ROOSEVELT THEODORE The Naval Operations of the War between G

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ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. The Naval Operations of the War between Great Britain and the United States, 1812-1815. [4], 290 pages. 8vo, publisher's cloth gilt, minor wear; library bookplate on front free endpaper and embossed library stamp on title page; inscribed by the author on the half-title, "Arthur Lee from Theodore Roosevelt, June 1st 1910," with Lee's bookplate on the front pastedown. [2] pages of undated publisher's ads. London, [1910?]

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A separate printing of Roosevelt's contribution to The Royal Navy, edited by Clowes. The recipient of this presentation copy was likely Captain Arthur Lee, who had known Roosevelt while serving as the British attaché to the American Army during the Spanish-American War, and who was then serving as a Member of Parliament for Fareham.