Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail

Theodore Roosevelt

Verlag: The Century Co., New York, 1897

Beschreibung

The very scarce third edition of this early work by Theodore Roosevelt, describing his time working on a ranch. The third American edition of the work, fourth overall, preceded by the first UK edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated throughout by Frederic Remington, the most successful Western illustrator in the Golden Age of illustration, with twelve additional plates not present in the first edition. Collated complete. From the library of Pansy Ireland, with her signature to front paste down. Ireland was the owner of Pebble Hill Plantation, and accomplished horsewoman and a well known collector of antiquarian books. 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. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart with slight shelf wear to the extremities and marks to the board. Signature of Pansy Ireland to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with marginal age toning. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 881K13

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail

Verlag: The Century Co., New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1897

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Frederic Remington

Zustand: Very Good

Art des Buches: book