines stamped in blind; rubbing to pigskin, primarily to joints and corners.

2 volumes, 8vo (9 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.; 250 x 165mm). Half-titles, titles in red and black, map, 49 plates, being reproduction of photographs by Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt, and drawings by Philip R. Goodwin, captioned tissue guards; closed tear (pp. 61-62, vol. I), minor offsetting, minor toning to a few plates. Original half brown pigskin over tan paper covered boards, spines stamped in blind; rubbing to pigskin, primarily to joints and corners.
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First edition, number 268 of 500 deluxe copies, signed by Roosevelt'African Game Trails' records the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition, which is how Roosevelt spent the majority of his post-White House years. With their route taking them them through British-held portions of the continent, the party bagged 512 big game animals and numerous other specimens for the Smithsonian Institution and the American Museum of Natural History.