ROOSEVELT, Theodore.
The Wilderness Hunter: An Account Of The Big Game Of The United States And Its Chase With Horse, Hound And Rifle.
Standard Library Edition of Theodore Roosevelt's The Wilderness Hunter; Inscribed by Theodore Roosevelt During His Presidency
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1905.
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Item Number: RRB-150190
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Finely Bound Standard Library edition of Theodore Roosevelt's American big game epic. Octavo, bound in three-quarters red morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and detailing to the spine in two compartments in raised bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, silk ribbon bound in, tissue-guarded frontispiece, with black and white illustrations throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed as President by the author on the second front free endpaper,"To Victor Geza Fischer from his friend Theodore Roosevelt Xmas 1908." The recipient, Victor Geza Fischer (1848-1925), was a European painter, likely of Hungarian origin, who corresponded with President Theodore Roosevelt, sending him letters, perhaps about art or his own works, as seen in a 1903 letter preserved at the Library of Congress. In near fine condition.
When his first wife died in 1884, Theodore Roosevelt withdrew to his cattle ranch in western Dakota. There, he wrote Hunting Trips of a Ranchman (1885) and Thomas Hart Benton (1887) and began work on The Winning of the West (1889). He also penned this account of big-game hunting in the United States, with chapters on hunting lore, hunting with hounds, hunting the grizzly, and hunting from the ranch.
The Wilderness Hunter: An Account Of The Big Game Of The United States And Its Chase With Horse, Hound And Rifle.
$5,200.00
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