Item #1825 Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant. . S. Grant, lysses.
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant
Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant
"He had the great gift of being able to write down his thoughts clearly and simply, and the result is a masterpiece."

Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

New York: The Century Co., 1895. Expanded Edition. Black & White Engraved Plates, Maps, Facsimiles. Cloth over boards. Octavos.

The greatest American military memoir, as written by the financially ruined Grant in a race with death. This is the first printing of the second edition, expanded and augmented under the supervision of Grant's son.

Ref. DORNBUSCH, Vol. II, 1986; EICHER 492; MULLINS, UNION BOOKSHELF 35; NEVINS, Vol. II, p. 59.


Bound in dark blue cloth over boards with spines titled in gilt, top edges gilt. Minor extremity wear, some light surface abrasions to boards. Hinges sound. Handsome contemporaneous bookplate of William Henry French in each volume. Attractive set.

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