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1870réf. 1513891870. Autograph document signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States of America. Octavo one page partially printed. The document reads in full "I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of the United States to a Warrant for the pardon of John Thrasher Jr. dated this day and signed by me and for so doing this shall be his warrant. U.S. Grant Washington March 26 1870." In fine condition with mail folds. The piece measures 8 inches by 10 inches. Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States 1869–77. As Commanding General of the United States Army 1864–69 Grant worked closely with President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy in the Civil War. He implemented Congressional Reconstruction often at odds with Lincoln's successor Andrew Johnson. Twice elected president Grant led the Republicans in their effort to remove the vestiges of Confederate nationalism and slavery protect African-American citizenship and supported unbridled nationwide industrial expansionism during the Gilded Age. unknown
réf. 148696A marble bust of the head of the Sperlonga Odysseus. The sculptures discovered at the former villa of Emperor Tiberius in Sperlonga form one of the most significant ensembles of Hellenistic-style Roman sculpture depicting dramatic mythological scenes such as the Blinding of Polyphemus and the Scylla Group. These monumental marble groups likely created by Rhodian sculptors in the early first century CE reflect both the imperial taste for Greek artistic models and the political utility of myth aligning Tiberius with heroic figures like Odysseus to reinforce themes of cunning survival and imperial power. In very good condition with some pitting and cracking to the figure's right cheek right side of his neck and back. The height of the bust is 14 inches and with the mount is 23 inches. Odysseus the hero of Homer’s Odyssey stands as a quintessential figure in classical literature embodying the traits of cunning resilience and complex morality. Unlike the straightforward martial valor of Achilles in the Iliad Odysseus is defined by his metis—intelligence and strategic thinking—which allows him to navigate the physical and ethical challenges of his long journey home from Troy. His character reflects the ancient Greek ideal of versatility and adaptability as he must assume disguises negotiate with gods and mortals and confront both monsters and temptations. At the same time Odysseus’ actions raise enduring questions about identity leadership and the costs of war making him a deeply ambivalent figure whose legacy has resonated through centuries of Western literature and thought. unknown
réf. SONG372120994XThames & Hudson 2019-10-22. hardcover. Used: Good. 7.17x0.75x10.04. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Thames & Hudson hardcover
1872réf. 149519Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co 1872. Rare and remarkable autograph book compiled by West Virginia senator and industrialist Henry Gassaway Davis 1823-1916 containing 289 historic autographs including seven presidents seven vice presidents and scores of members of the Senate House of Representatives and presidential cabinets as well as a few other 19th-century notables. Octavo bound in full crushed levant morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels gilt-scrolled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery all edges gilt title page printed in gilt. With Davis' ownership signature and subsequently that of his daughter to the title page "H. G . Davis 1872" and "Grace T. Davis 1887" Miss Davis was 18 in 1887. The book has approximately 300 unnumbered pages but only the first 144 which were numbered in pencil by hand at some point include the autographs generally three on each side of a page most often including the person's home state or in the case of cabinet members their office title. The highlights of the album are the signatures of seven presidents representing a half-century of American politics: U. S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes James A. Garfield Grover Cleveland Benjamin Harrison twice William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Also included are seven vice presidents - Hannibal Hamlin Schuyler Colfax Henry Wilson William A. Wheeler Levi P. Morton Garrett A. Hobart and Charles W. Fairbanks - and one first lady Frances F. Cleveland. With the later presidents' autographs are several examples of partial cabinets including: Harrison Secretary of the Treasury Charles Foster Secretary of War Stephen B. Elkins Attorney General William H. H. Miller Postmaster General John Wanamaker Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy Secretary of the Interior John W. Noble and Secretary of Agriculture Jeremiah M. Rusk Cleveland Secretary of State Walter Q. Gresham Secretary of the Treasury John G. Carlisle Secretary of the Navy Daniel S. Lamont Attorney General Richard Olney Postmaster General Wilson S. Bissell Secretary of the Navy Hilary A. Herbert Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith and Secretary of Agriculture J. Sterling Morton McKinley Secretary of State John Sherman Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage Secretary of War Russel A. Alger Attorney General Joseph McKenna Postmaster General James A. Gary Secretary of the Navy John D. Long Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson and Secretary of the Interior Cornelius N. Bliss and Roosevelt Secretary of State John Hay Attorney General Philander C. Knox Postmasters General Charles Emory Smith and Henry C. Payne and Secretary of the Interior Ethan A. Hitchcock. Others significant names include influential members of the House and Senate many of whom were celebrated veterans of the Civil War. These include: Hamilton Fish William M. Evarts Charles Sumner David Davis Simon Cameron James G. Blaine George S. Boutwell Augustus H. Garland Roscoe Conkling Ambrose Burnside John A. Logan John B. Gordon Carl Schurz Wade Hampton John T. Morgan Henry W. Slocum and William Mahone. Interestingly one page features the autographs of James Cardinal Gibbons Archbishop of Baltimore and famed agnostic lecturer Robert G. Ingersoll. In fine condition. A remarkable collection spanning half a century of American politics. J.B. Lippincott & Co unknown
réf. 8591492-20Harvard University Press. Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Harvard University Press unknown
1885réf. 145720New York: Charles L. Webster & Company 1885-86. Exceedingly rare first edition of the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant the 18th President of the United States which focusing mainly on his military career during the Mexican War and the Civil War entirely singular owned and annotated by Grant's close friend and most esteemed general: William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo 2 volumes bound in the original full deluxe tree calf with gilt titles and elegant tooling to the spine gilt ruled borders to the front and rear panels gilt inner dentelles all edges gilt engraved portrait frontispieces illustrated with numerous facsimile letters 2 folding maps and wood engravings. William Tecumseh Sherman evidently read thes volumes in great detail making marginal notes on at least 18 pages in Vol. I several of them signed with his initials. On the last page of Vol. I Sherman wrote: "Read at St. Louis Mo. Dec 5 6 1885. This account of the Civil War is wonderfully accurate and him. W.T.S." Many of the notes are small corrections and additions by Sherman. On a passage regarding the Yazoo Pass Expedition on page 435 of Vol. I Sherman pointedly writes: "This conforms literally to my memoirs on the point most contested by Grant's pretended friends. W.T.S." He provides further thoughts regarding political interference on the next page: "If Grant had gone ahead living off the country we would have been inside of Vicksburg by Christmas 1862 the distance from Grenada to Vicksburg is little more than the circuit we afterward made from Bruinsberg via Jackson to Vicksburg --- This was my understanding when we parted at Oxford and the intervening country was better supplied with hay hominy. W.T.S." On p. 440-441 Grant wrote about the need to assign politically-connected John McClernand as Corps Commander: "I would have been glad to put Sherman in command to give him an opportunity to accomplish what he had failed in the December before; but there seemed no other way out of he difficulty for he was junior to McClernand. Sherman's failure needs no apology." In the margins Sherman's distinctive hand writes passionately: "because it was no failure at all." There is only one marginal annotation in Vol. II; however an autograph note is laid in at p. 123 supplying Sherman's recollection of Grant's first meeting with Lincoln which corroborates Grant's account. While Sherman was not present at the meeting between Grant and Lincoln he almost certainly heard about what transpired from Grant himself. The note reads in full: "Grants Memoirs Vol 2 Page 123 A good story is very correct. 'Si non vero ben trovalo.' Even if it is not true it is well conceived. This is the conversation between Genl. Grant President Lincoln and Secretary of War Stanton at the time he was addressed to command all the Armies of the U.S. Grant said in his usual quiet manner 'Mr. Lincoln I am told that several well planned campaigns in Virginia have been marred by interference from Washington viz from the Secretary of War or the President now if I am to command I must insist that no military order be issued to any detachment or part of the Army except through me' Mr. Lincoln in his inimitable way turning to Stanton said 'Stanton you and I have been running this machine for two years and have not made a brilliant success. I guess we had better trust this little man' Grant and then then and there the promise was made. And it is to the credit of Mr. Lincoln to say that he kept his word literally never interfering or making any order even when Washington was in real peril from Early's Army in 1865." Grant's insistence that there would be no political interference was likely particularly important to General Sherman who famously hated politicians. In good condition with detaching of the front boards and spines of each volume detaching of the rear board and separation of the folding facsimile letter at p. 312-313. Copies bound in highly polished gilt tree calf are extremely rare with only three other copies known. The first prospectus of Grant's Memoirs listed only 4 bindings: fine cloth full sheep fine half morocco and full Turkey morocco. The only other copy of Grant's Memoirs bound in tree calf was sold at auction - a copy presented to Mark Twain by Julia Grant and inscribed by both. Only two other known copies are located in private collections. To date no copies bound in the tree calf have been traced to institutional collections. As Grant died before publication was complete the only copy that he saw before his death was a prospectus bound in cloth; the extant tree calf copies suggest that the binding was perhaps reserved exclusively for presentations made by Julia Grant. Even the copies presented by publisher Mark Twain to his friends and colleagues were bound in one of the other available bindings. Though this copy bears no presentation inscription by Julia Grant Mark Twain or anyone else it is plausible that one of these figures would have sent the copy directly to General Sherman. After his second presidential term and world tour President Grant was stripped of nearly all of his life's earnings by conman Ferdinand Ward. Grant had forfeited his and his widow's military pension when he resigned as general to assume the presidency and his recent throat cancer diagnosis brought him deep concern about how his wife and family would manage financially after his death. In this moment of crisis Sherman rushed to Grant's aid and assisted him in restructuring his debt ensuring that Grant was able to keep his most prized possesions. Most importantly Sherman also encouraged Grant to do what he should have done years ago - write his memoirs. By June 1884 Grant had begun publishing articles on his major engagements of the Civil War for 'Century Magazine' which paid him $500 for each submission. The articles were received with great enthusiasm and Grant met with the magazine's representatives in early September to arrange for the publication of his memoirs. However when Samuel Clemens popularly Mark Twain learned of the potential arrangement with 'Century Magazine' he convinced Grant to sign with his own subscription publishing company which was able to offer Grant 70% of the net profit made from the sale of his memoirs. This rate was exorbitantly higher than what 'Century Magazine' had proposed. Grant began writing his memoirs in earnest racing against the illness to finish and ensure his family's financial stability. During this time Grant welcomed Sherman's repeated visits. On December 24 1884 Sherman wrote to his wife Ellen: "Grant says my visits have done him more good than all the doctors" Flood p.395. Grant with the moral support of Sherman lived to finish the memoir dying five days after its completion. Widely considered the finest military narrative ever published the memoirs were a national bestseller and Grant's widow Julia would eventually receive nearly $450000 about ~$14000000 today in royalties from their sale. Charles L. Webster & Company hardcover
réf. 147821Rare Javanese kris commonly used in the pencak silat martial art native to Indonesia from the collection of General William T. Sherman preserved in his military trunk. Ulysses S. Grant a close friend of Sherman’s went on a “World Tour” after his second presidential term had ended. It has been suggested that Grant collected a few souvenirs for his dear friend while visiting Asia. When the Grant family returned from their trip Sherman greeted Grant at a reunion held by the veterans of the Army of the Tennessee. In good condition with handle missing. The piece measures 14.5 inches. General William Tecumseh Sherman and General Ulysses S. Grant were key figures in the Union Army during the American Civil War forming a close personal and professional relationship that significantly influenced the war’s outcome. Grant known for his strategic leadership recognized Sherman’s military talents early in the war and the two collaborated on major campaigns including the Vicksburg Campaign 1863 and Sherman’s March to the Sea 1864–1865. Their coordinated efforts exemplified the Union’s strategy of total war aimed at crippling the Confederacy’s resources and morale. After the war their partnership continued with Sherman succeeding Grant as Commanding General of the U.S. Army in 1869 when Grant became President. Their mutual trust and shared military philosophy played a crucial role in shaping U.S. military strategy and post-war reconstruction efforts. unknown
réf. 147816Rare bronze sculpture of an elephant most likely used as an ink well from the collection of General William T. Sherman preserved in his military trunk. Ulysses S. Grant a close friend of Sherman's went on a "World Tour" after his second presidential term had ended. It has been suggested that Grant collected a few souvenirs for his dear friend while visiting Asia. When the Grant family returned from their trip Sherman greeted Grant at a reunion held by the veterans of the Army of the Tennessee. In very good condition with some patina. The piece measures 9.5 inches by 4.5 inches. General William Tecumseh Sherman and General Ulysses S. Grant were key figures in the Union Army during the American Civil War forming a close personal and professional relationship that significantly influenced the war’s outcome. Grant known for his strategic leadership recognized Sherman’s military talents early in the war and the two collaborated on major campaigns including the Vicksburg Campaign 1863 and Sherman’s March to the Sea 1864–1865. Their coordinated efforts exemplified the Union’s strategy of total war aimed at crippling the Confederacy’s resources and morale. After the war their partnership continued with Sherman succeeding Grant as Commanding General of the U.S. Army in 1869 when Grant became President. Their mutual trust and shared military philosophy played a crucial role in shaping U.S. military strategy and post-war reconstruction efforts. unknown
1885réf. 147086New York: Charles L. Webster & Company 1885-1891. Rare Shoulder Strap set of five Civil War histories printed by Twain's publishing house in its short-lived but impressive decade of operation. Octavo eight volumes bound in full tan sheep skin with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands red and black spine labels all edges marbled marbled endpapers tissue-guarded frontispiece portraits to each volume illustrated with steel engravings maps and woodcuts. The set features: a first edition of Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant Two volumes 1885-1886; a first edition of McClellan's Own Story: The War for the Union the Soldiers Who Fought It and His Relations to It and to Them 1887; a first edition of Tenting on the Plains: or Gen. Custer in Kansas and Texas 1887; a first edition of Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan Two volumes 1888; and a fourth edition of Memoirs of Gen. W. T. Sherman Two volumes 1891. In very good to good condition with rubbing to the extremities and light toning to the title pages of each volume evidence of interior hinge repair and library stamps to the first and last leaves of the Sherman and Custer memoirs a gift inscription to the first volume of Sheridan's memoirs darkening to the top edge of both volumes of the Sheridan memoir library checkout card and pocket to the rear pastedown of the Custer volume. An exceptionally rare set especially in this condition. Featuring the finest of contemporary Civil War histories the Great War Library "Shoulder Strap" series pays tribute to Mark Twain's brief but impressive venture into publishing. In 1884 Twain joined with Charles Webster who was married to Twain's niece in an effort at first to publish "his own books and he began successfully with Huckleberry Finn in 1885. Almost fortuitously he got the contract to publish U.S. Grant's Memoirs 1885-86—a huge success . . . Other Civil War generals preparing their memoirs naturally hoped to appear with their great commander" Paine 831. Charles L. Webster & Company hardcover
1874réf. 146684N.p. 1874-1902. Autographs of President Ulysses S. Grant Secretary of State Hamilton Fish and United States Army Generals Leonard Wood and Joseph Wheeler. Octavo one page. Signed by Grant "U. S. Grant." Additionally signed and dated by Wheeler "Joseph Wheeler Genl. USA. Apl. 11. 1902" Wood Leonard Wood Army Genl USA June 30th 1902" and Fish "Hamilton Fish Sect of State June 5/74". In very good condition with light toning to the edges. Rare and desirable. Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States 1869–77. As Commanding General of the United States Army 1864–69 Grant worked closely with President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy in the Civil War. He implemented Congressional Reconstruction often at odds with Lincoln's successor Andrew Johnson. Twice elected president Grant led the Republicans in their effort to remove the vestiges of Confederate nationalism and slavery protect African-American citizenship and supported unbridled nationwide industrial expansionism during the Gilded Age. N.p. unknown
1990réf. 1-0940450585Library of America 1990. Hardcover. New. 1199 pages. 8.00x5.00x1.50 inches. Library of America hardcover
2016réf. 1-3639784960Editorial Académica Española 2016. Paperback. New. 480 pages. Spanish language. 8.66x5.91x1.09 inches. Editorial Académica Española paperback
2017réf. 1-3330874910Éditions universitaires européennes 2017. Paperback. New. 100 pages. French language. 8.66x5.91x0.23 inches. Éditions universitaires européennes paperback
2016réf. 1-3319377396Springer Verlag 2016. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 444 pages. 9.25x6.10x1.00 inches. Springer Verlag paperback
2016réf. 1-3659909246LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing 2016. Paperback. New. 252 pages. 8.66x5.91x0.57 inches. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing paperback
2016réf. 1-3330738332Novas Edições Acadêmicas 2016. Paperback. New. 220 pages. Portuguese language. 8.66x5.91x0.50 inches. Novas Edições Acadêmicas paperback
2016réf. 1-3330726903Novas Edições Acadêmicas 2016. Paperback. New. 72 pages. Portuguese language. 8.66x5.91x0.17 inches. Novas Edições Acadêmicas paperback
2016réf. 1-3330738081Novas Edições Acadêmicas 2016. Paperback. New. 376 pages. Portuguese language. 8.66x5.91x0.85 inches. Novas Edições Acadêmicas paperback
2012réf. 1-3659049271Editorial Académica Española 2012. Paperback. New. 108 pages. Spanish language. 8.66x5.91x0.25 inches. Editorial Académica Española paperback
1865réf. 146517Washington D.C. May 10 1865. Rare historical daily menu from the prestigious Willard's Hotel in Washington D.C. dating to the very day that Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured. One page double-sided signed inside by Ulysses S. Grant and Philip Sheridan "U. S. Grant Lt. Gen. U.S.A." and "Phil. H. Sheridan Maj. Genl. U.S.A." In fine condition with intersecting folds. Double-matted and framed with an engraved plaque and a window at the rear revealing the front of the menu. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 16 inches. This rare and unique historical document was obtained by the father of New York journalist Edward Page Mitchell who was in the Willard Hotel when the signatures were obtained. Mitchell documented the entire event in his 1924 book 'Memoirs of an Editor: Fifty Years of American Journalism.' The story which can be found on pages 31 and 32 reads: "Several times in the old Willard and many times in its grandiose successor as through a lens at focus I got close-up figures of great personages of the Civil War and of national politics. Of the Willard memories that persist in outstanding two more shall here suffice. Three years after the first visit I went back to that hotel in tow of my father the indefatigable collector of autographs coins memorabilia curios of all sorts. Something of that propensity must have been inherited by me but nothing of his systematic thoroughness in the practice. This sojourn at the inn of Messrs. Sykes Chadwick & Co. occurred a few weeks after the culminating events of the war and a few weeks before the grand review in Washington of the victorious armies. Sheridan's cavalry had rejoined Meade's army south of the James. Jefferson Davis had been captured by his pursuers under General James H. Wilson. Grant with the instinctive delicacy of a gentleman had delegated to General Joshua L. Chamberlain of Maine the honor of receiving Lee's surrender. The commander-in-chief was at the capital established in Halleck's old office in the War Department. Willard's was crowded with officers of the high command. I saw Grant there and Sheridan; the third of the great triad of military success General William Tecumseh Sherman of the march to the sea is not identified in my recollection of the assembled leaders. Immense was my father's satisfaction when he procured a dinner menu for Wednesday May 10 1865 setting forth in bronze ink the chef's programme for the day beginning with cove-plant oysters and promising the guests in a queer blending of good English and indifferent near-French such things as 'Fillet de Boeuf pique' and 'Assorted Vegetables' down to 'Petit pastry au Gelee' and coffee; the entire prospectus being displayed under the more or less mysterious legend 'Still so Gently.' But what gave interest and value in my father's eyes to this menu was its joint indorsement in close juxtaposition on a blank space opposite the 'Epigramme d'Agneau' and the 'Assorted Vegetables' by 'U. S. Grant Lt. Gen. U.S.A.' in acutely angular autograph and 'Phil. H. Sheridan Maj. Gen. U.S.A.' in the sprawling scrawl or scrawling sprawl characteristic of that dashing soldier's chirography." unknown
réf. 146568Rare antique print of the eighteenth president of the United States of America. Black and white print of Ulysses S. Grant with his wife Julia Grant and four children. Framed. In fine condition. This piece measures 13.25 inches by 16.25 inches. Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States 1869–77. As Commanding General of the United States Army 1864–69 Grant worked closely with President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy in the Civil War. He implemented Congressional Reconstruction often at odds with Lincoln's successor Andrew Johnson. Twice elected president Grant led the Republicans in their effort to remove the vestiges of Confederate nationalism and slavery protect African-American citizenship and supported unbridled nationwide industrial expansionism during the Gilded Age. unknown
réf. DADAX143669079XNew unknown
2009réf. 1-0926494651Acanthus PressU.S. 2009. Hardcover. New. 312 pages. 12.30x10.40x1.30 inches. Acanthus Press,U.S. hardcover
2016réf. 1-3841767761Editorial Académica Española 2016. Paperback. New. 100 pages. Spanish language. 8.66x5.91x0.23 inches. Editorial Académica Española paperback
2012réf. 1-3847364871Editorial Académica Española 2012. Paperback. New. 140 pages. Spanish language. 8.66x5.91x0.32 inches. Editorial Académica Española paperback
