Sale 2455 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, September 28, 2017

244 c   ROOSEVELT,THEODORE. Big Game Hunting in the Rockies and on the Great Plains. 55 plates, text illustra- tions. [1], xxiv, [5], 321, [1], viii, 476 pages. 4to, publisher’s gilt pictorial cloth with morocco title labels, rebacked with por- tion of original backstrip laid down, minor wear; light marginal chipping to contents; signed by Roosevelt below the frontis- piece, #384 of 1000, title page in red and black, uncut; Omaha Public Library mark- ings including perforated stamps on title page and page 21. NewYork, 1899 [1,200/1,800] A limited-edition printing of “Hunting Trips of a Ranchman’’ and “The Wilderness Hunter.” The plates are in a variety of formats, many by notable artists and engravers, including 4 etchings by Swain Gifford and a Frederic Rem- ington engraving.Vail Checklist, page 1.