Description
Octavo, [two volumes], 584pp [Vol. I], 647pp [Vol. II]. Publishers leather spine with raised bands, cloth boards, decorative gilt on spine and decorative gilt on covers. Marbled end papers and leaf ends. Wear to top edges of spine, reinforced interior hinge. Frontispiece portraits of Grant with tissue cover. 50 illustrations, maps.
Comments: Published shortly after his death, the Personal Memoirs of President Grant are held in high regard by historians and general readers alike. President Grant was initially opposed to writing his 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.
