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GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822?1885). Personal Memoirs of U. S. Gr...

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GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822?1885). Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885-1886. 2 volumes, 8vos. Engraved portrait frontispieces with tissue guards in each volume (foxed), folding facsimile letter tipped?in Vol. 1, folding map and facsimile document in Vol. 2, numerous maps and wood engraving throughout. Publisher's green cloth titled in gilt and stamped with central gilt medallions on covers, spines titled in gilt and stamped with 4-star shoulder straps, floral printed endpapers (front inner hinge broken but still attached in Vol. I, spines gently darkened). FIRST EDITION of Grant?s classic memoirs published by Mark Twain.