Description
The signed limited edition of The Wilderness Hunter by Theodore Roosevelt, published in 1893.
Quarto, xvi, 472pp. Publisher’s original olive buckram, title in gilt on spine, gilt illustration on front cover. Soiling and rubbing to the cloth, as often happens with this edition. Spine rebacked with matching cloth, both hinges reinforced with cloth binding. Uncut edges, gilt along top edge. A few unopened leaves. Clean endpapers, free of notable foxing or wear, solid text block. This work is complete with a frontispiece portrait and twenty-three illustrated plates by A.B. Frost, Henry Sandham, J. Carter Beard, C. Harry Eaton, and Frederic Remington. All plates with tissue covers, all in fine condition. (Cole & Vail, A13c)
From a limited edition of two hundred signed copies, this being number 50. The book is signed by Theodore Roosevelt on the limitation page. A scarce limited edition copy.
This limited edition is identical to the first edition, first issue, but with the addition of the limitation page signed by Roosevelt. It is called the second issue since it was released a few months after the first issue, in the Autumn of 1893. 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. The Wilderness Hunter, published in 1893, follows the young politician’s exploits in North Dakota as a ranchman. Roosevelt’s time in the western frontier inspired his conservationist policies and his founding of the Boone and Crockett Club.
