Cherry Kearton; Theodore Roosevelt — Wild Life Across the World

London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1913]. Cloth. A smart copy of this profusely illustrated study of wildlife across the world from the innovative photographer Cherry Kearton. In the publisher's original decorative green cloth binding.  With a frontispiece, illustrated title page, and one-hundred and five illustrations over ninety-one plates. Collated, complete. A travelogue of Cherry Kearton's journey's in the wild, including Borneo, Africa, India, and more.  Kearton was a British naturalist, and along with his brother Richard, is known as one of the world's earliest wildlife photographers. Together they developed innovative methods to photograph animals in the wild, and published the first natural history book to be entirely illustrated by wild photographs in 1895. With an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt, a dear friend of the author.   In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, slight fading to spine, with light bumping to the head and tail. Small marks to front board. Offsetting to free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Cherry Kearton. Very Good Indeed .