Description
Octavo, two volumes, 584pp, 647pp [vol. 2]. Publishers leather spine, cloth boards, 5 raised bands, gilt title on spine, gilt decoration on cover, marbled leaf edges. Wear to spine of Volume I & II, shelf wear to boards. Bumped edges. Frontispiece portraits of Grant with tissue cover. 50 illustrations, maps.
Comments: Publishes 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.