Description
1885 U.S. GRANT PERSONAL MEMOIRS 2V 1st Edition Leather Editions Custom SlipCase. Overall the interiors are excellent—even the frontispieces and title page which are often found heavily foxed, Both books are capable of being read with proper care as with all books over 100 years old. Published by Charles L. Webster Company, New York. Both volumes copyright 1885--titlepage dates are 1885 for volume one and 1886 for volume two--as called for with first edition copies. These two books were published in the publishers’ full sheep bindings, one of three available to order from book salesmen of the time. Almost all old sheep bindings are in terrible states with loose boards, torn joints, and missing or torn spines.