The Triumphant Life of Theodore Roosevelt (Salesman's Sample)
Chicago, Illinois: Sprague Wholesale Company, 1905. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Dummy salesman's copy for Sprague Wholesale Company, offering a glimpse into how Roosevelt's biography was constructed and marketed at the beginning of his second term. Laid in sheets with notes on the available bindings and instructions on "How to Sell our Life of Theodore Roosevelt", emphasizing the photographs. "Point to the first picture and say, 'This remarkable portrait of Theodore Roosevelt was taken just before the Chicago Convention which nominated him for President, and it is, as you see, inscribed with his autograph and presented to one of the authors of this great work.'" Soft green covers, marbled endpapers with sample cloth spine, 6 pages photographs, title page, table of contents (3-6pp), first one to two pages of each chapter with sample photographs, ad, "photographic reproduction" of the half morocco binding, 8 ruled page for notes, marbled endpapers with sample morocco spine. Hinges starting, occasional fingerprint. 9.5 x 6.5" Very Good. Item #2023-P305
Price: $125.00