[86] p. : ill.
Blank lined order forms to the rear (one removed). Pencil notations throughout. Has three sample spines from which the buyer would select the one he desired: one in cloth and two in leather.
Written during Roosevelt's tour of Africa and Europe following his 1904-1908 Presidential term. "The twenty-sixth president of the United States was also a world-renowned hunter, conservationist, soldier, and scholar. In 1908 he took a long safari holiday in East Africa..."
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
Dummies (Bookselling), 1910s
Dimensions
Height
9-1/2 in
Width
6-3/4 in
Book Details
Author
Theodore Roosevelt
Edition
First
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Place Published
City
New York
State/Province
New York
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1910
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding- Salesman's Sample
Binding Designer
Unidentified Designer
Binding Notes
Bound in olive green vertically ribbed pictorial cloth depicting a herd of elephants under trees. Design stamped in salmon, brown, black, and gilt. Tree foliage design achieved by negative stamping. Gilt titles to spine and boards.
Signed binding, "B" at center left border.
Notes
First edition of the same binding in collection
Relationships
Related Entries
Notes
First edition of same binding in collection, 2017.11.1
