Bidspirit auction | Grant, Ulysses S. and William

Grant, Ulysses S. and William Tecumseh Sherman. Memoirs (Two Volumes). The Library of America, 1990. - This set comprises two matching hardcover volumes from The Library of America series, specifically volume 50 and volume 51. The first volume is titled Memoirs and Selected Letters by Ulysses S. Grant, which includes his Personal Memoirs and a collection of Selected Letters from 1839 to 1865. The second volume is titled Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman. Both books are bound in the publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped lettering and decorative horizontal rules on the spines. Each volume is housed in an individual light-grey card slipcase featuring gold-bordered edges and the circular Library of America logo. The interiors of both volumes feature decorated endpapers with a repeating motif of the publisher's five-star logo. Each book includes an integral blue ribbon bookmark. The volumes are illustrated with frontispiece portraits of the authors accompanied by printed facsimile signatures. The text includes numerous historical maps, such as the Expedition to Steele’s Bayou, and detailed military statistical tables. Both volumes contain facsimile dedication pages; Grant's is dated May 23, 1885, and Sherman's is addressed To His Comrades in Arms. Please note that all signatures present in these volumes are printed facsimiles. Each volume measures approximately 8.25 x 5.125 inches. The books are in very good to fine condition. The cloth bindings are clean with tight, square spines, showing only minor surface lint. The interiors are bright and free of inscriptions, foxing, or dog-eared pages. The slipcases are in very good condition, displaying minor shelf wear and light rubbing at the corners, consistent with light handling.