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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, 8vo. Engraved portrait frontispieces with tissue guards, folding facsimile letter tipped?in Volume I, folding map and facsimile document in Vol. 2, numerous maps and wood?engravings throughout. Original publisher's gilt?lettered green cloth stamped with central gilt medallions on both covers, gilt?lettered spines stamped with 4-star shoulder straps gilt, floral printed endpapers (few spots of marginal foxing, else fine). FIRST EDITION of Grant?s classic memoirs published by Mark Twain. A FINE SET, without the usual faults commonly seen with this title.