[Rarebooks] FS: Limited Theodore Roosevelt BIG GAME HUNTING IN THE ROCKIES AND ON THE GREAT PLAINS with a SIGNED portrait of TR in his Rough Rider uniform

[Charles Agvent]

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ROOSEVELT, Theodore (Teddy ROOSEVELT). BIG GAME HUNTING IN THE ROCKIES 
AND ON THE GREAT PLAINS: Comprising "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman" and 
"The Wilderness Hunter." New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1899. First 
Edition. Thick quarto (8" x 11") bound in the original publisher's cloth 
with a gilt elk on the spine, a bear stamped in black on the rear cover, 
and gilt-stamped labels on the spine and on the front cover 
incorporating a moose and a gun. Copy #384 of 1000 copies SIGNED by the 
author below the frontispiece portrait of him standing proudly in his 
Rough Rider uniform. Comprises two earlier books, HUNTING TRIPS OF A 
RANCHMAN and THE WILDERNESS HUNTER. With 55 illustrations by Remington, 
Frost, Beard, and others. Recently rebacked retaining the original 
spine. Ex-library copy with a small bookplate on the front pastedown, a 
small perforated stamp on the title page, a few small ink stamps on 
front blank pages, and ink numbers on the spine. Contents quite clean. 
Overall a nice copy of this desirable book, increasingly uncommon in the 
original binding. Near Fine.         $6,500.00

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