The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant by Grant, Ulysses S - 1885

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant in 2 Volumes Complete
by Ulysses S. Grant
Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885. Volume I: Original three-quarter dark brown morocco with raised bands, gilt lettering, compartments and rules and chocolate cloth with large gilt medallions front and rear covers, marbled decorated endpapers, all edges marbled, frontispiece, [portrait], 584 pp., preface, maps, illustrations, fold-out letter in facsimile. Volume II: Original three-quarter dark brown morocco with raised bands, gilt lettering, compartments and rules and chocolate cloth with large gilt medallions front and rear covers. marbled decorated endpapers, all edges marbled, frontispiece, [portrait], 647 [1] pp., maps, illustrations, conclusion, appendix, index.
In excellent condition w bright gilt medallions titles and decoration, with the fold-out facsimile letters including the terms of Lee's surrender. The only defect is a little wear to the spine of Vol I (see photos)
About the Memoirs
Grant's Memoirs recount his childhood and personal history, his military career during the Mexican-American War, and offer historical perspective to his role in the American Civil War. Mark Twain is partially credited with encouraging Grant's memoirs, as he predicted the work to be a source of future financial success that would support Grant's family after his death. Volume I was published posthumously in 1885, after Grant died in July of the same year.