[Rarebooks] FS: SIGNED Theodore Roosevelt THE WILDERNESS HUNTER

[Charles Agvent]

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ROOSEVELT, Theodore (Teddy ROOSEVELT). THE WILDERNESS HUNTER. New York: 
The Review of Reviews Co., 1910. Reprint. Original brown cloth with a 
portrait and signature of Roosevelt printed in brown on the front cover; 
iv, 296 pages; illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of Roosevelt 
standing before a giant redwood. The Homeward Bound Edition, a condensed 
version of the original book that first appeared in 1893. This copy is 
SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper: "with the good wishes 
of/Theodore Roosevelt/Feb 25th 1913." Below that in an unknown hand is 
written "won at N.Y. State Shoot/Buffalo, June 11, 1913" with the 
winner's signature. Tipped to the rear pastedown is the official list of 
prizes for the competition with this book listed. After the first World 
War, the government began sponsoring shooting competitions around the 
country with free ammunition provided and prizes given as incentives. 
The goal was to ensure that as many men as possible would be proficient 
in handling guns to prepare for future wars. About Fine. (#014906)    
     $4,000.00

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