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Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Frontis, [6], 299, [1] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Cover has slight wear and soiling. This second volume of this classic study covers operations on the ocean in 1814, operations on the Great Lakes in 1814, operations in 1815, and the Battle of New Orleans. The Battle of New Orleans was a series of engagements fought between December 14, 1814 and January 18, 1815, constituting the last major battle of the War of 1812. American combatants, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, prevented a much larger British force, commanded by Admiral Alexander Cochrane and General Edward Pakenham, from seizing New Orleans and the territory of the Louisiana Purchase. The Treaty of Ghent had been signed on December 24, 1814, and hostilities continued without the involved parties knowing about the Treaty, until January 18 by which time all of the British forces had retreated, putting an end to the Battle of New Orleans. This was volume Ten of the Statesman Edition. This edition was published with the permission of the President through special arrangement with The Century Co., Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons and G. P. Putnam's Sons. The Review of Reviews was a noted family of monthly journals founded in 1890-1893 by British reform journalist William Thomas Stead (1849-1912). Established across three continents in London (1891), New York (1892) and Melbourne (1893), the Review of Reviews, American Review of Reviews and Australasian Review of Reviews represented Stead's dream of a global publishing empire. The American Review of Reviews was edited by the American academic, journalist, and reformer, Albert Shaw. Shaw was part of the first generation of academic reformers, which included Woodrow Wilson (who was his classmate at Johns Hopkins University).
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Theodore Roosevelt. Through the Brazilian Wilderness. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914.
Price: US$38.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ex-library with the usual labeling. Spine faded, rubbing at edges. General shelf/age wear. Pages clean, binding sturdy.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$69.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book: Good/, $165.82, Reduced From. THROUGH the BRAZILIAN WILDERNESS. With Illustrations From Photographs by Kermit Roosevelt and Other Members of the Expedition * ROOSEVELT, Theodore Charles Scribner`s Sons New York * * * * * 1914 Probably 1sT Edition Tall Wide Thick H/c Brown Spine With Title In Polished Gold Letters, Hard Cover Book: Good/, Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 383 Numbered Pages Printed On 0ff~White Paper, Light Browning On Edges, In Near Fine/ Condition, Clean And Tight To The Spine, Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Spine Broken In The Front And Rear Of Book. Spine Is Weak. D/j: None. This Is An Original Edition, Not A Secondary Market Or More Modern RePrint. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut And In A = * * ~ Corrugated Mailing Box ~ Padded Mailing Envelope * * To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The * * Description Described Which Applies To This B00K, Only. * = No Odors, No Writing, No Other Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, Not X~Library, No Other Marks. = Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE
Seller: L. Michael, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.
Theodore Roosevelt. Through The Brazilian Wilderness. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: With illustrations from photographs by Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the expedition. Includes maps. Book has general wear, spine faded, binding solid, gilt on top edge and cover/spine. Book is in G++ condition.
Seller: tim hildebrand books, Janesville, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Pp. xiv, (ii), 382, frontis photo with tissue guard facing title page, map of South America facing preface page, 48 half-tone photo plates by Kermit, C appendices, index, large octavo format (9 3/4") in dark olive-green cloth with gilt spine titles. This copy shows only dates of 1914, no mention of reprint. However the front cloth has no gilt decorations or titles, therefore this must be an early reprint, possible c. 1919-20. Internally the book is very nice with no damage or writing. Front and rear inner and outer hinges are intact, not repaired. A number of pages in the index, etc. are unopened. The cloth has some sunning to the outer edges of the front and rear boards, as well as the spine. Gilt spine titles still readable. One short pull-tear to top of spine. Please request photos.
Seller: Inno Dubelaar Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Fading to spine, some shelf wear. Some chipping at spine edges. Pages clean, NO foxing or markings. Binding sturdy.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Through the Brazilian wilderness,. C. Scribner's sons January 1914, 1914.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: **Published in October of 1914. Brown hardcover with gold gilt lettering to the cover and spine. Heavier surface and edge wear to the cover. Soiling to the covers. The back having the heaviest with several glass ring stains. Discoloration to the spine and cover. The cover is beginning to come away from the text block. Small tears at the top and bottom of the spine. The corners have been bumped. The boards are beginning to show in the corners. The cover is beginning to fray in a few corners around where the boards are exposed. Tilted binding. Both hinges are broken with exposed netting. Rough cut page edges. The top edge of the pages are a fading gold gilt. Pages show reader and age wear. A few pages have small tears. Discoloration along the edges of the pages. Soiling to a few of the pages. Several cracks in the spine throughout the book. Pages still appear secure. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.
Seller: The Book Garden, Bountiful, UT, U.S.A.
Theodore Roosevelt. THROUGH THE BRAZILIAN WILDERNESS. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1914.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Black & white photo illus., including frontis. w/tissue guard, 2 full page maps and 1 folding map at back; t.e.g., gilt titles. All illus and maps are present and in near fine condition, text is unmarked, gilt on front panel is bright, spine shows some fading with a few spots, binding is solid but front free endpaper has a taped 3-inch tear at binding. An attractive copy of this narrative of sometimes perilous exploration into the Amazon valley in central Brazil.
Seller: Sagebrush Press, Morongo Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Roosevelt Theodore. Through the Brazilian Wilderness. Scribner's New York, 1914.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Thick 4to hardcover volume in tan gold embossed cloth. This is the best looking copy we have seen in quite awhile. Most have badly sunned spines. Tis one is the same color as the front board. Gold is very good on both. A little wear on top edge of the spine else would call this near fine. Boards tight endpapers not split or marked. 383 pages are all tight and very clean with no faults. Some pages uncut. 3 maps are fine condition. As nice a copy as you will find. Oct 1914 publish date 1st edition.
Seller: Antique Emporium, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.
Roosevelt, Theodore. Through the Brazilian Wilderness. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1914.
Price: US$357.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Large Octavo. A BEAUTIFUL 1914 1st Edition of this classic Roosevelt South American memoir. Photogravure frontispiece of Roosevelt and Colonel Rondon. Profusely illustrated with photographs by Kermit Roosevelt. Large fold-out map at the end rear of book. "After failing to win a third term in the elections of 1912, former U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt planned a speaking trip to Argentina and Brazil and a cruise up the Amazon. The government of Brazil suggested that Roosevelt join the famous Brazilian explorer C?ndido Rondon in an expedition down the recently discovered River of Doubt. Roosevelt accepted the invitation and, accompanied by his son Kermit, reached the river with Rondon on February 27, 1914. "From the beginning, the expedition was fraught with difficulties, including disease, lack of supplies, and hostility from the local tribes. Roosevelt nearly died from an infected wound. This work is his account of the expedition, which despite its problems, managed to map parts of the river and to discover several previously unknown species of animals and plants. The River of Doubt is now called Rio Roosevelt." - Library of Congress Brown cloth with titling in gilt to front and spine. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Spine lightly sunned. Rear hinge starting. Overall a lovely edition.
Seller: Vintage Books and Fine Art, Oxford, MD, U.S.A.
Theodore Roosevelt. Through The Bazilian Wilderness. Charles Scribner's Sons,, New York:, 1914.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing Very near fine in its original brown cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and on the front board and with the top edge of the text block gilt. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches with cloth over the spine slightly faded and with upper tip of the front board mildly bumped. There is a prior owner's book plate (A. S. Houghton) on the front paste down. Without its issued dust jacket. 383 pages including an index, appendices and text followed by a fold-out map of the rivers of Brazil and with the route of the travelers outlined in orange. A one page map showing the entire continent of South America on page vii. Both maps are in excellent condition. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Roosevelt and Colonel Rondon standing on a rock from a black and white photograph as well as 48 plates "from photographs by Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the expedition".
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Theodore Roosevelt. Through The brazillan Wilderness. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914.
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy In Brown Cloth First Edition 1914/1914. Spine Unfaded. Rare In This Condition. Gorgeous Copy Of This Roosevelt Classic. Ink Ownership Gift Inscription.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Roosevelt (Theodore). Through the Brazilian Wilderness. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914.
Price: US$705.47 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Slightly toned but a good copy; pp. xiv, [2], 383, frontispiece, plates, three maps (one folding); untrimmed in full publisher's brown cloth, lettered gold; spine sunned but a good copy; book label at front flyleaf. The account of Roosevelt's expedition into the Brazilian jungle in 1913 as a member of the Roosevelt-Rondon Scientific Expedition, co-named after its leader, Brazilian explorer Cândido Rondon. The expedition was intended to discover if the Rio da Dúvida ('River of Doubt'), flowed into the Amazon. During the expedition Roosevelt lost 23 kilos, and felt the effects of the bullet which remained lodged in his chest following the 1912 attempt on his life. He then suffered a leg wound which festered and gave him tropical fever. He planned to commit suicide in order to preserve the expedition, but after entreaties by his son was convinced to continue. Ultimately the expedition was successful and the river was renamed Rio Roosevelt, sometimes Rio Teodoro, in his honour.
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
Roosevelt, Theodore. Through the Brazilian Wilderness. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1914.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good plus book in good dust jacket. Maroon cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and graphics on front panel, gilt lettering on spine. Extremities are sunned, more so in the upper right corner of back panel. Edges at head and tail of board spine are crimped, edge at tail has several closed vertical tears of 1/4" or less. Upper page edges are gilt. Side and lower page edges are uneven and age-darkened. Previous owner's name/date on FFEP. FFEP has a shallow vertical crease 2" from and parallel to the fore-edge. Numerous copies of b&w photos including frontispiece with tissue-guard. A full-page map of Brazil showing the entire South American journey of the Roosevelt expedition; also a fold-out attached at the back with a map of the River of Doubt. Several of the Index and Appendix pages are unopened. Text pages are lightly age-toned, else book is internally clean. Dust jacket has been re-backed. The back inside flap and approx. half of the back jacket panel is missing. Sunning to spine and front fore-edge fold. There is significant loss between the back panel and spine, losses across the upper and lower edges at head and tail of spine, the front fore-edge fold and several places along the upper edge of front panel. Photos are intended to be included as part of the description. Please use close-up options for best inspection. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK and Canada may require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher than the stated shipping costs. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, xiv, [2], 383pp. Light brown cloth, title in gilt on spine and front cover. First edition with "Scribner's Seal" on the copyright page. Top edge gilt, uncut outer edges. Light soiling to covers and spine, rubbing to lower edge of front board. Complete with 85 electrotyped halftone photographs on 49 plates, three maps, one of which folds out. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $3.50 NET retail price on spine, some loss at heel of spine, solid hinges and free of restoration. An exceptionally rare jacket, in any condition. (Cole & Vail, A41a). This first edition consisted of 7,500 copies at a price of $3.50. It chronicles Roosevelt's journey to Brazil with his son Kermit. During the trip, Roosevelt nearly died when he contracted malaria and developed a serious infection due to a leg wound. The lingering effects of his illness likely contributed to his death in 1919. There was no second printing of this book. It was reissued in 1919 and appears almost identical to the first edition, except for the gilt top edge.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Roosevelt's final work on big-game hunting. Octavo, 2 volumes, original buckram cloth with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, tissue-guarded engraved frontispieces, with illustrations from photographs and drawings by Philip R. Goodwin and with forty faunal maps. In very good condition. A nice example. The 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt was a prolific writer with a vast range of interests and areas of expertise. A lifelong naturalist, Roosevelt was recognized for his robustly masculine persona which was reflected in his strong, energetic style of writing. Published in 1914, Life-Histories of African Game Animals is Rooseveltâs final novel on big game hunting, preceded by the enormously popular Hunting Trips of a Ranchman (1885), Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail (1888), The Wilderness Hunter (1893), African Game Trails (1910), and Through the Brazilian Wilderness (1914).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.