[Rarebooks] FS: First Edition of U. S. Grant's MEMOIRS
Charles Agvent
charles at charlesagvent.com
Mon Dec 11 11:17:21 EST 2023
GRANT, Ulysses S. PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF U. S. GRANT. New York: Charles L.
Webster & Company, 1885 & 1886. First Edition. Two volumes in full
modern polished calf leather with original marbled endpapers and edges
and original contrasting gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. Housed in a
modern linen slipcase. 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. The
binding was professionally accomplished in 1992 at a cost, with the
slipcase, of over four hundred dollars with the original receipt for the
work included, and is a fairly faithful replica of the scarce original
sheep binding. Front endpaper of the second volume detached but present;
bright and clean internally. Minor markings to bindings. Handsome, Near
Fine set in a Fine slipcase. (#021409) $950
https://www.charlesagvent.com/pages/books/021409/ulysses-s-grant/personal-memoirs-of-u-s-grant
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