African Games Trails, an Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. First Edition. Large Octavo. Frontispiece, 529pp., engraved illustrations with captioned tissue guards along with other photographic images. Roosevelt was most content wandering the grounds of the unknown. While there are several beasts that will kill man, he also mentions those unforeseen creatures that are small and deadly. But, he says, there are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, or can reveal its mystery, its melancholy, and its charm. There is delight in the hardy life of the open, in long rides with rifle in hand, in the thrill of the fight with dangerous game. A very good copy bound (truncated) in publisher's brown cloth pictorially lettered and stamped in gilt, spine lettering and top edge gilt, slightest fading and a bit of finger soiling to spine. A handsome copy from the library of Cyrus Willard of Los Angeles, CA. who was a contractor, mason, member of the Los Common Council from 1885-1886, secretary of Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce from 1897 to 1900, 1899 member of the Los Angeles County Grand Jury and more. (Inventory #: 023644)