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Theodore Roosevelt the Citizen; Inscribed by Jacob A. Riis
RIIS, Jacob A. [Theodore Roosevelt].
Theodore Roosevelt the Citizen.
New York: The Outlook Company, 1904.
First edition of Riis’s campaign biography of President Roosevelt. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine, gilt titles and decoration to the front panel, beveled edges, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece of Theodore Roosevelt President of the United States drawn by George T. Tobin, illustrated with seventeen plates of black and white photographs. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "William Loeb Jr. with the friendly regards of Jacob A. Riis Washington April 7 1904." The recipient, William Loeb Jr., served as assistant secretary to the President under Theodore Roosevelt from 1901-1903 and then succeeded George B. Cortelyou as Secretary to the President in 1903, where he remained the Roosevelt's right-hand-man for the rest of his time in office. In very good condition. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145330
