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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall in blue paper w/dark blue cloth spine and paste-on spine label. Very Good/ No DJ. Light slant, corners worn, store sticker front endpaper, stain bottom corner rear endpaper; label Fine, hinges firm, interior clean and unmarked. 236pp, illustrated in reproductions.
East of the Sun and West of the Moon. (Presentation Copy signed) by Roosevelt (jr), Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt - 1926
by Roosevelt (jr), Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt
East of the Sun and West of the Moon. (Presentation Copy signed)
by Roosevelt (jr), Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt
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New York: Scribner's Sons, 1926. First Edition. Octavo. 284 pages, index. photographs taken by Kermit Roosevelt. Theodore Jr. has inscribed the following on the rear endsheets to Scotty Cockburn/ "with grateful memories of Munthrow/(?) and Luckenow, riding the pig/ bumpers of port, etc./" Theodore Roosevelt [Jr.]. It is also inscribed and double signed by he and his brother Kermit on the front endsheets. This was a scientific expedition for the purpose of collecting specimens of animal life for the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. One of the major results was the confirmation of the Ovis Poli, a large wild sheep described by Marco Polo, but thought by later generations to be a myth. Here he has provided numerous photographs in the book to testify to their success. They traveled through the snow-capped Himalayas and the barren deserts of Turkestan. One of the great travel books in the tradition in the second quarter of the 20th Century. Bound in black cloth pictorially stamped in gilt, spine lettering gilt, two corners bumped, some light rubbing or staining. A very nice copy.
- Bookseller Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Book Condition Used
- Edition First Edition
- Publisher Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1926
- Keywords Travel Exploration, Himalayas and Turkestan; Ovis Poli; Wild Sheep; Travel in Asia
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