[Rarebooks] FS: Theodore Roosevelt's set of Bronte's Works

[Charles Agvent]

One of 65 exceptional books from our new Spring Catalog just posted on 
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[ROOSEVELT,  Theodore  (Teddy ROOSEVELT)] BRONTE, Charlotte. LIFE  AND
WORKS  OF  CHARLOTTE BRONTE AND HER SISTERS. Theodore Roosevelt's  Set
Signed  by  Him  in Two Volumes. London: Smith, Elder, and  Co.  1883.
Complete  in seven volumes. Recently rebound in half polished red calf
with  matching corners and marbled boards and endpapers, gilt-lettered
and  decorated  spines  with  five   raised  bands,  top  edges  gilt;
illustrated  with  plates. The first and fourth volumes are SIGNED  by
the  future  president and dated 1885 on the front blanks. The  second
and  third  volumes  have  written on the front blanks  in  the  same,
unknown  hand  Christmas  1885   presentations  to  Christine  Griffin
Roosevelt,  one from C. K. G. and the other from Aunt Lucie. Christine
Roosevelt  who  was the wife of William Emlem Roosevelt, first  cousin
and  frequent advisor to President Roosevelt. There are tears and some
chipping  to scattered pages, not very many, due to the cheap  quality
of the paper. Contents Very Good; bindings Fine.            $12,500.00

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