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This exclusive catalog presents a select offering from the personal collection of Alejandro "Alex" de Quesada Jr., renowned historian, author, and collector. The catalog features exceptionally rare swords, historically significant belt buckles and military insignia, original Civil War flags, and a wide range of ephemera representing pivotal moments in military history.
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Lot 116

[ROOSEVELT, TEDDY] Inscribed 1st Ed. "The Rough Riders"

Estimate: $2,500 - $5,000
Current Bid
$550

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Theodore Roosevelt. The Rough Riders. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. 

 

8vo. Frontispiece portrait, photographic plates. Rebacked, original brown cloth and spine laid down. FIRST EDITION. 

 

INSCRIBED BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT to front free endpaper: "James Moms Bethune Clark / with regards of / the author / Theodore Roosevelt / June 27th '99" 

 

An inscribed, first edition copy of one of the most desirable of Roosevelt's publications. An immediate best-seller, he recounts his escapades with the famed Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War. 

 

[Politics, Theodore Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, William McKinley, Presidents, Presidential Signatures] [Spanish-American War, Remember the Maine, Battle of San Juan Hill, Rough Riders, 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, USS Maine] [Pamphlets, Publications, Ephemera, Books, Rare Books, Tracts]

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