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ROOSEVELT, Theodore et alia. The Deer Family. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902.
8o (199 x 134 mm). Half-title, engraved frontispiece, 24 additional illustrations and seven maps. Forest green cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt.
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed and signed by Roosevelt ("with regards of Theodore Roosevelt Mar 31st 1904"), AS PRESIDENT, on verso of half-title. Also signed and inscribed by his three fellow authors: T. S. Van Dyke, D. G. Elliott, and Andrew J. Stone. Roosevelt wrote the intorduction, "The Deer and Antelope of North America." Much of that essay, however, inevitably veers towards one of Roosevelt's favorite themes--the proper character of the hunter. He must be "a true sportsman and not a game butcher...Humane as well as keen-eyed, strong- limbed and stout-hearted, the big game hunter should be a field naturalist."
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FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed and signed by Roosevelt ("with regards of Theodore Roosevelt Mar 31st 1904"), AS PRESIDENT, on verso of half-title. Also signed and inscribed by his three fellow authors: T. S. Van Dyke, D. G. Elliott, and Andrew J. Stone. Roosevelt wrote the intorduction, "The Deer and Antelope of North America." Much of that essay, however, inevitably veers towards one of Roosevelt's favorite themes--the proper character of the hunter. He must be "a true sportsman and not a game butcher...Humane as well as keen-eyed, strong- limbed and stout-hearted, the big game hunter should be a field naturalist."