1885 1stED Personal Memoirs of U.S. GRANT Civil War Abraham Lincoln Fine Leather
SET IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION IN 3/4 LEATHER WITH BRIGHT GILT MEDALLION WITH BUST OF GRANT TO FRONT AND BACK COVERS OF BOTH VOLUMES, SIX COMPARTMENTS TO SPINE WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. SMALL AMOUNT RUBBING/WEAR TO LEATHER SPINE OF VOL. 1. MARBLED END PAPERS, PAGES AND PASTE DOWNS, BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, BINDINGS ARE VERY TIGHT, NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS EXCEPT FOR PREVIOUS OWNER INSCRIPTION TO FRONT FREE PAPER OF VOL. 1 AND PREVIOUS OWNER NAME TO HALF TITLE PAGE OF VOLUME 2. NO FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT BOTH VOLUMES WITH PORTRAITS, STEEL ENGRAVINGS, MAPS AND FACSIMILE LETTERS WRITTEN BY GRANT - SOME FOLD OUTS. 9.5"X6.5". FIRST EDITION, 138 YEARS OLD. AN ATTRACTIVE SET, HARD TO FIND IN THIS CONDITION.
