First Edition Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant First Ed./2 volume set 1885-1886

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First Edition Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant First Ed./2 volume set 1885-1886:
$225.00

Charles L. Webster & Company, New York, 1885. Hardcover. 2 VOLUMESFIRST EDITIONFirst edition, green cloth binding. Volume I published in 1885, 584 pages. Volume II published in 1886, 647 pages plus a listing of Errata from Volume I. Ulysses S. Grant is arguably one of the most important generals in U.S. History, at times referred to as \"the man who saved the Union\" for both his military leadership and his subsequent service as the 18th President of the United States. Some believe that Mark Twain assisted Grant in the final days of writing these memoirs shortly before his death in 1885, others say they are \"pure Grant\" and Twain only assisted in the publication. Either way, these memoirs are a critical part of understanding Ulysses S. Grant from the time of his earliest military service during the Mexican War, his subsequent military service including his time on the West Coast and in California, through the end of the Civil War.
***DESCRIPTION: Green cloth boards with facsimile in gilt of the gold medal awarded to Grant in 1863 (to celebrate his victories in the Vicksburg campaign, which gave the Union Army control over the entire Mississippi and split the Confederacy in two), gilt lettering on front and spine, general\'s four stars on black on the spine, decorated endpapers, two different front photos showing Grant in his youth and middle age, several maps (some folding) and reproductions of documents throughout.