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Rare "SHOULDER STRAP" SET OF CIVIL WAR MEMOIRS, INCLUDING THOSE OF GENERALS GRANT, SHERMAN, SHERIDAN AND MCCLELLAN, EACH ISSUED BY MARK TWAIN'S PUBLISHING COMPANY
GRANT, Ulysses S; James G. Blaine; P.H. Sheridan; George B. McClellan; Elizabeth B. Custer.
The Great War Library “Shoulder Strap” Set of Civil War Memoirs Including: Memoirs of Gen. W. T. Sherman, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, McClellan’s Own Story, and Tenting on the Plains: or Gen. Custer in Kansas and Texas.
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-1891.
Rare Shoulder Strap set of five Civil War histories printed by Twain's publishing house in its short-lived but impressive decade of operation. Octavo, eight volumes bound in full tan sheep skin with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, red and black spine labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portraits to each volume, illustrated with steel engravings, maps, and woodcuts. The set features: a first edition of Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (Two volumes, 1885-1886); a first edition of McClellan's Own Story: The War for the Union, the Soldiers Who Fought It, and His Relations to It and to Them (1887); a first edition of Tenting on the Plains: or Gen. Custer in Kansas and Texas (1887); a first edition of Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan (Two volumes, 1888); and a fourth edition of Memoirs of Gen. W. T. Sherman (Two volumes, 1891). In very good to good condition with rubbing to the extremities and light toning to the title pages of each volume, evidence of interior hinge repair and library stamps to the first and last leaves of the Sherman and Custer memoirs, a gift inscription to the first volume of Sheridan's memoirs, darkening to the top edge of both volumes of the Sheridan memoir, library checkout card...
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 147086
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First Edition of Alphonse de Lamartine's Memoirs of Celebrated Characters; From the Library of William Tecumseh Sherman
DE LAMARTINE, Alphonse. [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Memoirs of Celebrated Characters.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1854.
First edition of Vol. I and II of this collection of biographical portraits; from the library of William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, bound in contemporary three quarter calf with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments withing raised bands, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. General William Tecumseh Sherman and his son P.T. Sherman’s bookplates to the front pastedown of both volumes. In very good condition. This set was inherited by P.T. Sherman, who transferred the library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, the granddaughter of General Sherman through his eldest daughter, Maria “Minnie” Ewing Sherman Fitch, before he died. Until now, the books were held at the family estate in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 145750
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First Edition of Charles Rollin's The Ancient History; From the Library of General William Tecumseh Sherman
ROLLIN, Charles [William Tecumseh Sherman].
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians Macedonias and Grecians.
New York: George Long, 1830.
First edition of this historical collection of travel accounts; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, four volumes, bound in full calf with gilt titles and labels to the spine, frontispiece portrait of Charles Rollin to Vol. I, folding map of the City of Syracuse besieged by the Athenians to Vol II, folding map of the coast of Spria, Phoenice and ot the Holy Land to Vol. III, folding map of Egypt and part of the Holy Land to Vol. IV, pictorial title page to each volume. General William Tecumseh Sherman and his son P. T. Sherman’s booklates to the front pastedown of each volume. In good condition with some rubbing to the spine, front and rear panels of each volume, a small loss to the spine label of Vol. I, some toning and dampstaining to the textblock of each volume, ownership signature to each volume, small closed tear to the folding map in Vol. IV. This set was inherited by P.T. Sherman, who transferred the library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, the granddaughter of General Sherman through his eldest daughter, Maria “Minnie” Ewing Sherman Fitch, before he died. Until now, the books were held at the family estate in Washington County, Pennsylvania. An exceptional association.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 145753
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First Edition of Mrs. Chapman Coleman's The Life of John J. Crittenden; From the Library of William Tecumseh Sherman
COLEMAN, Chapman; [John J. Crittenden] [William T. Sherman].
The Life of John J. Crittenden: With Selections from His Correspondence and Speeches.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1871.
First edition of this collection of memoirs of American statesman John J. Crittenden, edited by his daughter; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original brick-red cloth with gilt titles, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of John J. Crittenden to each volume. General William Tecumseh Sherman and his son P.T. Sherman’s booklates to the front pastedown of each volume. In very good condition with slight splitting to the interior hinges, some rubbing to the extremities, crown and foot of the spine of both volumes, and a few closed tears to the front free endpaper of Vol. I. This set was inherited by P. T. Sherman, who transferred the library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, the granddaughter of General Sherman through his eldest daughter, Maria “Minnie” Ewing Sherman Fitch, before he died. Until now, the books were held at the family estate in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 145755
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First Edition of Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Roster of the Commendary of the State of New York; From the Library of William Tecumseh Sherman
[WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN],.
Military Order of The Loyal Legion of the United States: Roster of the Commandery of the State of New York from January 17th, 1866, to June 1st, 1911.
First edition of this roster of military personnel from the state of New York, including Philemon Tecumseh Sherman; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original wrappers. In very good condition with some sunning to the spine, front and rear panels.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 145744
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Centennial Edition of Henry Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio; From the Library of William Tecumseh Sherman
HOWE, Henry [William T. Sherman].
Historical Collections of Ohio.
Columbus: Henry Howe & Son, 1889-1891.
Centennial edition of this general and local history of the state of Ohio; from the library of William Tecumseh Sherman. Royal octavo, three volumes bound into two, original publisher's binding, botanical endpapers, gilt titles to the spine, gilt seal of Ohio to the front panel, frontispiece of the author to Vol. I and of Sherman's army wagons going through Zanesville to Vol. II and III, illustrated with photographs, maps, and drawings by the author. General Sherman and his son Philemon Tecumseh Sherman's bookplates to the front pastedown of each volume. In good condition with rubbing to the extremities and closed tears to the exterior hinges, splitting to the interior hinges of Vol. II and III. The second and third volumes are usually bound together and the actual three separate volumes are quite scarce today. General Sherman’s library was inherited by P. T. Sherman, who transferred the library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, the granddaughter of General Sherman through his eldest daughter, Maria “Minnie” Ewing Sherman Fitch, before he died. Until now, this set was held at the family estate in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Price: $1,500.00 Item Number: 145974
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First Edition of the Journal of the Eighteen Annual Session of the National Encampment; From the Library of General William Tecumseh Sherman
Journal of the Eighteenth Annual Session, of the National Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic.
Philadelphia: Town Book and Job Printing House, 1884.
First edition of this record of post-war social meetings by members of the army; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Royal octavo, original morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the front panel. General Sherman and his son’s bookplates to the front pastedown, calling card of 12th Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, Robert Burns Beath laid in. In very good condition with rubbing to the extremities. General Sheman’s library was inherited by Philemon Tecumseh Sherman, who transferred the library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, before he died. Eleanor was the granddaughter of General Sherman through his eldest daughter, Maria “Minnie” Ewing Sherman Fitch. Until now, the book was held at the family estate in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 145743
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First Edition of E. D. Keyes' Fifty Years Observation of Men and Events; From the Library of General William Tecumseh Sherman
KEYES, E.D [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Fifty Years’ Observation of Men and Events Civil and Military.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884.
First edition of this memoir of a Union soldier and civilian; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Small octavo, original cloth. General William Tecumseh Sherman and his son P.T. Sherman’s bookplates to the front pastedown. In good condition with some rubbing to the spine, front and rear panels. General Sherman's library was inherited by P. T. Sherman, who transferred the library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, the granddaughter of General Sherman through his eldest daughter, Maria “Minnie” Ewing Sherman Fitch, before he died. Until now, the book was held at the family estate in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 145752
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First Edition of Reverend S. A. Bronson's John Sherman: What He Has Said and Done; From the Library of William Tecumseh Sherman
BRONSON, Rev. S.A. [William Tecumseh Sherman].
John Sherman: What He Has Said and Done: Being a History of the Life and Public Services of the Hon. John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
Columbus: H. W. Derby & Co., Publishers, 1880.
First edition of this biographical chronology of the life of United States Secretary of the Treasury John Sherman; from the library of William Tecumseh Sherman. Small octavo, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine, elaborately stamped in blind to the front and rear panels, frontispiece portrait of John Sherman. General William Tecumseh Sherman and his son P. T. Sherman’s bookplates to the front pastedown. In very good condition with light rubbing to the extremities. General Sherman's library was inherited by P. T. Sherman, who transferred the library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, the granddaughter of General Sherman through his eldest daughter, Maria “Minnie” Ewing Sherman Fitch, before he died. Until now, the book was held at the family estate in Washington County, Pennsylvania. An exceptional association.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 145780
