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Lot 378
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
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[CIVIL WAR]. GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885). Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-1886.
2 volumes, 8vo. Engraved portrait frontispieces, folding facsimile letter in vol. 1; folding map and facsimile document in vol. 2; numerous maps and wood engravings throughout. Original illustrated dark green cloth gilt (minor wear to extremities). Provenance: R.B. Fast, Bairdstown, Ohio, 30 June 1894 (ownership inscriptions).
FIRST EDITION of Grant's classic memoirs written on his death bed.
[With:] FOOTE, Shelby (1916-2005). The Civil War: A Narrative. New York: Random House, 1956-1974. 3 volumes, 8vo. Maps. Original grey cloth; pictorial dust jackets (minor toning). FIRST EDITION of Foote's seminal history of the American Civil War.