[Rarebooks] FS: First Edition of U.S. Grant's Memoirs in the deluxe binding
Charles Agvent
chagvent at ptd.net
Mon May 30 15:53:58 EDT 2011
GRANT, Ulysses S. PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT. New York: Charles L.
Webster & Company, 1885. First Edition. Two volumes in the deluxe
binding of 1/2 brown morocco with matching corners, large gilt
medallions on all four covers and heavily gilt-decorated spines, marbled
endpapers and edges. With 49 maps and illustrations, including two
steel-engraved frontispiece portraits and two etched views, all with
tissue-guards, as well as holograph facsimiles of Grant's writing. With
1886 pencil ownership signature of J. H. Bartholomew. Bright and clean,
covers tight, with just minimal wear to the spine of the first volume
and more rubbing to the second volume. Very Good to Near Fine.
$1,000.00
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