ROOSEVELT, Theodore (1858-1919) – JOUAULT, Alphonse (b.1829). Abraham Lincoln. Sa jeunesse et sa vie politique. Histoire de l'abolition de l'esclavage aux États-Unis. Paris: Hachette, 1875.

ROOSEVELT, Theodore (1858-1919) – JOUAULT, Alphonse (b.1829). Abraham Lincoln. Sa jeunesse et sa vie politique. Histoire de l'abolition de l'esclavage aux États-Unis. Paris: Hachette, 1875.

Theodore Roosevelt's copy of Lincoln's biography, boldly signed in ink ("Theodore Roosevelt") on the half-title, and with the engraved bookplate of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887-1944). The first edition of the popular French biography of the 16th President (whom Teddy Roosevelt deeply revered), with a detailed analysis of slavery and its abolition. Books from Roosevelt's library are quite rare on the market; much of his extensive library remains intact at Sagamore Hill and at the Roosevelt birthplace in Manhattan. Monaghan, Lincoln Bibliography, 3833.

Octavo (170 x 110mm). French. Half-title. Wood-engraved frontispiece portrait of Lincoln (foxing throughout, a few small marginal stains, front hinge starting). Publisher's dark-green cloth, gilt (very minor rubbing); custom box. Provenance: Theodore Roosevelt (bookplate, signature) – Rev. William Grant Fritz (small stamp to title-page).

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