1910 – African Game Trails by Theodore Roosevelt | First Edition, Hunting Trips

The twenty-sixth president of the United States was also a world-renowned hunter, conservationist, soldier, and scholar. In 1908 he took a long safari holiday in East Africa with his son Kermit. Roosevelt describes the excitement of the chase, the people he met, and flora and fauna he collected in the name of science. Long out of print, this classic is one of the preeminent examples of Africana and belongs on every collector’s shelf. According to Czech, this work is: “one of the most famous of all big game hunting epics. 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.” Bibliographic Details Title: African Game Trails, An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist Author(s): Theodore Roosevelt Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons Edition: First edition, 1910 Binding: Pictorial green cloth Format: (4to), single volume Size:  10 in x 7 in (25 cm x 17.5 cm) Collation: xxiii, [1], 583, [1] pp Illustrations: 200 photographic illustrations Contents Include: Lion and rhinoceros hunting Natural history notes Reference(s): Czech 138   Condition: Very Good. Cloth binding secure with mild edge wear; page edges show light staining. Internally, pages and plates are clean and complete.   Why Collect This? Recognized first edition documenting Roosevelt’s 1908 safari Illustrated with 200 photograph illustrations Of interest to collectors of presidential, naturalist, or Africana books   Item Number: # 29775 Categories Americana, American History Military & War Natural History Asia, Africa, & Middle Eastern Maps Voyages & Exploration & Maps Authors Theodore Roosevelt Printing Date 20th Century Language English Binding Hardcover Book Condition Very Good Collation Complete