Lot 4240
(Grant, Ulysses S.) (1822-1885) 18th President of the United States, 1869-1877. Diary from November 18, 1862 to October 18, 1863, by Adam Gurowski, Volume 2 only, New York, 1864, 348 pages. Inscribed, "To Lieutenant General Grant with the author's highest devotion, Washington March 24, 1864." Boards are marbled, with quarter tan leather and gold-stamped spine. Light toning, else fine. This book was bought by Frank R. Morasco c. 1939 following the bankruptcy of the Grant family in Purdy, New York. After Morasco's death in 1961, it passed to his daughter and on to her children.
Estimated Value $600 - 800.
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