Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

New York: Charles L. Webster & Co. / Digital Scanning, Inc, 1998. Reproduction. Quarter Leather. Fine. The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant, in a beautiful quarter leather binding from Felton Bookbinding of Canada.. Octavo, [two volumes], 584pp., [2]; 647pp, [errata], [2]. [Vol. II]. Quarter green morocco, decorative raised bands on spine, gilt tooling, green cloth boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge in gilt. This copy was reproduced from scans of the original volumes in 1998, by Digital Scanning Inc. of Scituate, MA. Housed in custom green cloth slipcase, photograph of Grant on side panel, signature in gilt. A beautiful set. Published (truncated) shortly after his death, the Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant are held in high regard by historians and casual readers alike. President Grant was initially opposed to writing his memoirs but wished to leave his family financially stable after his death. The books were sold in multiple formats ranging in price from $3.50 to $12.00 in 1885. (Eicher 492). (Inventory #: 16526)