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Lot 101
Sale 6004 - Books and Manuscripts
May 20, 2021
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[Presidential] Roosevelt, Theodore The Naval War of 1812
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1882. First edition. 8vo. xviii, 498, (2) pp. Original variant red cloth, stamped in gilt, scattered wear and soiling, spine slightly darkened; all edges trimmed; ownership signature on front free endpaper and first free leaf; scattered foxing to prelims and text; pp. 199-204, 275-286 proud; two book-plates on front paste-down.
First edition of Roosevelt's first book. Rare