Winning of the West, Theodore Roosevelt, Limited Edition

Theodore Roosevelt’s Winning of the West

Limited edition (1/200 copies)
with a manuscript leaf in Roosevelt’s hand;
deluxe issue in elaborate full leather bindings

“Like every really strong people, ours is stirred by the generous ardor for daring strife and mighty deeds, and now with eyes undimmed looks far into the misty future.”

-Theodore Roosevelt, from the introduction to Winning of the West

Roosevelt, Theodore. The Winning of the West. New York and London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1900. Quarto, original publisher’s full decorated morocco, leather doublures and suede endpapers, gilt top edges, uncut. $5500. Daniel Boone edition, one of 200 sets produced, with full page manuscript leaf; in rare deluxe binding. Winning of the West is Roosevelt’s account the westward expansion of the United States from the Allegheny Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Roosevelt’s writing was intended to allow all Americans to experience and appreciate the land he so dearly loved, the land that had transformed and defined him. The autograph manuscript leaf, with many corrections in Roosevelt’s hand, corresponds to pages 20-21 of this edition, a discussion of the origins and early wanderings of the English-speaking peoples. Of the two hundred sets produced, approximately half were issued in the full leather deluxe bindings. Joint repair to volume one; only very light wear to handsome bindings. A beautiful set.
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