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Theodore Roosevelt "African Game Trails" 1910

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Theodore Roosevelt "African Game Trails" 1910

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Theodore Roosevelt "African Game Trails" (Syndicate, Scribners 1910); original decorative cloth boards, an account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist. With more that 200 illustrations from photographs by Kermit Roosevelt and other members of the expedition, and from drawings by Philip R. Godwin.

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Theodore Roosevelt "African Game Trails" 1910

Name: Theodore Roosevelt \"African Game Trails\" 1910
SKU: 78744831
Price: 80 USD
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