Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.

"There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice": First Edition of Grant’s Memoirs finely bound

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.

GRANT, Ulysses S. [U.S.].

Item Number: 96124

New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-86.

First edition of the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, which focuses on his military career during the Mexican War and Civil War. Octavo, 2 volumes. Bound in three quarters morocco over marbled boards, elaborate gilt titles and tooling to the spine, burgundy and green morocco spine labels, raised gilt bands and compartments, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, illustrated with numerous steel engravings, facsimiles, and 43 maps. In near fine condition. An very sharp example.

"The best memoirs of any general's since Caesar" (Mark Twain). "A unique expression of the national character....[Grant] has conveyed the suspense which was felt by himself and his army and by all who believed in the Union cause. The reader finds himself...on edge to know how the Civil War is coming out" (Edmund Wilson). “Grant’s memoirs comprise one of the most valuable writings by a military commander in history” (Eicher 492).

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