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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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  William Paley's The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy; General William Tecumseh Sherman's Copy

  PALEY, William [William Tecumseh Sherman].

  The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy.

  New York: Collins, Keese, & Co, 1839.

  Later edition of this classic book on moral and political philosophy; used by William Tecumseh Sherman while a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Octavo, original calf. General Sherman and his son's bookplates to the front pastedown. Intentionally scratched with "S" multiple times on the front panel by General Sherman. Inscribed by Sherman as a cadet on the front flyleaf, "Sherman Nov. 1st/39." The date indicates that Sherman was in his third year at the academy upon signing this book. While at West Point, Sherman excelled academically, described by fellow cadet William Rosecrans as "one of the brightest and most popular fellows" at the academy. (Hirshson, The White Tecumseh, 1997, p. 13). This book, on one of the subjects Sherman described as excelling at, would have been used by him in his studies. In good condition with front panel detached, splitting to the hinges, some loss to the spine, and some toning throughout. No other examples of books used by Sherman at West Point are known.

  Price: $28,000.00     Item Number: 145971

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