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ROOSEVELT, Theodore. African Game Trails. An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist. New York: Charles Scribner's, 1910.
Large 8vo. Photographic frontispiece and plates. Original brown cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine, t.e.g., others uncut (hinges slightly weak, otherwise bright); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: The Library of Eleanor Roosevelt.
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO MRS. THOMAS HASTINGS on the front free endpaper: "Inscribed for Mrs. Thomas Hastings at the request of David Gray with a Merry Xmas from Theodore Roosevelt Dec 25th 1910." ADDITIONAL INSCRIBED BY DAVID GRAY beneath Roosevelt's inscription. David Gray was later the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland during World War II, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt. He served 1940-47 and was the uncle of Eleanor Roosevelt. His wife, Maude Hall, was the sister of Eleanor Roosevelt's mother. VERY FINE.
Large 8vo. Photographic frontispiece and plates. Original brown cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine, t.e.g., others uncut (hinges slightly weak, otherwise bright); quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: The Library of Eleanor Roosevelt.
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO MRS. THOMAS HASTINGS on the front free endpaper: "Inscribed for Mrs. Thomas Hastings at the request of David Gray with a Merry Xmas from Theodore Roosevelt Dec 25th 1910." ADDITIONAL INSCRIBED BY DAVID GRAY beneath Roosevelt's inscription. David Gray was later the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland during World War II, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt. He served 1940-47 and was the uncle of Eleanor Roosevelt. His wife, Maude Hall, was the sister of Eleanor Roosevelt's mother. VERY FINE.