Title: The Works of Theodore Roosevelt Author: Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) Place: New York Publisher: Scribner's Date: 1906-1913 Description: 26 (of 28) volumes. [Volumes I-XXVI only]. Each illustrated with plates from paintings, engravings, etchings, drawings, photos, maps, etc., including frontispieces, with tissue-guards. 8½x5¾, uniformly bound in three-quarters dark blue morocco and mottled boards, ruled in gilt, spines lettered in gilt, raised bands, mottled-patterned endpapers, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. No. 19 of 1250 hand-numbered sets (60 additional sets were originally not for sale). "Elkhorn Edition." With: The Naval War of 1812 (2 volumes); Hunting Trips of a Ranchman (2 volumes); Thomas Hart Benton; Gouverneur Morris; Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail; The Winning of the West (6 volumes); New York; The Wilderness Hunter (2 volumes); Hero Tales from American History; American Ideals (2 volumes); The Strenuous Life; The Rough Riders; Oliver Cromwell; An American Hunter; African Game Trails (2 volumes); and History as Literature. Note: Lacks the final two volumes in this Elkhorn edition set, both of which comprise of minor later writings and were not issued for this edition series until 1920, seven years after Volume XXVI, as well as being one year after Roosevelt's death (perhaps done in his memory). The set present here contains all of the major works and key titles by Roosevelt. Lot Amendments Condition: Spines slightly darkened, other occasional slight wear; rubberstamped autograph of "Wm. F. Beer" on the front pastedowns throughout and faintly to a few of the top page edges (four with Beer's rubberstamp and/or signature on title page and/or on preliminary leaves); a near fine or better set. Item number: 160007
Title: The Works of Theodore Roosevelt Author: Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) Place: New York Publisher: Scribner's Date: 1906-1913 Description: 26 (of 28) volumes. [Volumes I-XXVI only]. Each illustrated with plates from paintings, engravings, etchings, drawings, photos, maps, etc., including frontispieces, with tissue-guards. 8½x5¾, uniformly bound in three-quarters dark blue morocco and mottled boards, ruled in gilt, spines lettered in gilt, raised bands, mottled-patterned endpapers, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. No. 19 of 1250 hand-numbered sets (60 additional sets were originally not for sale). "Elkhorn Edition." With: The Naval War of 1812 (2 volumes); Hunting Trips of a Ranchman (2 volumes); Thomas Hart Benton; Gouverneur Morris; Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail; The Winning of the West (6 volumes); New York; The Wilderness Hunter (2 volumes); Hero Tales from American History; American Ideals (2 volumes); The Strenuous Life; The Rough Riders; Oliver Cromwell; An American Hunter; African Game Trails (2 volumes); and History as Literature. Note: Lacks the final two volumes in this Elkhorn edition set, both of which comprise of minor later writings and were not issued for this edition series until 1920, seven years after Volume XXVI, as well as being one year after Roosevelt's death (perhaps done in his memory). The set present here contains all of the major works and key titles by Roosevelt. Lot Amendments Condition: Spines slightly darkened, other occasional slight wear; rubberstamped autograph of "Wm. F. Beer" on the front pastedowns throughout and faintly to a few of the top page edges (four with Beer's rubberstamp and/or signature on title page and/or on preliminary leaves); a near fine or better set. Item number: 160007
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