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Elaborately bound collection of Presidential autographs, containing the autograph of each of the first 34 Presidents of the United States from George Washington to Dwight D. Eisenhower. Quarto, bound in full red morocco by Riviere & Son with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt presidential seal to the front panel with white and blue morocco onlays, gilt arms and motto of George Washington to the rear panel with white and blue morocco onlays and his gilt signature in facsimile, centerpieces within quintuple gilt ruling with star emblems at each corner, blue morocco doublures with multiple gilt presidential signatures, blue silk endpapers. This complete series of autographs of the first 34 Presidents of the United States contains the signature of each mounted on an album leaf opposite a loosely tissue-guarded engraved portrait of each. The collection includes: the signature of George Washington on an envelope addressed to Major General Knox as Secretary ofÂtheÂSocietyÂofÂthe Cincinnati, November 3, 1783; a clipped signature of John Adams; clipped signature of Thomas Jefferson; the signature of James Madison on an envelope addressed to Reverend Frederick Freeman of Manayunk, Pennsylvania; and inscription signed by James Monroe; the signature of John Quincy Adams on an envelope addressed to William Plumer jun. Esq. in Epping, New Hampshire; a partially printed land grant signed by Andrew Jackson dated 1831 registeringÂtheÂpurchaseÂof 20 acres in Detroit by Peter Aldrich; clipped signature of Martin Van Buren; clipped signature of William Henry Harrison; signed inscription from John Tyler; signed inscription from James Polk; clipped signature of Zachary Taylor dated Baton Rouge, March 5, 1841; clipped signature of Millard Fillmore; clipped signature of Franklin Pierce; clipped signature of James Buchanan on a document dated July 18, 1858; clipped signature of Abraham Lincoln; endorsement signed by Andrew Johnson as President; clipped signature of Ulysses S. Grant; card signed by Rutherford B. Hayes; inscription signed by James Garfield; large card signed by Chester A. Arthur and dated May 22, 1884; autograph noted signed by Grover Cleveland declining an invitation, dated November 16, 1890; an Executive Mansion card signed by William McKinely; clipped signature of Theodore Roosevelt; clipped signature of William Howard Taft; clipped signature of Woodrow Wilson; typed letter signed by Warren G. Harding as President, dated June 4, 1923 on White House letterhead; card signed by Calvin Coolidge; White House card signed by Herbert Hoover; typed letter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as Assistant SecretaryÂofÂthe Navy, February 15, 1917. Laid in is a typed letter signed by Harry S. Truman as President, June 30, 1950, on White House stationery and a typed letter signed by Dwight Eisenhower. TLS as President, November 13, 1956, on White House stationery. In fine condition.ÂHoused in a custom folding chemise and half morocco slipcase. An exceptional collection and presentation. Note_.

Hardcover. A. B. Frost, Henry Sandham, J. Carter Beard, Frederick Remington, and Harry Eaton (illustrator). First Edition. Small quarto (6" x 9-1/4") in the original gilt-decorated cream cloth with brown lettering on the front cover; xvi, 472 pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece plate, drawings at the chapter heads and tails, and 23 full-page plates by A. B. Frost, Henry Sandham, J. Carter Beard, Frederick Remington, and Harry Eaton. This trade edition preceded the limited edition of 200 copies, per a "Notice" that is tipped in before the frontispiece announcing that the limited edition is in preparation. A monumental Association Copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To my beloved friend,/Jacob A. Riis;/may you enjoy the/northwoods as much as I/enjoyed the great plains/& the Rockies!/Theodore Roosevelt/July 1901." The number "14" has been inserted after the word "July," possibly by Roosevelt. Laid in is a pass made out to Riis for a Roosevelt Reception aboard the U.S. Revenue Steamer Androscoggin on 18 June 1910. Of Jacob Riis, his lifelong friend, Roosevelt remarked in his AUTOBIOGRAPHY: "I am tempted to call [him] the best American I ever knew." In 1904 Riis published a biography of his good friend titled THEODORE ROOSEVELT: THE CITIZEN. Jacob Riis, among the most dedicated advocates for America's oppressed and downtrodden, arrived in New York from his native Denmark at the age of 21 in 1870. A pioneer in photojournalism, Riis photographed and wrote about the slums and tenements of a New York in the dawn of a new century. Riis came to Roosevelt's attention through his 1890 book HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES. As Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, Roosevelt accompanied Riis on his evening travels through the slums and witnessed firsthand the inhumane conditions endured by many of New York's inhabitants. In his 1901 book MAKING OF AN AMERICAN, Riis wrote of Roosevelt: "It could not have been long after I wrote HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES that he came to the Evening Sun office one day looking for me. I was out and he left his card merely writing on the back of it that he had read my book and had 'come to help'. That was all, and it tells the whole story of the man. I loved him from the day I first saw him; nor ever in all the years that have passed has he failed of the promise made then. No one ever helped as he did. For two years, we were brothers on Mulberry Street." Roosevelt, in turn, wrote of Riis after his death: "It is difficult for me to write of Jacob Riis only from the public standpoint. He was one of my truest and closest friends. I have ever prized the fact that once, in speaking of me, he said, 'since I met him he has been my brother.' I have not only admired and respected him beyond measure, but I have loved him dearly . and I mourn him as if he were one of my own family." Covers soiled and marked, tight. Spine darkened, gilt still strong, with some chipping at the spine tips. Good or better and an Association Copy of the first order.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Theodore Roosevelt. This edition is limited to 200 copies, of which this is number 175, with a leaf of Roosevelt's original manuscript. All four books are in bound in the publisher's cloth and are in excellent condition. The bindings are tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the books. The ORIGINAL maps are present in each book. A wonderful presentation copy authentically SIGNED by the author. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. This beautiful copy of the First American edition has been signed in ink on the front free endpaper: "with the best wishes of Theodore Roosevelt."The book is in exceptional overall condition, with bright gilt lettering and still vivid navy blue cloth, including the front cover medallion portrait. The contents are fine and unfoxed, the hinges, front and rear, are tender.Laid-in at the half-title is a brief, undated autograph letter, all in Roosevelt's hand, on Hotel Le Marquis, New York letterheard: "Scribner Please give bearer 2 copies of my ?America and World War' and charge to me. T. Roosevelt." There is a bit of tape shadow on the verso of the letter and on the half-title as well, where it once was affixed. Else fine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. (1858-1919). 26th President of the United States. The Daniel Boone Edition of his: The Winning of the West. First Edition. Set #120 of only 200 thus issued. G.P. Putnam s Sons, New York, 1900. Four hefty volumes. Brown leather spines with gilt lettering. Extremely fine condition throughout. Illustrated with numerous plates and five folding maps. Tipped to front free end paper is the following Autograph Manuscript page, all in Roosevelt s hand. It is an excerpt from the fourth volume of Roosevelt s Winning of the West. He writes: of capacity as a general was so largely accountable. Washington and his administration were not free from blame. It was foolish to attempt a campaign against the Northwestern Indians with men who had only been trained for six months, and who were enlisted at the absurd price of two dollars a month. Moreover, there were needless delays in forwarding the troops to Fort Washington; and the commissary department was badly managed. Washington was not directly responsible for any of these shortcomings; he very wisely left to the Secretary of War, Knox, the immediate control of the whole matter, seeking . Tobias Lear, Washington s Private Secretary as quoted by both Custis and Rush. The report of an eyewitness. See also Lodge s Washington, p. 94. Denny, in his journal, merely mentions that he went at once to the Secretary of War s office on the evening of the 19th, and does not speak of seeing Washington until the following morning. On the strength of this omission one or two of St. Clair s apologists have striven to represent the whole account of Washington s wrath as apocryphal; but the attempt is puerile; the relation comes from an eyewitness who had no possible motive to distort the facts. The Secretary of War, Knox, was certain to inform Washington of the disaster the very evening he heard of it; and whether he sent Denny, or another messenger, or went himself is unimportant. Lear might very well have been mistaken as to the messenger who brought the news; but he could not have been mistaken about Washington s speech . By the time the final volume of Theodore Roosevelt s The Winning of the West appeared in 1896 its author was widely recognized as a serious historian and a major national intellectual. For his history of the early frontier, Roosevelt drew upon the frontier thesis proposed by Frederick Jackson Turner at the Chicago World s Fair in 1893, and retraced the ascendance of the American nation as the nation expanded ever westward. During the course of his research, Roosevelt came to see that stories of Native Americans abducting Anglo-American settlers occupied an important place in America s early national literature. Roosevelt drew upon such abductions and their aftermath in a number of instances, as in Mad Anthony Wayne: and the Fight at the Fallen Timbers, the second chapter of volume 4 of The Winning of the West, where Roosevelt relates the story of the Miller brothers, William and Christopher. While still young, the two boys were taken captive near their Kentucky home by the Shawnee. Raised as members of their abductors tribe, the two brothers parted ways when they reached maturity. At about 24 years of age, William, who had long wished to return to white society, did so; Christopher, who had grown to love his adoptive family, remained behind. The two separated, and William imagined he would never see his brother again. In June of 1794, William Miller was serving as a scout under the command of General Mad Anthony Wayne when he was ordered to capture a Native warrior for interrogation. Accompanied by two other scouts, Miller came upon three Native Americans preparing a mean. The soldiers worked their way towards their prospective captive under the cover of heavy bush, and once within range fired upon two of the Natives. Both were killed. The third ran, leaping down a steep river bank into a muddy river. The scouts continued their pursuit, and the Native American, aware. Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. (1858-1919). 26th President (1901-1909), and first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1906). Superb Typed Letter Signed 'Theodore Roosevelt,' as President, on imprinted The White House, Washington embossed stationery, with hand written corrections to his typed segments, and a seven line Autograph Postscript following his signature. Two full pages, small quarto. Oyster Bay, N.Y., August 29, 1908. Fine condition. To Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott (1835-1922), author, reformer and Editor of The Outlook, Roosevelt writes: 'It is mighty good of you to have seen Richards. I think your second suggestion is an excellent one. He has told me that he will come out to see me, and if he does, and will give me some date on which to go, I will gladly write an article for the Outlook based exactly on the considerations you mention in your second paragraph. That is a great quotation from Woodrow Wilson. I had not seen read the book, because I have felt rather impatient with his recent attitude on certain matters, notably the effort to control corporations; but this is a really first class piece paragraph. Now, about the letter from your son s brother-in-law, He raises a very important point. It was once before raised in connection with the Colorado River, but Congress decided that under the conditions in that case the Federal Government had no power to act. I will see if I have power to act in this case. Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt.' The Autograph Postscript follows: 'Who is William Garrolt Brown? Somebody has sent me a piece of his in the Evening Post which is a really scandalous perversion of the truth.' William Garrott Brown (1868-1913) was a Southern historian and author. Brown had written a piece around that time accusing the President of abandoning the Republican Party in the South. Perhaps this may have been the reference. Just superb content, in a age where former President s rarely, if ever, commented on the politics of their administration with the force or clarity exhibited in this letter. It is perhaps the long friendship between Abbot and TR that makes such a letter possible. Absolutely among the best of letters from T.R. s presidency. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition. Second Printing, in publisher's original decorated cloth. Illustrated with plates. This copy virtually unique as it is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by both the author and the subject, as President. Riis's inscription is dated 5 August 1908. Roosevelt writes: "with the best wishes of/Theodore Roosevelt/The White House/Jan. 18th 1909." The addition of "The White House" by Roosevelt is notable as prior to his administration, the residence was known as the "President's Palace," the "President's House," and the "Executive Mansion." It was Roosevelt who officially named it "The White House" in 1901. Of the many books signed by Roosevelt we have both handled and seen, we have never before encountered one in which he has noted his official residence along with his signature. Jacob Riis, among the most dedicated advocates for America's oppressed and downtrodden, arrived in New York from his native Denmark at the age of 21 in 1870. A pioneer in photojournalism, Riis photographed and wrote about the slums and tenements of a New York in the dawn of a new century. Riis came to Roosevelt's attention through his 1890 book HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES. As Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, Roosevelt accompanied Riis on his evening travels through the slums and witnessed firsthand the inhumane conditions endured by many of New York's inhabitants. In his 1901 book MAKING OF AN AMERICAN, Riis wrote of Roosevelt: "It could not have been long after I wrote HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES that he came to the Evening Sun office one day looking for me. I was out and he left his card merely writing on the back of it that he had read my book and had 'come to help.' That was all, and it tells the whole story of the man. I loved him from the day I first saw him; nor ever in all the years that have passed has he failed of the promise made then. No one ever helped as he did. For two years, we were brothers on Mulberry Street." Roosevelt, in turn, wrote of Riis after his death: "It is difficult for me to write of Jacob Riis only from the public standpoint. He was one of my truest and closest friends. I have ever prized the fact that once, in speaking of me, he said, 'since I met him he has been my brother.' I have not only admired and respected him beyond measure, but I have loved him dearly . and I mourn him as if he were one of my own family." Hinges cracked and neatly repaired. Still Near Fine.

No Binding. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Theodore Roosevelt 5 cent stamp perforations 10 up and down, rare vintage stamp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. First Editions, First Printings of this two volume set AUTHENTICALLY SIGNED by Theodore Roosevelt. A beautiful copy. This SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION is bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's cloth. The books are in excellent condition. The bindings are tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the books. Overall, a fabulous copy SIGNED by the author in collector's condition. We buy SIGNED Roosevelt First Editions. Signed by Author(s).

Olga Roosevelt's autograph book, lengthily inscribed and signed by Theodore Roosevelt as President of the United States, William Howard Taft as Vice President of the United States and several other famous figures of the era, including naturalists John Muir and John Burroughs and financier Bernard Baruch. Octavo, bound in full vellum with hand painted decorations to the spine and panels, patterned endpapers. Inscribed and signed by Theodore Roosevelt with a lengthy quotation, "No one quality by itself makes a good man or woman; many are essential; but three especially - courage, straightforward honesty, and common sense. Theodore Roosevelt July 23rd 1903." Inscribed by William Howard Taft "For Miss Olga Roosevelt with best wishes of William H. Taft May 23 1910." Inscribed by American naturalist John Burroughs, "The most precious things of life are without money & without price John Burroughs Sept 8, 1903." Inscribed by the President of Cornell University and United States Ambassador to Germany Jacob Gould Schurman, "Beauty, graceful manners, good temper, common sense, and a kind heart: these are the qualities that make a woman to be beloved and powerful. J.G. Schurman East Hampton September 14th 1903." Additionally inscribed by Alfred W.S. Garden, American diplomat Robert Underwood Johnson, American screenwriter Daniel Carson Goodman, and American naval officer Leigh Carlyle Palmer. Signed by John Muir and signed and dated by Bernard Baruch "B. Baruch Jan 20th 1920." From the collection of Theodore Roosevelt's niece, Olga Roosevelt. Roosevelt was the heiress to a fortune of several million dollars left her by her mother. She made her debut in Washington in 1908 and married Dr. Breckenridge Bayne in 1911. In very good condition. An exceptional collection of signatures with noted provenance. Theodore Roosevelt was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. As a leader of the Republican Party during this time, he became a driving force for the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century.

Signed limited first edition of Theodore Roosevelt's classic work. Large octavo, two volumes, original three-quarter tan pigskin. One of only 500 copies signed by Theodore Roosevelt, with fifty illustrations, including photographs, photogravures, drawings and a map. Fine in the rare original dust jackets and original card slipcase, rubbed and lacking the upper panel. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional example, easily the nicest we have seen. "One of the most famous of all big-game hunting epics, this, with its larger than life sportsmen, was almost continuously in print until the 1930s. In British East Africa, Roosevelt hunted lion and plains game on the Kapiti Plains, while, in the Bondoni hill country, he collected rhinoceros and giraffe. On Juja Farm, his son Kermit faced leopard, while Teddy bagged rhino and hippopotamus. On the Kamiti River, buffalo were taken. Near the Sotik, additional rhino and lion were hunted, with elephant bagged near Mt. Kenia. On the Guaso Nyiro, giraffe and a variety of plains game were shot. Further adventures included hunting elephant near Lake Nyanza, rhino and plains game in the Lado, and eland on the Nile. Roosevelt's total bag was enormous even by the liberal standards of that era" (Czech, 138-39).

Signed limited first edition, one of only 200 numbered copies, signed by Theodore Roosevelt. Quarto, bound in original full red morocco by Putnam's deluxe issue binding, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front panel. Frontispiece plus twenty-three full page plates by Frederic Remington, A. B. Frost I, James Carter Beard, Henry Sandham, and Charles Henry Eaton. In near fine condition, bookplate. Housed in a custom clamshell box. When his first wife died in 1884, Theodore Roosevelt withdrew to his cattle ranch in western Dakota. There, he wrote Hunting Trips of a Ranchman (1885) and Thomas Hart Benton (1887) and began work on The Winning of the West (1889). He also penned this account of big-game hunting in the United States, with chapters on hunting lore, hunting with hounds, hunting the grizzly, and hunting from the ranch.

First edition, third issue of Roosevelt's call to arms rallying the United States to engage in World War I. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. Association copy, inscribed by Theodore Roosevelt on the front free endpaper to his younger sister in the year of publication, "To darling Corinne from her brother Sept 19th 1917." Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was the second of four children born to socialite Martha Stewart Bulloch and businessman and philanthropist Theodore Roosevelt Sr. He had an older sister (Anna), a younger brother (Elliott) and a younger sister (Corinne). Corinne began writing at an early age, through the encouragement of her friends, in particular Edith Wharton who helped critique her poetry. In 1911, Robinson published her first poem, "The Call of Brotherhood", inÂScribner's Magazine. Her first book of poems of the same title was published in 1912. Corinne was also a member of the executive committee of the Republican National Committee and the New York State Republican Committee.[2][9] During the election of 1920, Robinson became the first woman ever called upon to second the nomination of a national party convention candidate; speaking before a crowd of 14,000, she endorsed General Leonard Wood as the 1920 Republican candidate for president. Despite being a prominent Republican, Corinne voted for her fifth cousin and nephew-in-law Franklin when he ran for Governor of New York in 1928, and in 1932 when he was elected President of the United States. Very good in the rare original dust jacket which is in very good condition.   "[A] compact presentation of some of the evils in our national life for whose eradication the best thoughts and energies of our people will be necessary. The earliest chapters voice an impassioned appeal to all Americans, men, women, and children, to take up each his or her own share of the burden of the war and do whatever work is possible with zeal and efficiency. He lashes with indignation all those, 'whether Senators, Congressman, editors, or professed humanitarians,' who continue to champion Germany's cause, and tells them they are moral if not legal traitors and have no right longer to be treated as American citizens" ("Col. Roosevelt on Foes of Our Own Household", The New York Times Book Review, Sunday, October 7, 1917, p. 48).

Early printing of Roosevelt's classic best-selling work. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Roosevelt. Lengthily signed by the author on the front free endpaper as president, "In life, or on the football field, your motto should be - don't flinch, don't foul, hit the line hard! Theodore Roosevelt, March 30th 1903." An exceptional signedÂbook containing Roosevelt's unique perspective as head of theÂRoughÂRiders, a special period that he deemed as his greatest achievement; after two terms as President, he still preferred to be called Colonel Roosevelt, and he considered the charge on San Juan Hill as 'the great day of my life.' The added quote by Roosevelt remains one of his most enduring. Although his nearsightedness kept him off the Harvard varsity squad, Roosevelt was a vocal exponent of football's contribution to the 'strenuous life,' both on and off the field. As New York City police commissioner, he helped revive the annual Harvard-Yale football series after it had been canceled for two years following a violent 1894 clash. His belief that the football field was a proving ground for the battlefield was validated by the performance of his fellow RoughÂRiders, some of whom were former football standouts. St. Nicholas was a popular juvenile periodical that was issued monthly from November 1873 through March 1940. The May 1900 issue opens with an essay by Theodore Roosevelt entitled, 'What We Can Expect of the American Boy,' which begins, 'Of course, what we have a right to expect of the American boy is that he shall turn out to be a good American man. Now the chances are strong that he won't be much of a man unless he is a good deal of a boy.' To make such a boy, Roosevelt summed it up with three traits: a strong body, a strong mind, and courage. The article concluded with what is now one of his most famous and inspirational quotes: 'In short, in life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard: don't foul and don't shirk, but hit the line hard.' The front pastedown bears an affixed transmittal letter from Roosevelt's White House secretary, dated March 30, 1903, which forwards "herewith the copy of 'The RoughÂRiders' which you forwarded, in which the President has placed an inscription." In very good condition.ÂAn exceptional inscription. Colonel Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt founded of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry in 1898 at the onset of the Spanish-American War. Hostilities between the United States and Spain began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana harbor in Cuba, prompting intervention by the United States in the Cuban War of Independence fought against Spain. President William McKinley appointed Wood to organize the volunteer brigade, who in turn appointed Roosevelt as his second in command. Nicknamed the âRough Ridersâ by journalists, the cavalry engaged in several battles and was made of mostly college athletes, cowboys, ranchers, and outdoorsmen from the southwest portion of the U.S. The term 'Rough Riders' was familiar at the time from Buffalo Bill whose famous western show "Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World" gained popularity throughout the late 19th century. The Rough Riders remains Rooseveltâs best-selling work, and provides incredible insight into one of the most fascinating regiments in American military history. In very good condition, lacking plate opposite p 194, card stock applied to rear pastedown, abrasion to the front pastedown. Rare and desirable signed.

First edition of this collection of essays by the twenty-sixth President of the United States. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author to his younger sister on the half-title page, "Darling Corinne, read the first chapter and the conclusion, T.R. To Mrs. Douglas Robinson 9 E 63rd St New York." In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. An exceptional association. Fear God and Take Your Own Part is a collection of articles Theodore Roosevelt wrote, largely for Metropolitan Magazine, some six years after he left the presidency. The title is another way of saying that a nation must have the power and will for self-sacrifice as well as the power and will for self-protection. In the book, Roosevelt, who also wrote extensively on the outdoors, vigorously sets forth the "principles of true Americanism" that still reverberate throughout the nation today.

Rare collection of original signed documents and photographs taken during President Theodore Roosevelt's days asÂColonel of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, or Rough Riders. The collection includes an original mounted photograph of Roosevelt in full uniform with his campaign hat; two cabinet card photographs of Albert S. Johnson, a member of the Cavalry; an endorsement dated September 7, 1998 which reads in part, "This officer did not serve in Cuba but remained in Florida with the squadron left behind" signed, "T. Roosevelt" which is affixed to the verso ofÂof Albert S. Johnson's 5 September 1898 application for 60-days leave; and a military record discharging Johnson from the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry with remarks from Captain R.H. Bruce and Theodore Roosevelt, "Did not serve under me personally; is reported to me as a good and loyal officer. T. Roosevelt col 1st U.S.V."ÂJohnson's application for leave was ultimately denied as his regiment was about to be disbanded and taken out of service.ÂIn near fine condition. An exceptional collection. Documents from Roosevelt'sÂRoughÂRider daysÂare rare. Colonel Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt founded of the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry in 1898 at the onset of the Spanish-American War. Hostilities between the United States and Spain began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana harbor in Cuba, prompting intervention by the United States in the Cuban War of Independence fought against Spain. President William McKinley appointed Wood to organize the volunteer brigade, who in turn appointed Roosevelt as his second in command. Nicknamed the âRough Ridersâ by journalists, the cavalry engaged in several battles and was made of mostly college athletes, cowboys, ranchers, and outdoorsmen from the southwest portion of the U.S. The term 'Rough Riders' was familiar at the time from Buffalo Bill whose famous western show "Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World" gained popularity throughout the late 19th century. The Rough Riders remains Rooseveltâs best-selling work, and provides incredible insight into one of the most fascinating regiments in American military history.

Zustand: Near Fine. Signed Limited First Edition. Signed limited first edition. Copy number 86 of a limited 500 sets signed by Theodore Roosevelt, and printed on Ruisdael paper at the De Vinne Press. Two volumes, bound in publisher's original half leather over boards. An unusually nice copy, Near Fine, with light wear to binding primarily at edges, pages lightly toned and with offsetting to prelims and terminals at edges from leather turn-ins. Subtle glue repair to spine of Volume I, still a very smart set, uncommon in such nice condition. An account of Roosevelt's hunting trip to Africa, taken the year after his presidency.

no binding. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. PASSIONATE AND IMPORTANT LETTER BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT DEFINING THE NATURE OF THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY. The letter, signed and typed by Roosevelt on letterhead of The Outlook magazine (where Roosevelt was a contributor and associate editor) and dated February 14, 1913, is addressed to Progressive Party Committeeman Henry Wallace and reads in full: The Outlook 287 Fourth Avenue New York February 14, 1913 My dear Mr. Wallace, I have written a letter to Mr Watkins which I hope he will show you. Michigan is to elect a number of State officer and various county, city and township officers this Spring. I hope we shall have a straight Progressive ticket put up in the State and in every city and township. I see in the press that the regulars of the Republican Party are endeavoring to absorb our representatives. Now the Progressive Party stands for principals, not men. We have in our ranks very many ex-Democrats just as we have very many ex-Republicans. Our loyalty is due to both. â The present Republican Party is under the absolute control of the men who stole from the rank and file of the Republican Party last June their right to their own choice for President, when Mr Taft was fraudulently nominated; and he and his supporters Messrs Barnes, Penrose, Guggenheim, Lorimer and company have no claim to the support of any honest man. The men who follow and support these men can have nothing in common with our plans and ideas of government. â â The Progressive Party was formed on principles which we believe to be eternal, which will live long after the men of this generation have been gathered to their fathers. We are the spiritual heirs of Abraham Lincoln. The feat accomplished last election was an extraordinary feat. It is necessary to continue with the organization and to make a clearcut fight against both the old party machines. I earnest hope that you will make as hard a fight in Michigan as you know how for a straight-out Progressive ticket. Incidentally let me say that the unjustifiable action of the returning officer of Michigan in stealing away from the legally elected candidate in the Twelfth District his office, should be used for all that it is worth. This action of itself shows that the Republican leaders in Michigan are not to be trusted in any shape or way, and that their protestations of good conduct are worse than worthless. â â Wherever the Republican Party has had the opportunity since election, as in Maine and Massachusetts, it has put in office reactionaries, men of the old machine, men committed to the system of bossism in politics and privilege in business. In Michigan in the Twelfth Congressional District these men showed that they are still committed to the principal [corrected by hand to "practice"] of utter political dishonesty, and to the breaking down of the power of the people in favor of the bosses. We are fighting for great principles, and we are also fighting for honest citizenship against dishonesty in citizenship. We have a right to hope that Michigan will come to the front on this issue. I would rather that you did not make this letter public, but if you desire that any letter shall be made public, if you will write to me I will answer it along substantially the lines of this letter. Faithfully yours, [signed] Theodore Roosevelt Background: The date is February 14, 1913. The past year - the election year of 1912 - had been quite eventful for Theodore Roosevelt and for the nation. Tensions were high within the Republican Party after President William Howard Taft, presidential successor to Roosevelt and fellow Republican, failed to carry out the anti-trust crusade that Roosevelt had begun in his own presidential term. Infighting and hostility during the 1912 Republican National Convention in Michigan led to a major schism in the Republican party; namely, the creation of the "Progressive" or "Bull Moose" Party led by Theodore Roosevelt, the Party's presidential candidate. Although Roosevelt lost to the Democrat Woodrow Wilson, he received more votes than the Republican Taft, becoming the only third-party candidate in U.S. history to finish higher than third in a presidential election; it was because of the splitting the Republican votes between Taft and Roosevelt that Democrat Woodrow Wilson was able to seize the victory. During this tumultuous political moment, Roosevelt reveals in this letter to Progressive Party Committeeman Henry Wallace what he views to be the essence of the Party and outlines a plan for the future. Defining the Progressive Party: Roosevelt emphasizes that the Progressive Party stands for "principles, not men", noting specifically that "The Progressive Party was formed on principles which we believe to be eternal, which will live long after the men of this generation have been gathered to their fathers. We are the spiritual heirs of Abraham Lincoln." This a critical point for Roosevelt as he tries to elevate the Party beyond the personalities of the moment. It also allows him to underscore the corrupt nature of the Republican Party which (as opposed to the Progressives, according to Roosevelt) has become a reflection of the self-interest of a handful of powerful men. Roosevelt then names some of these men to further illustrate their influence and to reinforce one of his major themes: that it is essential for the Progressives to work hard to restore power to the citizens. On the failures of the Michigan convention and his plan for the future of the Party: "Michigan is to elect a number of State officer and various county, city and township officers this Spring. I hope we shall have a straight Progressive ticket put up in the State and in every city and township. I see in the press that the regulars of the Republican Party are endeavoring to absorb our representatives." One of the central tenants of the Progressive platform was a restructuring of American politics through the growth and development of localized parties to best foster direct links.

Hardcover. First Edition. Thick folio (10" x 13") in publisher's full dark brown morocco leather with ornately blind- and gilt-tooled spines and boards, top edge gilt, uncut. Copy #96 of only 251 copies SIGNED by each of the 109 contributors, all noted American authors of the time, the most prominent being Mark Twain ("The Californian's Tale," the first appearance in print of this story), Theodore Roosevelt ("A Shot at a Bull Elk,"), and Andrew Carnegie ("Genius Illustrated from Burns"). This book was created as a means to raise money for a permanent home for the Author's Club, organized in 1882. Each member contributed an original essay, story, or poem that was intended never to be published elsewhere (Twain's story was included in THE $30,000 BEQUEST in 1906). The book was printed by club member Theodore Low De Vinne on hand-made paper with wood-block engravings and fine typography. It sold for $100, more than $2000 in today's currency. Other contributors include William Dean Howells, Henry Van Dyke, John Hay, Percival Lowell, Charles Warner, F. Hopkinson Smith, Will Carleton, and Frank R. Stockton. BAL 3438. In his bibliography of Mark Twain, Merle Johnson notes that though "there are presumed to be 251 copies of the book; actually, over 30 of these were not bound but were sold as separate articles." Many copies have also been broken up over the years so that the autographs could be sold separately. Most intact copies now reside in institutions. Early bookplate dated 25 April 1894 presenting the book to The Library of the Bar Association of New York by Albert Mathews, Esq. Bar Association Library ink stamp on the title page with an ink number on the copyright page; two other apparently nonrelated small ink stamps on the rear endpaper and pastedown. Rebacked some time ago with nearly all of the original spine laid down and the hinges reinforced with tape. Some rubbing to the binding. Contents clean and in overall Very Good condition.

Full leather. First edition. This is the first edition of Theodore Roosevelt's chronicle of perhaps the most famous regiment in American history and the "crowded hour" during the Spanish-American War that propelled Roosevelt's fame. Unique and compelling, this copy is signed by Roosevelt, inscribed by a Rough Rider to the soldier's 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 author's 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 America's 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 York's 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 Bull's 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.Roosevelt's 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 Roosevelt's 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.

ROOSEVELT, Theodore. African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Naturalist. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. 1st ed. 1st ed. 2 Vols. xvi,268;viii,269-529pp. Frontises, plates, map. Orig. 3/4 pigskin and boards. A fine set in dust jackets. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the author. Printed by the De Vinne Press. Roosevelt left the White House almost at once for the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African expedition to east and central Africa. This huge expedition killed or trapped over eleven thousand specimens, including over 1000 large animals. The trip was partly financed by Roosevelt's publishers who paid $50,000 for a series of articles which became the basis for this work. Roosevelt describes the excitement of the chase, the people he met, and the flora and fauna he collected in the name of science.

Zustand: Very good. First edition, second issue, of the most influential piece of war fiction in American literature, with the armorial engraved bookplate of Theodore Roosevelt on the front pastedown, and Roosevelt's clipped signature additionally tipped onto the front free endpaper. The publication of RED BADGE made Crane an instant celebrity. As a journalist, editors "'who would not have wiped their old shoes on him before then' suddenly wanted to meet him" (Sorrentino 149). In the year of the book's publication, long before he became the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt was the New York City Police Commissioner. In this role he would meet Stephen Crane, whose book he enjoyed so much that he would send the author a congratulatory letter and later ask him to sign a copy of the book. Roosevelt was a famously voracious reader and bibliophile who kept multiple libraries. As police commissioner, Roosevelt met with Crane a few times, once for an interview and another time for dinner along with Jacob Riis. RED BADGE was one of Roosevelt's favorites until a local trial on police brutality put him at odds with Crane. When Crane wrote a dispatch criticizing the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War, he sounded the death knell of their short friendship. A terrific association copy between two Gilded Age men who changed American letters and history. Octavo. 7.25'' x 4.75''. Original full tan cloth lettered in red, black, and gilt with red-stamped ornaments. Brown coated endpapers. Top edge gilt. Publisher's catalogue at rear. 233, [1], [4] pages. Engraved bookplate of Theodore Roosevelt bearing his motto, "Qui plantavit curabit," on front pastedown; clipped signature of Roosevelt additionally tipped onto front endpaper. Housed in custom quarter blue gilt-lettered goatskin slipcase and blue cloth chemise. Slight spine lean, some spotting to top edge of front board, typical light soilingto cloth, spine a bit toned: interior clean and fresh.

hardcover. Zustand: very good. first. SIGNED first edition, illustrated. 1899 stated on title and copyright page. Signed by Roosevelt on the front free end paper. Book very good, minor soiling to covers, a few water stains to some corners, minor foxing to front papers, cracking to top of rear gutter. Housed in custom-made clamshell case.

Signed limited first edition, one of only 200 numbered copies, signed by Theodore Roosevelt. Quarto, original cloth, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front panel. Frontispiece plus twenty-three full page plates by Frederic Remington, A. B. Frost I, James Carter Beard, Henry Sandham, and Charles Henry Eaton. In very good condition with some light toning to the extremities. Scarce and desirable. When his first wife died in 1884, Theodore Roosevelt withdrew to his cattle ranch in western Dakota. There, he wrote Hunting Trips of a Ranchman (1885) and Thomas Hart Benton (1887) and began work on The Winning of the West (1889). He also penned this account of big-game hunting in the United States, with chapters on hunting lore, hunting with hounds, hunting the grizzly, and hunting from the ranch.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. (1858-1919) 26th President of the United States; Vice President; Colonel of the Rough Riders at the Battle of San Juan Hill; recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. His book: America and the World War. Imprinted tan cloth covers. New York, Charles Scribner s Sons, 1915. First edition. Boldly signed by him ''Theodore Roosevelt'', on the front endpaper, with his signature measuring over 4 inches! In this book from Roosevelt s extensive canon of writings, TR examines the causes of the European war, and how to strive for a peaceful solution to it. He also muses on a possible US involvement, and cautiously, yet strenuously urges intervention and preparedness on part of the United States. First published well before US action, in 1915, this scarce title is rarely found signed by him. A remarkable testament to the scope and understanding that Roosevelt had for world events. An important book, and exceedingly difficult to find signed. Signed by Author(s).

nb. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. IMPASSIONED LETTER BY ROOSEVELT STRONGLY SUPPORTING NON-SECTARIAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Theodore Roosevelt writes to Michael Schaap, a progressive member of the New York legislature with whom the former president shared multiple correspondences, opposing "making compulsory the reading of the Bible in Public Schools." While a devout Christian himself who often encouraged others to attend church, Roosevelt forcefully articulates his support in the letter for "absolutely non-sectarian public schools." While one may cite the "moral or ethical parts of the Bible, so long as this causes no offense to anyone," he argues, "it is not our business to have the Protestant Bible or the Catholic Vulgate or the Talmud read in those schools." Schaap was a prominent Progressive party member of the state legislature, who at the time of this letter was dealing with proposed legislation making Bible reading compulsory in New York public schools. Ultimately, the bill went down to defeat in the 1915 session; it was introduced again in the following year but also defeated. In the latter half of the letter, Roosevelt implores Schaap to "treat this letter as private" (later conceding, however, in a handwritten addition that Schaap could share the correspondence with "Hamilton Fish, our one Progressive legislator if [he wishes]"), for he has "so many fights on my hands that there is no use my going into another." Dated February 22, 1915 and typed on Roosevelt's "Thirty East Forty Second Street, New York City" stationery, the letter reads in full: My dear Schaap: Some time or other come in to see me. I see you appeared against the bill making compulsory the reading of the Bible in the Public Schools. If I were in the Legislature or Governor, I should vote against or veto that bill, because I believe in absolutely non-sectarian public schools. It is not our business to have the Protestant Bible of the Catholic Vulgate or the Talmud read in those schools. There is no objection whatever, where the local sentiment favors it, for the teacher to read a few verses of the [e]thical or moral parts of the Bible, so long as this causes no offense to anyone. But it is entirely wrong for the law to make this reading compulsory; and the Protestant fanatics who attempt to force this through are playing into the hands of the Catholic fanatics who want to break down the Public Schools system and introduce a system of sectarian schools. I shall ask you to treat this letter as private, because I have so many fights on my hands that there is no use my going into another; and just at present our people do not wish me to embark on a general course of lectures to them as to what they should do in the public schools. [handwritten] You can show this letter, however, to Hamilton Fish, our one Progressive legislator, if you wish. [typed] Faithfully yours, [signed]Theodore Roosevelt Typed letter signed ("Theodore Roosevelt"), to Michael Schaap, New York, 22 February 1915. With two-line autograph addition. Quarto (7.75x9.5 in), one page on Roosevelt's NY stationery. Center crease reinforced on verso, hints of toning to edges. Housed in custom presentation folder. A FORCEFUL, REVEALING LETTER DOCUMENTING ROOSEVELT'S POSITION ON THE NATURE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION.

Hardcover. First Edition. Second printing. Decorated blue cloth. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front free endpaper: "Inscribed for/Ernest A. Cardozo/with the best wishes of/Theodore Roosevelt." Most signed copies of this title that we have seen have been the second printing, as is this one. Rear hinge with paper split, the cover just a little loose; light fraying to spine ends. Very Good.

Hardcover. Frederick Remington; A. B. Frost; J. Carter Beard; and others (illustrator). First Edition. Thick quarto (8" x 11") in publisher's cloth with gilt-lettered and decorated leather labels on the front cover and the spine, a bear stamped in black on the rear cover. Copy #957 of 1000 copies SIGNED by the author below the frontispiece portrait of him standing proudly in his Rough Rider uniform. Comprises two earlier books, HUNTING TRIPS OF A RANCHMAN and THE WILDERNESS HUNTER. With 55 illustrations by Remington, Frost, Beard, and others. Slight wear. Near Fine housed in a specially made cloth slipcase.

Hardcover. Frederick Remington; A. B. Frost; J. Carter Beard; and others (illustrator). First Edition. Thick quarto (8" x 11") bound by Bennett in 3/4 brown morocco leather with gilt rules, five raised bands and a gilt-lettered spine with gilt elk decorations, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Copy #118 of 1000 copies SIGNED by the author below the frontispiece portrait of him standing proudly in his Rough Rider uniform. Comprises two earlier books, HUNTING TRIPS OF A RANCHMAN and THE WILDERNESS HUNTER. With 55 illustrations by Remington, Frost, Beard, and others. Mild sunning to the spine. A beautifully bound copy in Fine condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good Minus. First Edition. Small Quarto (9 1/2 in. x 6 1/2 in.). Red, pebbled cloth-covered boards with gilt design and gilt lettering bordered by double gilt rule, repeated on rear board. Top edge gilt. Rubbing to extremities, particularly at top and bottom of spine and corners, which are nudged. Contains the text of Theodore Roosevelt's message, transmitted to the 59th Congress at its commencement, on Dec. 5th, 1905, after his election to a second term. The congressional session lasted from Dec. 4, 1905 - Mar. 3, 1907. Association copy inscribed by President Roosevelt to journalist, reformer and political organizer Ralph M. (Montgomery) Easley, dated December 18, 1905, and signed. ("To Ralph M. Easley with the regards of Theodore Roosevelt, Dec. 18, 1905"). Easley's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper. Easley (1856 -1939) was the Director of the American political reform group, the National Civic Federation which Easley envisioned could "serve as a medium of sympathy and acquaintance between persons and societies who pursue various and differing vocations and objects, who differ in nationality, creed, and surrounding [and] who are unknown to each other." Essentially the NCF existed fundamentally to broker disputes between labor and capital. Easley tirelessly spent much of his life advocating and working for political and economic change, vigorously fighting back against the excesses and hegemony of the giant trusts. "During the 59th Congress, President Roosevelt busied himself with several wide-reaching peace agreements and initiatives. Most notable of these, the Treaty of Portsmouthâ"brokered and negotiated by Roosevelt and top U.S. diplomatsâ"formally ended the Russo-Japanese War when it was signed on September 5, 1905." ".Republicans swept the 1904 elections, increasing their control of the House while retaining their hold on the Senate and White House. President Theodore Roosevelt read the election victory as a mandate to double down on the progressive agenda he began to implement in his first term. Roosevelt felt that the efforts to curb monopolies and trust through anti- trust prosecutions were insufficient to deal with the problem and therefore sought to increase Federal regulation of interstate commerce." ".The newly fortified Republican majorities in Congress got right to work building on Roosevelt's progressive legacy. Responding to widespread public demands for new and stricter legislation to curb railroad malpractices, President Roosevelt in December 1905 called on Congress to broaden and strengthen the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Six months later, Congress passed the Hepburn Act, which granted the Interstate Commerce Commission railroad enforcement powers to set "reasonable" rates subject to a broad review by the Supreme Court." (Wikipedia).