Theodore Roosevelt / HUNTING TRIPS OF RANCHMAN SKETCHES OF SPORT ON THE NORTHERN

Description: HUNTING TRIPS OF A RANCHMAN: SKETCHES OF SPORT ON THE NORTHERN CATTLE PLAINS; (Medora Edition, #248 of only 500 copies printed) Author: Roosevelt, Theodore Title: HUNTING TRIPS OF A RANCHMAN: SKETCHES OF SPORT ON THE NORTHERN CATTLE PLAINS; (Medora Edition, #248 of only 500 copies printed) Publication: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1885 Edition: Medora Edition Description: Various. Leather and Cloth. Quarto. (11 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in.). Original publisher's brown cloth with artful, embossed gilt lettering to front board, and image of a cougar within a double gilt circle. Recently rebacked in brown leather with original spine laid down. Scuffing and bumping to corners. Very solidly bound. Top edge trimmed, fore-edge and tail untrimmed. 318 pp.Tiny remnant of bookseller's ticket to front pastedown. Frontis portrait of author in fringed tunic, holding his hunting rifle. Twenty full-page illustrations by A.B. Frost, R. Swain Gifford, J.C. Beard, Fannie E. Gifford, and Henry Sandham, including seven drawings by J.C. Beard (Japan-Proof impressions, engraved by E. Clement, S.P. Davis, E.C. Held); Title page in red and black. Head and tailpieces at chapters' beginnings and ends, and elaborate drop-caps in contrasting reddish-brown. Green silk ribbon sewn-in. Very Good. After the inconceivable double tragedy suffered by Roosevelt on February 14th, 1884 when both his young wife and mother died on the same day, in the same house in New York City, the emotionally shattered young legislator headed to the Dakota territory he had first discovered on a buffalo hunt the previous year. There he invested in and eventually established two ranches - one called "The Maltese Cross" and thereafter, another around 35 miles north of Medora, North Dakota, "The Elkhorn", where Roosevelt ran 1000 head of cattle. Seller ID: 87105 Subject: Western Americana Aardvark Rare Books Eugene, OR We work hard to make your Bookbuying Experience safe, easy and fun. Aardvark Books is a proud member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America) and IOBA, Independent Online Booksellers Association. Ezra is also an accredited and Qualified Appraiser of Books and Manuscripts, with a designation from the ASA (American Society of Appraisers), with considerable Archive experience as well. Shipping All books shipped to US destinations are sent via the US Postal Service. Faster shipping is available, please ask before paying. We will combine shipping on items purchased at the same time in order to help reduce costs. International shipping is also available. Please inquire for a shipping quote before ordering.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

Price: 1800 USD

Location: Eugene, Oregon

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