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OCTSIDE COVER AND BACK OF THK $3,309 BET OF THEODORE ROOSEVKLTS WORKS. SOME FIXE BOOKBINDINGS PRKSLDENT ROOSEVELTS WORKS IN KKVKRAL. CHOICE AND COSTLY EDITIONS. A Philadelphia publishing house Is about to iarue in limited, lettered, numbered, registered aad certified editions the complete writings to #*te or Theodore Roosevelt, in twenty-two vol ■xr.es. The author's edition will consist of twenty «Lx sets lettered from A to Z, and no set of this •dJtion is to be sold for less than $3,.'!o<J. The sets numbered from A to D, inclusive, are said to have been sold already at prices averaging about $4,000 each. The names of the pur chasers are carefully withheld by the publish ers of the work. The author's edition will be guaranteed as to hmit by the publishers, and the guarantee jsa«>> will bear the original autograph signatures •f both author and publishers. The illustra tions will be in duplicate, one set printed on CRAWFORD'S EPISODE OF ROOSEVELT AMD THE RATTLESNAKE. From HM con,;;.:- writings of Theodore Roosevelt. By permission of Gebbie & Co. All rights reserved. India paper and one on Japan paper. The text, as In all the editions, will be printed from type on specially made paper, every lea.: of which will carry In watermark the author's autograph. The famous artists who illustrate ti>e wcrk will sign in autograph all the illus trations in this edition, as well as In the col lectors* edition. The author's edition will be Vsur.d In full crushed levant doublee, the out ■lde cover being plain red, with a gold rococo margin line and small American eagles with ■tars in sold in the corners, the back bearing gold bands, eagles In gold and the title. The Inside cover will bear a wide margin of red, with a panel of green, the whole being em fclazoned with a delicate conventional tracery in Cold. The Illustrations are all etchings and photogravures, and include several fine por traits of the author and many scenes described to the text. The collectors* edition of fifty seta, to be sold at not less than $2,200 each, will be exactly like the anther's edition, except that the limit guar antee page will not bear the author's original autograph. The copies will be numbered, re«is- * ' THE AUTHOR'S AUTOGRAPH WATERMARK IS ON EVERY LJiAi , tfEW-YORK TRIBUNE ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT. INSIDE COVER OF THE J3.300 SET OF THEO DORE ROOSEVELT'S WOKKS. tered and certified, and the illustrations •will bear the original autograph signatures of the artists. The binding will be the same as that of the author's edition. The edition de luxe will consist of f>oo copies, the first IDG in full crushed Levant at $1,100 for the set, and the remaining 350 in three quarters Levant, to be sold at ?CG<) a set. The cheapest edition, consisting of CTiO copies bound in three-quart. French morocco, will be numbered and registered like the others and guaranteed as to limit, and will be sold at $•'{*•> a set. Among the illustrators aro liominßton, Hud son, Crawford and others equally well known. The etching ar<- printed <-n panels in intaglio, and th»» photogravures on panels with embossed margins. A drawing by Crawford representing Roosevelt's adventure with .1 rattlesnake while stalking mountain sheep is one of the pnriiru la-ly striking subjects. Another by tii" sanu artist shows the President surprising a pict ur^qu, groan of Indians by tHe excellence of his target shooting. One of Remingtons pict ures is a -bronco busting" scene, and Hudson has contributed, among others, a picture of a fight with a big b^ar. These editions are published by permission of the owners of the copyrights on the Presi dent's various contributions to American liter ature, and it is said that the royalties involved are the heaviest ever paid in the history of book making. The permits are from all the best known publishers, and the limitation guarantees are reinforced by the inability of the firm issu ing these editions to publish more copies than those provided for by their contracts with the owners of the copyrights. The only addition to this total which has been authorized is a single set for presentation to the author. The first four volumes are now in the bands of the binder. THE DICE OF DESTIXY. Cass&r upon crossing the Rubicon, exclaimed: -The die Is cast!" hastily murmuring, "Come seven, come eleven." "Will you put that in the Commentaries?' asked his chief aid. Reconsidering the matter, the conqueror decided that "Come one. come all." would sound better, and asked hia officer to shake. 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