Personal Memoirs Of U.S. Grant. In Two Volumes. Grant, Ulysses Collectibles Room

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. In Two Volumes. Printed in New York City by Charles L. Webster and Company. 1885, 584 and 647 pp, 9.5” x 6.25”, 8vo, hardcover green cloth with gilt lettering and designs. In good condition, with superficial rubbing and wear to boards and spine. Hinges remain in good condition with light wear towards front of Volume I and text blocks remain bound well. Nicely illustrated with black-and-white frontispiece portraits, along with numerous battlefield maps. Facsimile of surrender letter torn in Volume II. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce and attractive early set of the autobiography of General and President Ulysses S. Grant. Written as a means to document his decades of wartime service, it was also a necessity to support his family following his terminal cancer diagnosis. Grant would die five days after completing the memoir, which would be a financial success. COLU1886DNOB