1910 Theodore Roosevelt 1ed African Game Trails HUNTING Expedition Illustrated

1910 Theodore Roosevelt 1^ed African Game Trails HUNTING Expedition Illustrated

 

“African Game Trails” is an engaging 20th-century book penned by Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States. The narrative chronicles Roosevelt’s thrilling hunting expedition across East Africa following his presidency. Along with his son Kermit and other members of the expedition, Roosevelt embarked on this adventure, hunting various game while studying and cataloguing the region’s wildlife. Their encounters with diverse animals, landscapes, and cultures are detailed in Roosevelt’s lively storytelling, making it a captivating journey into the African wilderness. The book is further enriched with an array of illustrations based on photographs taken by Kermit Roosevelt and other expedition members, along with drawings by acclaimed artist Philip R. Goodwin, offering readers a visually detailed account of their expedition.

 

In this 1910 first edition, Roosevelt describes the excitement of the chase, the people he met, as well as the flora and fauna he collected in the name of science. Long out of print, this classic is one of the preeminent examples of Africana and belongs on every collector’s shelf.

 

Item number: #41094

Price: $499

 

ROOSEVELT, Theodore; ROOSEVELT, Kermit (Illus.); GOODWIN, Philip R. (Illus.)

 

African Game Trails: An Account of The African Wanderings of An American Hunter-Naturalist by Theodore Roosevelt; with Illustrations from Photographs by Kermit Roosevelt and Other Members of the Expedition, and from Drawings by Philip R. Goodwin.

 

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1910. First Edition.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete
  • xxiii, [1], 583, [1]
  • Illustrated throughout
• References: Czech 138
  • Czech: “…one of the most famous of all big game hunting epics. In British East Africa, Roosevelt hunted lion and plains game on the Kapiti Plains, while, in the Bondoni Hill Country, he collected rhinoceros and giraffe.”
• Provenance: Bookplate – Harry C. Manos
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
  • Pictorial green cloth
• Size: ~ 9.75in X 6.75in (24.5cm x 17.5cm)

 

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