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Signed limited edition of Theodore Roosevelt's ''Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and on the Great Plains''. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1899. Number 972 of 1,000. Elegant fountain ink signature to pictorial frontispiece reads ''Theodore Roosevelt'' beneath a masculine photograph showing Roosevelt in Rough Rider regalia taken by Civil War photographer George G. Rockwood. This volume combines two previous Roosevelt books ''Hunting Trips of a Ranchman'' and ''The Wilderness Hunter''. 476pp. measures 9'' x 11.5'' and weighs 7 pounds. Wear and some soiling to beige cloth boards, with tape along edges to keep covers intact. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper, else interior is well-preserved, and all 55 illustrations are fully intact with tissue guards. Signed Rough Rider photograph of Roosevelt is display-worthy and near fine.
Theodore Roosevelt Signed Limited Edition of His 1889 Book ''Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and on the Great Plains'' -- #972 of 1000
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