Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant [Two volume set]
Author: Ulysses S. Grant
Title: Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant [Two volume set]
Publication: New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885
Description: Very Good.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885, 1886. First Edition in publisher's half morocco deluxe binding. Two large octavo volumes; original half pebbled morocco over dark brown boards, gilt medallions to front and rear boards, gilt decorations to spine, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; 584pp. & 647pp. All maps, illustrations, and foldouts present including frontispieces with tissue guards. Boards moderately worn with some scuffing, rubbing, and brief exposure to extremities; brief tear to base of spine of volume I; bindings sound; contemporary pencil gift inscription, "Merry Xmas from Fred, Dec. 25, 1885" to Vol. I preliminary; overall Very Good and sound.
Nevins notes: "Written frantically while in a race with death, these recollections rank with the best of the Civil War Period" (Nevins II-59).
Seller ID: 48351
Subject: 19th Century, Americana, Biography / Memoir, Civil War, Military History, U.S. History
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