New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons/Knickerbocker Press, 1899. First and limited edition, #750/1,000 numbered copies signed by Theodore Roosevelt on frontispiece. Thick 4to. Illustrated with photogravure frontispiece portrait of Roosevelt and 54 plates, each with captioned tissue guards, by Frederic Remington, A.B. Frost, J. Carter Beard, R. Swain Gifford, Henry Sandham, and others. Publisher's tan cloth, green morocco labels on spine and front board, stamped in gilt, rear board stamped in green, spine labels faded, cover label unevenly faded, scattered light soiling; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; very light toning along text edges. Wheelock 7

Lot includes a typed letter, signed by Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (1887-1944), to Mrs. Jacob D.H. Bergen, regarding the Boy Scouts, dated December 15, 1920.

A handsome copy of the scarce signed limited edition.