African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist by Theodore Roosevelt. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1910. Frontispiece photograph of Roosevelt.  Decorated cloth hardcover. Presumed first edition. Originally serialized in Scribner's Magazine. The book is an account of the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition (March 1909 to March 1910) led by Roosevelt and his son Kermit. This was a major scientific collecting expedition for the Smithsonian Institution to gather thousands of animal and plant specimens. This includes a map showing Roosevelt's route across from p. ix, and 48 more black and white full-page illustrations. There are many more b/w illustrations in the text. 583 pages. Both hinges are weak and there are some small spots on numerous pages and along the edges. Also, an old owner bookplate inside front cover.