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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant in 2 Volumes Complete.
de [Civil War Memoir] Grant, Ulysses S
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New York:: Charles L. Webster & Company,, 1885.. First Printing of the First US Edition. This is a Near Fine tight set with light wear to the extremities in the publisher's deluxe brown morocco leather over brown cloth boards with gilt circular emblems on the front and rear covers. This set is complete with the facsimile letter of Grant's original terms for Lee's surrender that is often missing. Mark Twain was the publisher of this monumental memoir as well as its editor and proof reader. Twain was extremely fond of and a close friend of Grant and encouraged the President and war hero to write his memoirs. Grant was dying of throat cancer but completed his two volume opus, dictating the second volume to a secretary. Twain noted in a letter to his daughter that the manuscript was not even set yet and 20,000 sets had been ordered from only two states. "Wait till you hear from the other 37." Grant finished his memoirs on July 18, 1885 and died five days later on July 23rd. Following his death, advance orders of the memoirs reached 300,000 sets realizing close to $450,000 for his family which was otherwise penniless. In a 1992 New York Times book review, General Schwarzkopf is quoted as using Grant's two-volume work as his model, calling it the finest military history of the Civil War.
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- Gregor Rare Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 27459
- Título
- Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant in 2 Volumes Complete.
- Autor
- [Civil War Memoir] Grant, Ulysses S
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- Usado
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- 1
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- First Printing of the First US Edition
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- Editorial
- Charles L. Webster & Company,
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- New York:
- Fecha de publicación
- 1885.
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- Civil War
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
