ROOSEVELT, Theodore & HELLER, Edmund

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ROOSEVELT, Theodore & HELLER, Edmund
Life-Histories of African Game Animals. London, John Murray, 1915. 2 volumes large in-8 (230 x 160 mm) XXVIII, 420 pp. 25 plates and 11 maps for volume I ; X, pp. [421]-798, 25 plates and 29 maps for volume II. Green half-maroquin with corners, spine with special iron (guns and spears) at foot, gilt head (period binding). See Czech, African Big Game, 139 (e.o. New York 1914). First London edition, published soon after the New York original (1914). "The numerous maps show game distribution in Africa, and there is a good bibliography of sporting, natural history and exploration works" (Czech). [Attached, in identical red, blue, or green morocco bindings:] Collection of 22 titles in 23 volumes on the subject of hunting: Bryden, Chapman, Drummond, Dunbar-Brunton, Gibbons, Hamilton, Letcher (2), Lucas, Lyell, Mecklenburg (2 volumes), Meikle, Millais, Myers, N'Zaou, Selous (3), 'Snaffle', Stockley, Tennent, & Wallace. Set of 25 volumes. Very fine collection in very decorative bindings. Provenance: Spencer Eddy (bookplate) - Forêt de Crécy (bookplate).
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