Roosevelt and the Old Guard.

MOORE, J. Hampton.

$350.00

Item Number: 103580

Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company Publishers, 1925.

First edition of J. Hampton Moore’s intimate biographical portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, illustrated with engravings and line drawings by C.K. Berryman including tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Roosevelt. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Uncommon in the original dust jacket.

J. Hampton Moore, in the capacity of Congressman, Mayor of Philadelphia, and the President of the National Republican League came into close and personal contact with Theodore Roosevelt during the most active part of his life. In this intimate biography, Moore recounts the clashes between Roosevelt and such forceful personalities as Platt, Hanna, Penrose, Matt Quay, and Foraker in which Roosevelt is seen at his best.