Lot 397
[Grant, Ulysses S.] Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, 2 Vols. First Edition. hardcover. New York: Charles Webster, 1885, 1886. 584 and 647 pp, 9½ x 6½ in. Rebound in full tan leather with red leather and gilt spine labels. Illustrated with maps and facsimiles. Small stain on frontis of both volumes which shows faintly at lower right edge of title pages. Name of first owner inscribed in both volumes. Mark Twain was the publisher of Grant's memoirs which he finished on July 18, 1885, five days before his death, having achieved his goal of providing for his family's financial future.
Estimated Value $400 - 600.
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