Description
Octavo, two volumes, 584pp, 647pp [vol. 2]. Publishers sheep skin binding, 4 raised bands, gilt title over red and black morocco labels, marbled leaf edges. Wear to spine of Volume I & II, shelf wear to boards. Frontispiece portraits of Grant with tissue cover. 50 illustrations, maps. Slight cracking of spine in Volume I. Period newspaper articles attached to end papers.
Comments: Published shortly after his death, the Personal Memoirs of President Grant are held in high regard by historians and general readers alike. Grant was initially opposed to writing the memoirs, but wished to leave his family financially stable after his death. The books were sold in multiple formats, ranging in price from $3.50 to $12.00 in 1865. An attractive copy.