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Book. Octavo, x, 284 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's dark blue cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have mild wear including faint sunning to the spine, sparse minor marks and minor edge wear. Gilt illustration to the front. Text block shows moderate age toning to the edges. Some pencil notations. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Mild age toning and foxing interiorly. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column M, ND-M. 1385015. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Very Good Plus. A very bright copy. The gold has held up very well on both the spine and the front cover. Photographs by Kermit Roosevelt. Name of previous owner on front endpaper.
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Very Good in Good jacket. A chronicle by two of Theodore Roosevelts sons, Theodore Jr. (1887-1944) and Kermit (1889-1943) on their hunting adventures in the Himalayas. Close in age, both men would die within a year of each another. First Printing. 284 pp. 8vo. Scuffing to dust jacket from shelf wear, small losses at head and foot of spine, light chipping at edges, sunning to spine, now in mylar cover. Penciled gift inscription to previous owner on first free endpper, clean within.
It is impossible to know if great skill with words is a matter of genetics inheritance or is the result of a good education. The sons of President Theodore Roosevelt can claim both, and they make this book a pleasure,
This excellent book recounts a trip in the 1920s to collect museum specimens in the very remote region of the chinese/russian boarder.
They are very observant, and recount what they see with precise vocabulary. This book show the effective use of English
