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ROOSEVELT, Theodore (1858-1919). Through the Brazilian Wilderness. With Illustrations from Photographs by Kermit Roosevelt and Other Members of the Expedition. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. 8vo. Profusely illustrated with plates and 2 maps, one folding. [xv], [1]-383, [1, blank] pp. Publisher's full brown cloth, front board and spine lettered in gilt, in the scarce publisher's unclipped dust jacket (light rubbing to cloth binding, many pages unopened; jacket with numerous tape repairs to verso, verso soiled with glue residue at spine, jacket toned, worn, with several soiling marks, tears, chips). A fine copy in a good jacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING WITH SCRIBNER'S SEAL, IN THE SCARCE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. Roosevelt began this hazardous exploration after his loss of the 1912 presidential election. Of the 19 original members of this expedition, only 16 returned. Despite these losses, this expedition was a naturalist's dream, and Roosevelt and party returned with over 2,500 birds, 500 mammals, and numerous reptiles. Cole & Vail A41.