337
ROOSEVELT, THEODORE.
Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography.
Plates. xii, [2], 647 pages. 8vo, publisher’s gilt pictorial cloth, minimal wear; moderately
worn dust jacket with tape repairs, and rarely seen original box with minor wear.
New York, 1913
[200/300]
FIRST EDITION
, which notably does not mention his late first wife.
WITH
—4 other editions:
London, 1913; New York, 1920; New York, 1921; New York, 1929.
338
ROOSEVELT, THEODORE.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness.
3 maps, 49
plates. xiv, [2], 383 pages. 8vo, publisher’s cloth gilt, minor wear; uncut; printed dust jacket
with minor wear.
New York, 1914
[500/750]
FIRST EDITION
of one of Roosevelt’s most popular works. Borba de Moraes, page 747.
339
ROOSEVELT, THEODORE.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness.
2 maps, 49
plates. xiv, [2], 374 pages. 8vo, publisher’s cloth, minor wear; pin holes on half-title; uncut;
1918 bookplate on front pastedown, and recipient’s inscription on title page: “Alfred Pease
from Kermit Rooseveldt, Oct. 1926.”
London, 1914
[600/900]
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION
,
a gift from Kermit Roosevelt, who accompanied his father on the
expedition and supplied many of the photographs. The recipient was Sir Alfred Pease, a
renowned British big game hunter who had hosted the Roosevelts in British East Africa in
1909.
WITH
—the accompanying Autograph Letter Signed from Kermit Roosevelt to Pease: “I
have asked Francis Edwards in London to send you Father’s Brazilian Wilderness, for I think
it will interest you. . . . I only heard of R.J. Cunningham’s death recently and indirectly.
Another of the old gathering gone. I shouldn’t ever care to go back to British East, there would
be too many memories.”
340
ROOSEVELT, THEODORE.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness.
2 maps, 49
plates. xiv, [2], 374 pages. 8vo, publisher’s cloth gilt, minor wear; hinges starting; uncut;
Roosevelt’s inscribed calling card tipped to title page, reading “Thanks for your kind
message,” addressed to Bishop Earl Cranston.
London, 1914
[300/400]
341
ROOSEVELT, THEODORE.
The Truth about British East Africa, being a
Speech Delivered . . . at Nairobi.
[2], 5, [1] pages. 8vo, publisher’s printed wrappers,
moderate wear and foxing; toned, faint vertical fold. In modern
1
/
4
morocco folding case.
[Nairobi, British East Africa: Leader Press, 1909]
[800/1,200]
At a dinner given in his honor, Roosevelt gave this speech which lent support to colonization:
“Few people outside of Africa realize that there is here in Africa under the equator a real white
man’s country.” Only 4 copies in WorldCat, and none known at any American auction.
“Excessively rare”—Cordingley, Extreme Rarities in the Published Works of Theodore
Roosevelt, pages 42-46.
342
ROOSEVELT, THEODORE.
The Value of an Athletic Training.
Frontispiece portrait. [8], 12 pages. 12mo, publisher’s printed wrappers; plain translucent
wrappers stitched in as issued, slightly frayed on top edge; unopened. #48 of 51 copies. In
modern
1
/
4
morocco tray case.
New York, 1929
[300/400]
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM
.
The last known copy at auction was in 1944. Cordingley,
Extreme Rarities in the Published Works of Theodore Roosevelt, page 49-50.
I...,138,139,140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147 149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156,157,158,...194