East Of The Sun And West Of The Moon
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. 1st Edition. 8vo. Very Good+. Item #19188
A handsome 1926 1st Edition copy detailed Roosevelt's hunting exploits in the Soviet Union and China.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Kermit Roosevelt led major scientific hunting expeditions to Asia in the 1920s for the Field Museum of Natural History. Their 1925–1926 expedition, funded by James Simpson, focused on the Pamirs and Tian Shan Mountains for Ovis Poli. The brothers, along with naturalist George K. Cherrie and photographer C. Suydam Cutting, explored Central Asia, collecting over 2,000 specimens. They traveled through the Himalayas into Chinese territory, focusing on rare large mammals.
Publisher's blue cloth. Square tight binding. Clean interior. titling and illustration in gilt. Lacking jacket. 284pp. Little wear to binding. Light foxing to outer pages. Presents handsomely in a clear, archival mylar dust jacket.
Price: $125.00