Big Game Hunting by Theodore Roosevelt, Signed, First Limited Edition #700/1000, 1899

Roosevelt, Theodore. Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and on the Great Plains. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons/ Knickerbocker Press, 1899. Signed by Theodore Roosevelt. Limited First Edition, numbered 700 / 1000. Thick 4to. Rebound in ¼ brown leather and cloth, with gilt-embossed facsimile signature to the front board, raised bands, gilt titles and gilt stamps to the spine. Fifty-five Illustrations. With a new archival slipcase. 

Presented is a limited first edition copy of Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and On the Great Plains numbered 700 out of a total of 1000. Signed by Theodore Roosevelt below his portrait, this book was published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons and Knickerbocker Press in 1899. Included in the book are fifty-five illustrations from Remington, Frost, Beard, Gifford, Sanford, and other well-known artists of the time, with printed tissue-guards. The book is presented rebound in ¼ brown leather and cloth, with gilt-embossed facsimile signature to the front board, raised bands, gilt titles, and gilt stamps and tooling to the spine. It is accompanied by a new archival cloth slipcase. 

In addition to serving as the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt was an American statesman, explorer, soldier, author, naturalist, and reformer. His 1899 Big Game Hunting comprises two earlier books written by Roosevelt during his time in the Dakota Badlands. Originally titled Hunting Trips of a Ranchman and The Wilderness Hunter, the two publications were first published before Roosevelt’s time in the White House. These early writings provide a unique insight into the young life of the president and the inspirations for his conservationist policies. 

Written in 1885 and 1893 respectively, Hunting Trips of a Ranchman and The Wilderness Hunter describe young Roosevelt’s exploits in the west as he recovered from losing both his mother and wife in 1884. Full of exciting stories and intriguing descriptions, Roosevelt’s Big Game Hunting provides his personal thoughts, advice, and tales of hunting in the United States. This intriguing book combines Roosevelt’s memoir with a travelog and combines accounts of hunting lore and culture with academic descriptions of grizzly bears.

CONDITION:

Fine condition. Thick 4to. First and limited edition, #700/1,000 numbered copies, signed by Theodore Roosevelt on frontispiece. Rebound in ¼ brown leather and cloth, with gilt-embossed facsimile signature to the front board, raised bands, gilt titles, and gilt stamps and tooling to the spine. Internally, clean and bright. New marbled endpapers. Very light toning along text edges. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Roosevelt and 54 plates. Previous owner's inked name "Alfred L. Harrison Jr." on endpaper. Presented with a new archival cloth slipcase with inlay and gilt signature on the front. 

Book Dimensions:  11 3/8" H x 8 5/8" W x 2 1/2" D. Slipcase Dimensions: 11 3/4" H x 9'' W  x 3" D. 

REF: Wheelock 7. 

Accompanied by our company's letter of authenticity.