The Happy Hunting Grounds
de Roosevelt, Kermit
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Librería
-
Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1920. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth covers with orange and cream pictorial design and cream titIing. Spine a little sunned/dulled - but titling clear enough. Pictorial boards. Corners and head/tail of spine bumped. Some Offsetting/foxing. Black and white frontispiece with tissue guard. A masking tape repair to one corner of one plate otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated with photographs by the author. 182 pp. Rough cut pages. Some thumbing. A Former Owner's note/name, etc, on the half title. "Kermit accompanied his father, Theodore Roosevelt, on both the African safari in 1909, and again in 1914 for the exploration of the River of Doubt (renamed Rio Roosevelt) in the Amazon of Brazil. An eloquent look back on his outdoor experiences both with and without his father. Chapters on hunting sheep in the Pinacate desert, Sonora, Mexico; moose in New Brunswick; reminiscences of Seth Bullock, Sheriff of Deadwood, South Dakota; and book-hunting in South America for rare Americana. "; 001759; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall .
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Detalles
- Librería
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 001759
- Título
- The Happy Hunting Grounds
- Autor
- Roosevelt, Kermit
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edición
- First UK Edition
- Editorial
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1920
- Palabras clave
- Amazon, Brazil, River Of Doubt, Rio Roosevelt, Africa, Safari, 20th Century, 1914 Exploration, Theodore Roosevelt
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Photography; Natural History; American Literature; Field Sports/Horses; N & S. America/ USA;
Términos de venta
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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Sobre el vendedor
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Carmarthen
Sobre Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Retired Member of the P.B.F.A, and the WBA. In business for 42+ years to date, mainly working from home nowadays, and formerly exhibiting at Major London Book Fairs, and some Provincial ones within reach of the M4! View by Appointment ONLY Please, as I may be unavailable on the day you call. Happy to see customers but they have to be able to squeeze through the book aisles/piles! Unfortunately no wheelchair access. Currently only working part-time.
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