Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, in Two Volumes [Ulysses] [Shoulder Strap Edition]

New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 9x5x1. First edition. Previously owned by the son of the founder of James W. Sewall Company, with his ink name and stamp inside, a few gatherings slightly sprung in first volume, boards a bit soiled. 1885 Hard Cover. 584; 647 pp. 8vo. Original green cloth with gilt titles and rules. Engravings and maps throughout text, as well as fold-out facsimiles of the original terms of Lee's surrender (which Grant wrote himself) and of General Buckner's dispatch regarding terms of capitulation, with Grant's reply and Buckner's response surrendering Fort Donelson. The famous memoirs of the leader of the Union army during the American Civil War, including accounts of his boyhood and early career during the Mexican War. Mark Twain can be partially credited for the release of Grant's memoirs: Grant's health was ailing (he soon died of cancer), and Twain encouraged Grant to write them as a way to provide for his family after his death. The books were barely completed before Grant passed away, and were published posthumously. (Inventory #: 2347914)