roosevelt john burroughs (5 risultati)

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. VG++/no dust jacket. Yellow hardcover cloth copy. 1968. Very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. Cover wear and stains. Leather around spine. Covers (and any ads at front and rear of magazine) have been removed from magazines. Endpaper stains. ; 971 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First edition. Tall octavo. 90pp. Purple cloth gilt. A couple of small stains on the front board, else near fine. Comments by Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, John Burroughs, William Gillette, Brand Whitlock, Owen Wister, Henry Van Dyke, William Dean Howells, and others.

First Edition. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN in Century Magazine for November, 1884 to April, 1885, first edition, some minor scuffing, else a vg+/near fine copy bound in half leather and cloth with marbled end-papers. This volume contains the first appearance in print (preceding the book edition by several months time) of all 3 advance published installments of this most famous novel; 12/84. 1/85 & 2/85. A Peter Parley to Penrod title. Also contains original contributions by Theodore Roosevelt, Henry James, Joel Chandler Harris, Ulysses S. Grant, George W. Cable, W. Dean Howells, John Burroughs, et.al.

Olga Roosevelt's autograph book, lengthily inscribed and signed by Theodore Roosevelt as President of the United States, William Howard Taft as Vice President of the United States and several other famous figures of the era, including naturalists John Muir and John Burroughs and financier Bernard Baruch. Octavo, bound in full vellum with hand painted decorations to the spine and panels, patterned endpapers. Inscribed and signed by Theodore Roosevelt with a lengthy quotation, "No one quality by itself makes a good man or woman; many are essential; but three especially - courage, straightforward honesty, and common sense. Theodore Roosevelt July 23rd 1903." Inscribed by William Howard Taft "For Miss Olga Roosevelt with best wishes of William H. Taft May 23 1910." Inscribed by American naturalist John Burroughs, "The most precious things of life are without money & without price John Burroughs Sept 8, 1903." Inscribed by the President of Cornell University and United States Ambassador to Germany Jacob Gould Schurman, "Beauty, graceful manners, good temper, common sense, and a kind heart: these are the qualities that make a woman to be beloved and powerful. J.G. Schurman East Hampton September 14th 1903." Additionally inscribed by Alfred W.S. Garden, American diplomat Robert Underwood Johnson, American screenwriter Daniel Carson Goodman, and American naval officer Leigh Carlyle Palmer. Signed by John Muir and signed and dated by Bernard Baruch "B. Baruch Jan 20th 1920." From the collection of Theodore Roosevelt's niece, Olga Roosevelt. Roosevelt was the heiress to a fortune of several million dollars left her by her mother. She made her debut in Washington in 1908 and married Dr. Breckenridge Bayne in 1911. In very good condition. An exceptional collection of signatures with noted provenance. Theodore Roosevelt was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. As a leader of the Republican Party during this time, he became a driving force for the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century.