Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, in 2 Volumes Published by Charles L. Webster & Company, New York, 1885. Fine tight set in publisher's 3/4 deluxe brown morocco leather over brown cloth boards with gilt circular emblems on the front and rear covers. Inscribed "These volumes are dedicated to the American soldiers and sailors." 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. Grant finished his memoirs on July 18, 1885 and died five days later on July 23rd. 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. [Each volume: 9 1/2" H x 6 1/2" W]. Spines, boards and pages in good condition.

Spines, boards and pages in good condition.