Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant – Ulysses S. Grant – 1885–86 | First Edition in Green cloth

This first edition memoirs of U.S. Grant, printed in 1885–86 by Charles L. Webster & Co., presents the original two-volume publication authorized by Grant himself and completed during his terminal illness. The set was published under the oversight of Mark Twain and became a major commercial and historical success. In octavo format, bound in the publisher’s original cloth with gilt titles, this set offers a narrative of Grant’s Mexican and Civil War service.

Remains one of the most important, valuable, and oft-read Civil War memoirs, including the engraved portraits and battlefield maps.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
• Author(s): Ulysses S. Grant
• Publisher: New York: Charles L. Webster and Co.
• Edition: First Edition, 1885–1886.
• Format: Octavo, two volumes
• Binding: Publisher’s green cloth
• Size:  9.5in x 6.5in (24cm x 16cm)
• Collation: complete
  • Vol. I: 584 pp
  • Vol. II: 647, [1] pp
• Illustrations: 50 illustrations, including steel engravings and maps
• Contents Include:
  • Service in the Mexican War
  • Civil War campaigns – Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Appomattox
  • Implications of Sherman’s march to the sea
  • Numerous battlefield maps
• Reference(s): Dornbusch II 1983; Eicher 492

Item Number: #26159