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Price: US$14.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 50pp extract, printed in double columns, illustrated with 30 text drawings and 3 full-page plates, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume XXXV, Nos. 4 - 6, February - April, 1888. These articles were collected and published in 1968, by Northland Press, Flagstaff, Arizona, and reprinted several times later. They present a vivid picture of frontier life in the late-nineteenth century American West. Housed in protective mylar report cover. Very scarce.
Seller: Legacy Books II, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Slight wear to the outer corners, spine ends, and spine edges. First pair of leaves of text are partially loose. ; Issues of Volume 35, November 1887 to April 1888, bound together. Contents include Meisterschaft: In Three Acts by Mark Twain, Ranch Life in the Far West by Theodore Roosevelt [ three parts], illustrated by Frederic Remington, and Robert Louis Stevenson by Henry James.
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green Deco Cloth HC Bindings w/beveled boards. A Year of the Century gold spine lettering, 900+/-pgs ea. double column. Both Vols Bindings Delicate, bothe vols include selections from Abraham Lincoln: A History by Nicolay and Hay. Vol.1 also incls: Ranch Life in the Far West w/Remington, Battles & Leaders of Civil War, Topics of the Time, etc. Vol.2 also Incls: Frontier Types by Theodore Roosevelt, Our National Military System, The Liar in two parts by Henry James etc Both Vols have b&w illus/photo-engravings. shpg wght 10# Extra Shipping rates apply Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: The Vintage BookStore, Jim Thorpe, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$825.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: The format is approximately 9.75 inches by 12.25 inches. [6], 186, [2] pages. Black and White illustrations. Decorative front and back cover. Cover has wear, soiling, and some staining. This is a large book with some hinge weakness noted. Bookplate of Edmund Giles Loder inside front cover. The first edition was published in quarto. Examination of an image of an authenticated U.S. first edition, shows an identical decorated front cover. No American president has been closer to the working life of the West than Theodore Roosevelt. From 1884 to 1886 he built up his ranch on the Little Missouri in Dakota Territory, accepting the inevitable toil and hardships. He met the unique characters of the Bad Landsâ"mountain men, degenerate buffalo hunters, Indians, and cowboysâ"and observed their changes as the West became more populated. Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail describes Roosevelt's routine labor and extraordinary adventures, including a stint as a deputy sheriff pursuing three horse thieves through the cold of winter. The book expresses his lifelong delight in physical hardihood and tests of nerve. Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861 - December 26, 1909) was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in the genre of Western American Art. His works are known for depicting the Western United States in the last quarter of the 19th century and featuring such images as cowboys, American Indians, and the US Cavalry. Remington received a commission to do eighty-three illustrations for a book by Theodore Roosevelt, Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail to be serialized in The Century Magazine before publication. The 29-year-old Roosevelt had a similar Western adventure to Remington, losing money on a ranch in North Dakota the previous year but gaining experience which made him an "expert" on the West. The assignment gave Remington's career a big boost and forged a lifelong connection with Roosevelt. Sir Edmund Giles Loder, 2nd Baronet (7 August 1849 - 14 April 1920) was an English aristocrat, landowner and plantsman. His father was Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet, a landowner and Conservative politician. He was educated at Eton College and graduated from Trinity College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Loder was active as a plant collector, breeder and grower. He developed hybrid rhododendrons. The plants were named the Loderi hybrids and group in his honour. Three, Loderi King George, Loderi Pink Diamond and Loder's White, have received the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Presumed First U.K. Edition, First printing.
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: [6] 186 [1] pp. Illustrated by Frederic Remington. Folio, publisher's tan cloth, decorated in gold and brown, a.e.g. First edition. A fine copy with tiny areas of rubbing to the corner tips and the slightest of darkening to the decorated spine and a few tiny spots to the endsheets.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Theodore Roosevelt. RANCH LIFE AND THE HUNTING-TRAIL. The Century Co, New York, 1888.
Price: US$949.95 + shipping
Description: Very Good in boards. Brief owner personalization on 2nd FEP. Toning on spine and rear panel. Corners lightly bumped. Illustrations by Frederic Remington.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Theodore. Ranch Life and The Hunting-Trail. The Century Co., New York, 1888.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Illustrated by Frederic Remington. Professionally repaired as to edges at head and tail of spine and new end-papers. Very good plus book, first edition text in second state boards/binding. 4to. 12 1/4" by 9 5/8". 186 numbered pages. Dark tan pictorial cloth covered boards, elaborately stamped in brown and gilt on front panel and spine. Back panel has a brown stamped lasso. Beveled board edges. All outside page edges are gilt. Board edges are scuffed. Front panel has several small ink marks. Fore-edge corners are rubbed through but stable. Upper right corner of front panel is bumped, creating a shallow diagonal crease in the upper corners of text to page 122 - see photo of title page for example. Chips on fore-edge of page facing page 1. All chapters begin and end with an in-text illustration. Many additional in-text and several full page illustrations. Internally clean, no foxing. Text block is snug. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Theodore Roosevelt. Ranch Life and The Hunting-Trail. T. Fisher Unwin [1888], London, 1888.
Price: US$1208.42 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The very scarce first UK edition of this notable work by former president Theodore Roosevelt. The first UK edition of the work. First published earlier the same year in the US by The Century Co.Undated, dated from copies held at The British Library. Very scarce, less common than its American counterpart. With a frontispiece and many in text illustrations by Frederic Remington, the most successful Western illustrator in the Golden Age of illustration. Collated complete.Rebound in an institutional binding with stamps, and other library notations and labels to the paste downs and the occasional leaf. The second of Roosevelt's series of four books on hunting and ranching, the work follows his experiences working on a ranch in the west of the country. Roosevelt owned a ranch on the Little Missouri in Dakota Territory, and details the struggles and charms of ranching and hunting in the area. The work covers a number of his adventures in the area, including cowboys, hunting bear and his time spent as deputy sheriff. A very scarce UK edition of this noted early work by former US president, Theodore Roosevelt. Rebound in an institutional binding with stamps, and other library notations and labels to the paste downs and the occasional leaf. Externally generally smart with rubbing to the extremities and leather. The odd mark to the board. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the occasional library stamp or notation particularly to the recto of the title page. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$1320.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarto. Original cloth, Binding first state (front board stamped in green and gold design). Design incorporates hat, cooking pot, Bowie knife, and whip hanging from Saguaro Cactus, with a design of an open book at base of Cactus within a golden sun. Elaborate gilt lettering and embossed designs to spine. Monstrously thick boards (able themselves to survive a cattle drive! -- a very solid copy), with beveled edges. Light foxing to (undecorated portion of ) front board and some very light smudging or staining to rear board. Corners lightly nudged. All edges gilt. [x] pp.186 + 4. Magnificentlyl illustrated by western artist Frederic Remington, throughout. ".Roosevelt records his experiences from his hunting adventures, the people and animals that he encounters, the excitement of the round up, to the everyday life on the ranch." (Boone and Crockett Club) ".Roosevelt was at work in the New York state legislature attempting to get a government reform bill passed when he was summoned home by his family. He returned home to find his mother, Mittie, had succumbed to typhoid fever. On the same day, his wife of four years, Alice Lee, died of Bright's disease, a severe kidney ailment. Only two days before her death, Alice Lee had given birth to the couple's daughter, Alice. The double tragedy devastated Roosevelt. He ordered those around him not to mention his wife's name. Burdened by grief, he abandoned politics, left the infant Alice with his sister Bamie, and, at the end of 1884, struck out for the Dakota territories, where he lived as a rancher and worked as a sheriff for two years. When not engrossed in raising cattle or acting as the local lawman, Roosevelt found time to indulge his passion for reading and writing history. After a blizzard wiped out his prized herd of cattle in 1885, Roosevelt decided to return to eastern society. Once back in New York in 1886, he again took up politics." and returned to his daughter Alice. (History Channel) This book is the story of Roosevelt's self-imposed relegation to the rhythms and rigors of ranch life, marvelously illustrated by the pen and ink drawings of Frederic Remington.
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Theodore. Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail. Century Co, New York, 1888.
Price: US$1800.00 + shipping
Description: Folio. 186 pp. 83 First issue binding, decorated in gilt and green, a.e.g., light surface wear, very good. (41394). 83 plates and illustrations by Frederic Remington.
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3323.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: (x), 186 pp. (p.187 - vignette), frontispiece. Original elaborate gilt pictorial cloth stamped in green and gold on the front cover, all edges gilt. Howes R432.
Seller: Yushodo Co., Ltd., Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original pictorial cloth stamped in brown and gold (2nd state) very slight edge wear, with the original dust jacket,186 pages, frontis, Remington illustrations, all edges gilt, minor wear to jacket. Very rare jacket, did its job as the cover of the book is exceptionally bright and clean. Herd 1951, Howes R432, Rader 2830, Merrill Aristocrat.
Seller: Old West Books (ABAA), St. Robert, MO, U.S.A.