Description
The first edition, first printing of Fear God and Take Your Own Part by Theodore Roosevelt.
Octavo, xvi, [13]-414pp, [2]. Red cloth, fine ribbing to covers, title in gilt on spine and front cover. The first printing, with no “Printed in the United States of America” statement on the copyright page. Internally clean, this copy appears unread. Lacking the publisher’s dust jacket. Scarce in this condition. (Cole & Vail, A44b)
The second edition of this work, which the publisher considered the “cheap version,” cannibalized the sales of the first printing and is much more common. It contains a new preface and 100,000 copies were printed for $0.50 per copy. (Cole & Vail, A44c)
