[CIVIL WAR] -- GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885). The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. Vols. I & II.

The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885 and 1886.

2 volumes, 8vo (230 x 147 mm), 584pp, 647pp plus errata. Engraved portrait frontispieces, numerous maps, numerous wood engravings, several facsimile letters (2 folding). (Some short tears, some spotting, occasional dampstaining). Contemporary sheep gilt, red and black calf lettering-pieces gilt, edges marbled (some soiling, rubbed, wear and cracking at spines).

FIRST EDITION of Grant's classic memoirs.

Ulysses S. Grant completed his memoirs shortly before his death from throat cancer in 1885. The set was published by Mark Twain, and became one of the bestselling books of the nineteenth century.

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[CIVIL WAR] -- GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885). The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. Vols. I & II.

American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online

[CIVIL WAR] -- GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885). The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. Vols. I & II.

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