Description
First trade edition of Camping & Tramping With Roosevelt by John Burroughs, in dust jacket.
Octavo, xiv, 110pp, [4]. Olive cloth, title printed on spine and cover. Publication statement on copyright page, stating “Published October 1907.” Light toning to the cloth, internally clean. Complete with frontispiece portrait of Roosevelt in Yosemite and 11 full-page photographs. Ownership inscription on the front free endpaper. In the publisher’s scarce brown paper dust jacket, $1.00 on the spine, reinforced on verso with tape repairs, loss at head of spine. The author of this work, John Burroughs, accompanied President Roosevelt to Yosemite National Park in 1903.
Theodore Roosevelt served as the 26th President of the United States. He was a prolific author, writing more than 18 books during his lifetime, beginning with The Naval War of 1812 in 1882. His other notable works include The Winning of the West, African Game Trails, and The Rough Riders.
