[Rarebooks] FS: MEMOIRS OF Lt. GENERAL SCOTT. Large Paper edition

[Kaaterskill Books]

We offer for Sale:

Scott, Winfield. MEMOIRS OF LIEUT.-GENERAL SCOTT, LL.D. WRITTEN BY 
HIMSELF. New York: Sheldon & Co., 1864. frontis, xxii, 653 pp. Illus. 
with portraits. Sm. 4to. Dark green cloth, boards ruled in blind, 
gilt titles on spine (hardback). Large paper edition. One of a 
special edition of two hundred and fifty copies issued in one volume 
and printed on large paper in royal octavo size. Sabin 78418. Howes 
S242. Graff 3716.

"Scott had been the associate of every president from Jefferson to 
Lincoln and the emissary in critical undertakings of most of them. In 
his public career of nearly half a century he had been a main factor 
in ending two wars, saving the country from several others, and 
acquiring a large portion of its territory. Supreme political 
preferment was doubtless denied him because of conditions and his 
idiosyncrasies. Called "Fuss and Feathers" because of his 
punctiliousness in dress and decorum, he often gave the impression of 
irritability. He possessed a whimsical egotism, was inclined to 
flourishes of rhetoric, often unfortunate, and was too outspoken in 
his beliefs for his own advancement. On the other hand, the openness 
of his generous character led him into acts incomprehensible to 
calculating natures. He was a scholar, but knew when to discard 
rules, so that the letter of directions did not shackle him. His 
initiative and self-reliance never deserted him. He made use of his 
many talents unsparingly, and the only one of his hazardous 
undertakings he failed to carry out beyond the most sanguine 
expectations was that of his own ambition to reach the presidency," 
(Dictionary of American Biography).

Provenance: James Torr Harmer, his bookplate on front pastedown. 
Scarce in this edition. None at auction in the last 30 years. Spine 
chipped at head and heel, front joint partially split, owners' 
bookplates on front pastedown, 1907 photo of Scott tipped on to free 
front endpaper, endpaper with chip at spine, otherwise contents very 
good,many leaves unopened (uncut).  [34951] $500.00

Regards,

Charles Kutcher
Kaaterskill Books
P. O. Box 122
East Jewett, NY 12424
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