Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.
"There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice": Finely Bound First Edition of Grant’s Memoirs
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.
GRANT, Ulysses S. [U.S.].
Item Number: 71027
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-86.
First edition of the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, which focusing mainly on his military career during the Mexican War and the Civil War. Octavo, 2 volumes. Bound in full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, black morocco spine labels, raised bands, gilt topstain, marbled endpapers, illustrated with numerous steel engravings, facsimiles, and 43 maps. In fine condition. A very nice presentation.
"The best memoirs of any general's since Caesar" (Mark Twain). "A unique expression of the national character....[Grant] has conveyed the suspense which was felt by himself and his army and by all who believed in the Union cause. The reader finds himself...on edge to know how the Civil War is coming out" (Edmund Wilson). “Grant’s memoirs comprise one of the most valuable writings by a military commander in history” (Eicher 492).
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