Personal Memoirs of ULYSSES S. GRANT (Vol 1 only) First Edition Antique 1885 HC

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Personal Memoirs of ULYSSES S. GRANT (Vol 1 only) First Edition Antique 1885 HC :
$46.00

Charles L. Webster & Co., New York, 1885. First Edition (no other printings stated). Volume ONE only of 2 volume set. 584 pages. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guards intact. Includes: Maps, Portraits, Plates, Facsimiles. Considered among the most important military narratives of history, this book is a classic not only as a personal memoir of a great General and an American president, but as an extraordinary look at the Civil War, with Grant providing colorful and authoritative accounts of battles and people. Written virtually on his deathbed Grant finished writing on July 18th and died on July 23rd. Written frantically while in a race with death,\" notes Robert W. Johannsen, \"these recollections rank with the best of the Civil War period.\" Not ex-lib, bce or remaindered. Photos of actual book not stock photos.