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Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Bound in contemporary blue cloth. 768 pages. Book plate. white (discolored) spots along front cover. Hardcover. Good binding. Clean, unmarked pages. This was the first publication of "The Rough Riders" by Roosevelt. Complete in six issues. Roosevelt's account of raising the famous regiment to fight in the Spanish-American war and the unit's subsequent adventures in Cuba, including its charge up San Juan Hill. Bound in Lancaster PA by William Z. Roy for A.H. Potts. Later owned by E. Arthur Keen. Parkesburg, PA.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Roosevelt Theodore. The Rough Riders. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1899.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Illustrated.
Seller: Ann Open Book, Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Theodore. The Rough Riders. Scribner's, New York, 1899.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Brown cloth, gilt titles and front medallion; top edge gilt; 44 b/w plates; spine cloth faded, corners bumped; damp satin on rear cloth; spot on front endpaper; a tear on frontis tissue guard; a firm nice copy ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Theodore. The Rough Riders. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1899.
Price: US$486.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Xii, 298 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt, Top Edge Gilt; Deckled Foredge And Bottom Edge. First Printing, With 1899 Date On Title Page. Gilt Very Bright; Cloth With Slight Wear, No Fraying, Spine Cloth Somewhat Faded, With A 1/8" And Another 1/16" Dark Spots. Hinges Tight, No Names Or Marks. Gift Quality For A Very Popular Book Seldom Preserved In Better Condition.
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$715.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. Brown cloth-covered boards with gilt insignia, a facsimile of the bronze medal struck for each member of the Rough Riders to front board, and gilt lettering there, and to spine. Moderate shelfwear with a few minor scratches, and a bit of peeling cloth at top of spine, and a lightened band along top of front board, where this portion must have been exposed to sunlight while the rest of the book was protected in the shelf. One or two edge and corner bumps - overall very clean. Top edge gilt, fore-edge and tail untrimmed. Frontis photogravure by Rockwood of Theodore Roosevelt. Four appendices: A) Muster-Out Roll; B) Colonel Roosevelt's Report to the Secretary of War of September 10th; C) The 'Round Robin' Letter; D) CorrectionsOverall a clean, tightly bound copy of an important period in Theodore Roosevelt's career.
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1899 Theodore Roosevelt 1st ed Rough Riders United States Military Cavalry Cuba When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on. Theodore Roosevelt In 1898, as the Spanish-American War was escalating, Theodore Roosevelt assembled an improbable regiment of Ivy Leaguers, cowboys, Native Americans, African Americans, and Western Territory land speculators. This group of men, which became known as the Rough Riders, trained for four weeks in the Texas desert, and then set sail for Cuba. Over the course of the summer, Roosevelt's Rough Riders fought valiantly, and sometimes recklessly, in the Cuban foothills, incurring casualties at a far greater rate than the Spanish. The Rough Riders was published to instant acclaim in 1899, originally published in six installments by Scribner. This RARE first edition includes 44 fine illustrations! Item number: #30932 Price: $750 ROOSEVELT, Theodore The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt Colonel of the First United States Volunteer Cavalry Illustrated New York: Charles Scribners and Sons, 1899. First edition Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o xi, [1], 298 o 44 illustrations Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure o Cloth Size: ~8.75in X 5.75in (22cm x 14.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 30932 Photos available upon request.
Seller: Schilb Antiquarian, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
ROOSEVELT, Theodore. The Rough Riders. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1899.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Frontispiece portrait, protected with tissue, plus 41 other b/w plates. xii, 298 pages. 8vo, original gilt-stamped olive green cloth (some wear at spine ends and very light soiling; text block somewhat shaken), top edge gilt. New York: Charles Scribner's sons, 1899. First edition. Overall a very good copy -- clean but for ownership name on front endpaper and penciling ghost on first text page (an interesting notation that on first 18 lines of text Roosevelt wrote 9 I's, 2 my, 1 me & 1 myself). One plate at page 234 was re-glued.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$770.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. Brown cloth-covered boards with gilt insignia, a facsimile of the bronze medal struck for each member of the Rough Riders to front board, and gilt lettering there, and to spine. Moderate shelfwear with a few minor scratches, marks and stains, but overall boards very clean. Several corners nudged, and shelf foldovers to top and bottom of spine. Frontis photogravure by Rockwood of Theodore Roosevelt. Top edge gilt, fore-edge and tail untrimmed. Two preliminary leaves (ix through xii) listing each of the 44 photographic illustrations, show some chipping to outer edge, with one old tape repair. Overall a clean, tightly bound copy of an important period in Theodore Roosevelt's career.
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine in gilt brown cloth. Top edge gilt.
Seller: The Book Den, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
ROOSEVELT, Theodore. The Rough Riders. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1899.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, 298pp., illustrated. A near fine, tight copy, with sharp corners, spine gently sunned, some tiny spotting on the front board, and the page block pulling just slightly at the middle; still a sound, fresh example, probably unread. Contemporary owner's name on front fly leaf in faded ink.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Royal Octavo, blue boards with gold lettering on spine. entire 6 issues of Scribner's Magazine which was the true 1st printing of this example of American Exceptionalism.677pp.with photos and illus by Remington et al.a fine copy with very slight bubbling on back board.scarce.(Sbox floor)
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$10500.00 + shipping
Description: This is the first edition of Theodore Roosevelts chronicle of perhaps the most famous regiment in American history and the "crowded hour" during the Spanish-American War that propelled Roosevelts fame. Unique and compelling, this copy is signed by Roosevelt, inscribed by a Rough Rider to the soldiers mother, and magnificently bound in full brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf for Asprey of London. The upper recto of the leaf preceding the half-title is signed "Theodore Roosevelt". A five-line inked inscription below the authors signature reads: "To my dear mother, | from her loving son | Henry W. Bull | Sergt. "K" Troop | 1st U.S. Vol. Cavalry." The elegant binding features a hubbed spine, gilt-ruled and decorated compartments, gilt-tooled spine bands, elaborately gilt-bordered covers, and gilt-ruled edges. The gilt-edged contents are bound with hand-sewn head and foot bands. Generous turn-ins with decorative gilt tooling frame marbled endpapers. The original brown cloth cover is bound in at the rear. "BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF FOR ASPREY & CO" is gilt-stamped on the lower front pastedown. Condition is fine, the binding pristine, the contents clean, bright, and free of markings apart from light spotting limited to the frontispiece verso.Statesman, reformer, explorer, naturalist, soldier, rancher, and author, Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) was the 26th and youngest ever president, both herald and agent of Americas assumption of global power. Before the Spanish-American War, as Under-Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt pushed the boundaries of his authority to prepare the American Navy, enabling decisive victory over the Spanish at Manila Bay. But no sooner had Congress declared war on Spain, on April 25th 1898, than Roosevelt declared he would resign to volunteer for the army, contrary to wishes of his friends, colleagues, and President. Volunteer regiments were "to be composed exclusively of frontiersmen possessing special qualifications as horsemen and marksmen." However, Roosevelt so successfully promoted the regiment that 20,000 applications were received in five days for fewer than 800 places. "Projecting a vision of a unique fighting force that would represent a microcosm of the country itself, Roosevelt persuaded the authorities to enlarge the regiment to include a troop of easterners."Henry Worthington Bull of Troop K, raised in New Yorks high society and a graduate of Columbia University, was among them. (In the Appendix A muster-out roll his name is misspelled "Buel", but is correctly recorded in the national archives.) Newspapers called Bulls cohort a variety of names, including "millionaire recruits" and "Fifth Avenue Boys". Roosevelt made them part of a cohesive unit, ensuring that "cowboys and wranglers slept side by side with the scions of financiers" and bringing "easterners and westerners together in the daily chores of washing laundry and digging and filling latrines." (Kearns Goodwin, Leadership) The experience was perhaps not unlike that of Roosevelt himself in the Badlands, which he had entered as a privileged dilettante and left as a seasoned rancher.Roosevelts Rough Riders arrived in Cuba on 23 June 1898. By 17 July the Spanish had surrendered Cuba. In the intervening weeks the regiment proved worthy of its press and Roosevelts charge during the Battle of San Juan Hill ultimately carried him to the White House. Henry Bull returned to the world he left, working as a stockbroker and serving as president of the Turf and Field Club as well as the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association. In 1904 he married Maud Livingston, who had been engaged to Willie Tiffany, a fellow rough rider who died in service. In 1910, Bull was selected to hand-deliver a reunion invitation to Roosevelt in London, who returned to New York for the event. One of the Bulls' adopted children, Phyllis Livingston Baker, eventually married Fred Astaire, with whom Bull shared a love of horses. Bull died in 1958 at the age of 84.
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.