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Lot 362
Sale 1336 - Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Worlds of Tomorrow, and Americana
Jun 7, 2024
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Live / Chicago
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Lot Description
GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885). Personal Memoirs. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-86.
2 volumes, 8vo. Engraved portrait frontispieces, folding facsimile letter tipped-in vol. I, folding map and facsimile document in vol. 2, numerous maps and wood-engravings throughout. Original gilt-lettered green cloth, covers with central gilt medallions (very gently rubbed at feet and fore-corner edges, else fine).
FIRST EDITION of Grant’s classic memoirs published by Mark Twain, who considered the work “the best memoirs of a general since Caesar."
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie