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"From the day I reported to him from Paducah till his death our relations were as brothers rather than as commander and commanded": Exceedingly Rare First Edition of Grant’s Memoirs; Profusely Annotated by General William Tecumseh Sherman with Additional Reminiscences Laid In
GRANT, Ulysses S. [U.S.] [William Tecumseh Sherman].
General William Tecumseh Sherman’s Annotated Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. [U.S.] Grant.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-86.
Exceedingly rare first edition of the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, which focusing mainly on his military career during the Mexican War and the Civil War, entirely singular, owned and annotated by Grant's close friend and most esteemed general: William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in the original full deluxe tree calf with gilt titles and elegant tooling to the spine, gilt ruled borders to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles, all edges gilt, engraved portrait frontispieces, illustrated with numerous facsimile letters [2 folding], maps, and wood engravings. William Tecumseh Sherman evidently read thes volumes in great detail, making marginal notes on at least 18 pages in Vol. I, several of them signed with his initials. On the last page of Vol. I, Sherman wrote: "Read at St. Louis Mo. Dec 5 + 6, 1885. This account of the Civil War is wonderfully accurate and him. W.T.S." Many of the notes are small corrections and additions by Sherman. On a passage regarding the Yazoo Pass Expedition on page 435 of Vol. I, Sherman pointedly writes: "This conforms literally [to my] memoirs on the point most contested by Grant's pretended friends. W.T.S." He provides further thoughts regarding political interference on the next...
Price: $200,000.00 Item Number: 145720
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"There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice": First Edition of Grant’s Memoirs
GRANT, Ulysses S. [U.S.].
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-1886.
First edition of the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, which covers his military career during the Mexican War and the Civil War. Octavo, two volumes, original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel, gilt central emblem to the front and rear panels, patterned endpapers, illustrated with numerous steel engravings, facsimiles, and 43 maps, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Grant to each volume. In very good condition. A nice example.
Price: $1,850.00 Item Number: 151920
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First Edition of Hymns of the Ages: Second Series; from the library of Ulysses S. Grant
[GRANT, Ulysses S.].
Hymns of the Ages: Second Series. Being Selections From Wither, Crashaw, Southwell, Harington, and Other Sources.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865.
First edition of the second series of Hymns of the Ages, from the library of Ulysses S. Grant. Octavo, bound in full pebbled morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece. From the library of Ulysses S. Grant with a presentation bookplate to the pastedown which reads, “Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant, from the Citizens of Boston, January 1, 1866.” In very good condition. Rare and desirable.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 138284
