Hardcover
1987 · Camden, SC
by Roosevelt, Theodore
Camden, SC: Briar Patch Press, 1987. African Collection edition. Hardcover. Very good. 559pp. Large octavo [23 cm] Black leather with raised bands, and gilt stamped titles, decorative designs and vignettes on the spine and front cover. All edges gilt. Marbled-patterned endsheets. Silk ribbon page-marker. Illustrated throughout. Covers slightly cocked. From the Introduction- "Much of Roosevelt's exuberant lifestyle can be traced to his fight to overcome asthma as a child. He hardened his body through physical exertion and by learning to ride, box and shoot. But he never justified sport for its own sake; rather vigor of body was valued chiefly as a stimulant (truncated)
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