Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. Volume II only by Grant, Ulysses S - 1885

New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1885. First edition. Hardcover. Good + condition. Memoirs of one of the most recognized figures in American military history. Profusely illustrated with portrait frontispieces, steel engravings, facsimiles, and maps. As the successful Civil War general and less successful president was ruined by bankruptcy and dying of cancer, Grant agreed to publish his memoirs, which successfully assured his family's financial security. Mark Twain agreed to serve as the publisher. He completed the memoirs shortly before his death in the summer of 1885. "It seemed to Twain, sitting quietly near him in his bedroom at Sixtieth Street, that Grant had fully regained the stature of a hero" (Kaplan, 273). "Grant's memoirs comprise one of the most valuable writings by a military commander in history" (Eicher 492). Broadfoot 189. Nicholson, 327. Thick 8vo, 647pp. Original green gilt cloth, circular gilt medallions on front and rear covers. Covers somewhat dusty, gilt medallions dulled; text clean, a nice copy to complete a set. Early owner signature, Jared R. Webb, 1886 at front end paper.