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1872Best.-Nr. 44458Washington. March 13 1872. Lands for Sale in Wisconsin Proclamation by President Ulysses S. Grant indicating the sale of public lands in Wisconsin as listed on the broadside. Lots are to be sold on Monday June 17 "at a price of not less than two dollars and fifty cents per acre." Lands previously appointed for schools and other such uses are excluded from the sale. A large and interesting broadside concerning the disposal of public lands. Old folds. Wear and separation at some folds; top left corner torn away not affecting text. Minor soiling but generally quite clean. About very good. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 60370The letter reads: Washington DC Apl 51864 I have examined the new gun and saber shield invented by Crpl Moffett and would recommend its adoption for such veteran Rang who have been known to make and receive a casualty claim with saber I would not recommend it for any cavalry of less than two years service and constantly in the field US Grant Lt Gen unknown books
2017Best.-Nr. 9033375Cambridge MA: Belknap/Harvard 2017. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Edited by Marszalek with Nolen and Gallo. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches. 784 pages. Belknap/Harvard hardcover books
1990Best.-Nr. 96517NY:: Library of America. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. Library of America numbers 50 and 51. First printings. Previous owner's blind-stamp on front endpages else both volumes are fine in fine dust jackets. Housed in an about fine glossy slipcase. Sewn-in ribbon bookmarks. . Library of America, hardcover books
1885Best.-Nr. 1395498New York: Charles L. Webster & Company 1885. Hardcover. Octavo Two volumes: 584 pages ; 647 pages. In Good condition but for front hinge tear of second volume. Spines are brown with gold print on red and black banners raised bands. Boards in brown leather. Wear to spine caps and corners light scuffing and age toning toning to spines second volume front hinge is torn its length with a tear to the spine head. Text blocks have marbled edges and endpapers. Bookplate on front pastedown. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait in each volume b&w plates including maps. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area ND-HV Section. 1395498. FP New Rockville Stock. Charles L. Webster & Company hardcover books
1990Best.-Nr. 350676New York: Literary Classics of the United States 1990. 1191p. & 1136p. hardcover reprints bound in blue cloth boards and gilt with unclipped dust jackets and slipcase in very good condition. Library of America #50 & 51. Literary Classics of the United States unknown books
1878Best.-Nr. 2401Rome: Henri Le Lieure 1878. First edition. Framed. Very Good. ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH OF GRANT IN MILITARY DRESS SIGNED BY GRANT ON THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S MOUNT. A very handsome bust-length portrait of Grant taken by photographer Henri Le Lieure during Grant's visit to Rome in 1878. Signed "U.S. Grant" in ink on the original mount beneath the photograph. A handwritten note on the paper backing of the frame reads: "This photograph was autographed by U. S. Grant in April 1878 at the home of Dr. Charles McMillan Counsel General Great Uncle of Eunice in Rome Italy. Dr. McMillan had served as Medical Director on Grant's staff throughout the Vicksburg Campaign." The frame with the seal of "The Dayton Company Picture Galleries Minneapolis" on the backing likely dates from early-mid 20th century. The Dayton Company was a celebrated Minneapolis department store in Minneapolis from 1911-1962 ultimately serving as the parent company for Target. Grant visited Rome on his hugely successful post-presidential world tour. "Grant traveled aboard a government vessel. as the representative of his country an emerging power in the world." In Rome he was granted an audience with both Pope Leo XIII and King Umberto I. "Grant wasn't fazed that a king and a pope vied for his company." Chernow Grant pp. 871-73. With printed credit of the photographer "H. Le Lierue Phot. / Rome Place Mignanelli" printed beneath the photo. Henri Le Lieure 1831-1914 was a French-born photographer based in Italy who took photographic portraits of some of the most famous people of his day. Size: Mounted image = 4x5.75 in; with mount = 6.5x8.5 in. Rome: H. Le Lieure 1878. A few stray spots to image beginning of Grant's "U" a little faint probably due to trouble getting the ink to flow. An elegant stately image documenting an important event in Grant's post-presidential career with large three-inches long presentation signature by Grant. Henri Le Lieure unknown books
Best.-Nr. 415194Unbound. Near Fine. One legal folio folded at the top to make four pages. Old folds as filed soiling and small tears at the extremities of the folds very good or better. A certified handwritten copy prepared in March 1885 shortly before Grant's death of an 1880 contract between Grant and Lewis B. Brown of New York City. Signed by various clerks with one seal but NOT SIGNED BY GRANT. The document gives Grant ".forever a right of way to the Atlantic Ocean from Seabrook now Ocean Avenue over and upon the lot. and the privilege to erect a bathing house of moderate size upon the Shore of said Ocean. ." Presumably the "bathing house" was what we'd call a cabana. The document has been docketed and stamped in 1887 two years after Grant's death. Grant's shore house served as the Summer White House during his two terms from 1869-1877 obviously this right-of-way was issued after his term was over. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 2081First edition. Framed photograph. Very Good. MAGNIFICENT LARGE ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH OF ULYSSES S. GRANT BY ABRAHAM BOGARDUS. An unusually large late c.1880 photograph of Grant post-presidency in formal dress sitting and in partial profile. Mounted on thick card with the photographer's credit and address "A. Bogardus / 872 Broadway NY" on matte below the photo. The photographer Anthony Bogardus was a photographic pioneer described by the New York Times as "the best-known photographer in the United States" in his prime who took "the first photographs of Gen. Grant Gen. Hancock Samuel D. Morse inventor of the telegraph; Horace Greeley Henry Ward Beecher and other equally well-known men." The engravers Currier & Ives produced an engraving based on this photograph calling it "the last and best taken of General Grant". This very large approximately 10x16 inches; 10.5x16.5 with mount photograph also appears to have served as the model for a small carte-de-visit issued at the end of Grant's life. Albumen print. Contemporary or near-contemporary printing 1880-1890. On original thick cardboard mount with gilt edges. Archivally framed to an overall size of 17.25 x 23.5 inches. Light wear around edges of mount. A STUNNING LARGE IMAGE IN OUTSTANDING CONDITION. unknown books
1912Best.-Nr. 71295NY:: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good. 1912. Hardcover. B00CMHQB1G . Edited by Jesse Grant Cramer. First edition. Octavo bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine top edge gilt. Moderate shelf wear and aging else very good. No dust jacket. ; 182 pages . G. P. Putnam's Sons, hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 9562New York: Charles L. Webster & Company 1885. Hardcover. 2 vols. 8vo original full sheep raised bands gilt rules red and blue morocco title and volume number labels at spine. CONDITION: Very good spines and some edges speckled minimal wear darkening to top edge of one spine. First edition of Grant's classic memoir recalling his service in both the Mexican War and the Civil War. Scarce in the publisher's full sheep binding. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885 unknown books
1886Best.-Nr. 353811New York: Charles L. Webster 1886. First edition. Illustrated. 584; 647 1 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Publisher's full tan sheep with contrasting labels marbled edges. Faintest traces of rubbing a near fine set. First edition. Illustrated. 584; 647 1 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. The president and Civil War general's remarkable memoir written in the final years of his life as he was suffering from terminal throat cancer. Suffering both physically and financially as the result of financial misfortune Grant began writing his autobiography in the fall of 1884 and finished in July of 1885 five days before his death. Samuel Clemens Mark Twain encouraged Grant and shepherded the book to publication through the Webster connection. Eagerly anticipated by a public that had been following Grant's illness in the press the book was an immediate success upon its release and has long been considered one of if not the best memoirs written by an American president. Since its publication it has received acclaim from literary figures including Twain and Gertrude Stein and from numerous modern American historians and political commentators from Eric Foner to Ta-Nehisi Coates. Charles L. Webster unknown books
1885Best.-Nr. 2942New York: Charles Webster and Co 1885. First edition. Original deluxe sheep. Very Good. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S DELUXE SHEEP BINDINGS of Grant's important and fascinating memoirs illustrated throughout with numerous steel engravings facsimiles and over forty maps. Written during the final days of Grant's life and seen through publication by Mark Twain the Memoirs provide a personal and poignant record of some of the most significant events in American history. The first edition of the Memoirs was issued in cloth morocco and sheep bindings. The soft sheep leather wears most easily and therefore has become the most difficult to find in good condition. New York: Charles Webster & Co. 1885-86. Octavo original full publisher's sheep with leather spine labels marbled endpapers and edges. Two volumes. Volume 1 with a few scuffs to rear board and joints and with spine lightly toned; volume two binding with only very light wear. Text in each exceptionally clean. A very good copy - much nicer than is usually found. Charles Webster and Co unknown books
1992Best.-Nr. 321218New York: American Classics Library 1992. Facsimile. hardcover. fine. Some b/w illustrations. 2 volumes. Thick 8vos full gilt-decorated gray leather all edges gilt marble endpapers. New York: American Classics Library/Gryphon Editions. Fine. A facsimile of the first editions from 1885/86. American Classics Library unknown books
1885Best.-Nr. 2349284New York: Charles L. Webster & Company 1885. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 9x5x1. First edition of first volume 1892 reprint of second volume. Boards of second volume stained and discolored front hinge of first volume just beginning to weaken. Text clean and unmarked. 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. Charles L. Webster & Company hardcover books
1885Best.-Nr. 2340247New York: Charles L. Webster & Company 1885. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 9x5x1. First edition. Hinges loosening boards rubbed with a couple tears to spine corners of second volume a few smudges on spine and front board of first volume ink name and date on front endpaper of each volume. Text clean and unmarked. 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. Charles L. Webster & Company hardcover books
1873Best.-Nr. 19315Washington D.C.: Executive Branch 1873. Signed Political Appointment. Parchment. Good. Signed by President Ulysses S. Grant the political appointment of Charles C. Miller as Deputy Postmaster at Penn Yan New York dated March 26 1873. Document printed on parchment paper seal at bottom left corner. Notable chipping and wear along margins. Document is countersigned by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish. Signed by Ulysses S. Grant along the bottom right with his signature partially obscured by dampstain. The recipient of this appointment Sergeant Charles C. Miller was a Republican political appointee who served as postmaster from 1873 to 1879. Miller served in Company I 148th New York Volunteers during the Civil War. Full document reads: "Ulysses S. Grant President of the United States of America to all who shall see these presents Greeting: Know ye That reposing special trust and confidence in the Integrity Ability and Punctuality of Charles C. Miller I do appoint him Deputy Postmaster at Penn Yan in the State of New York and do authorize and empower him to execute and fulfil the duties of that Office according to law to have and to hold the said Office with all the powers privileges and emoluments to the same of right appertaining unto him the said Charles C. Miller for the term of four years from the day of the date hereof; subject to the conditions prescribed by law. In testimony whereof I have caused these Letters to be made Patent and the Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand at the City of Washington the Twenty-sixth day of March in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Seventy-three and of the Independence of the United States of America the Ninety-seventh. By the President. [Executive Branch] unknown books
1865Best.-Nr. 41808New York: Appleton 1865. Stitched in original printed brown wrappers. Photographic portrait of Grant as frontis with original tissue guard. 77 1 blank 2- publ. advt. pp. Near Fine. Grant reports on the last year of the War. Of particular interest are the movements of Sheridan and Sherman and the final exchange of letters between Grant and Lee prior to surrender. FIRST EDITION. Howes G311. Appleton unknown books
1972Best.-Nr. 88831Carbondale:: Southern Illinois University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0809305070 . Edited by John Y. Simon. First edition. Near fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Southern Illinois University Press, hardcover books
1977Best.-Nr. 88832Carbondale:: Southern Illinois University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0809306948 . Edited by John Y. Simon. First edition. Light foxing on fore edge else very good in a very good price clipped dust jacket. . Southern Illinois University Press, hardcover books
1990Best.-Nr. 233262Library of America 1990-10-01. hardcover. Very Good. 5x1x8. Third Printing. Blue cloth boards no dust jacket. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. 1199 pages. Library of America hardcover books
1962Best.-Nr. 85821Shelburne Falls:: Lamson & Goodow. Fine. 1962. Paperback. Foreword by Paul M. Angle. Black and white photographs. A limited paperback printing. Fine in oversize stapled wraps. ; 8 pages . Lamson & Goodow, paperback books
1870Best.-Nr. 603639not signed on a 3/4 length shot of U.S. Grant dressed in a dark suit vest silk bow tie and white shirt. Photograph is on the original stiff bevelled edged photographer's mount with imprint of A. Bogardus 872 Broadway N.Y. 4 1/4" x 6 5/8"; good; circa 1870. Imprint on the back obscured by previous mounting. No Binding. books
1886Best.-Nr. 207698New York: C. L. Webster 1886. VG: Stain on the back cover and on the spine. In a printer's error some pages have some uncut tags hanging proud. A green casebound book with gilt text on the spine. 648 pages; contains several foldout maps. Volume two only! C. L. Webster unknown books
1886Best.-Nr. 207136New York: C. L. Webster 1886. VG: Exlibrary book. Sticker at the base of the spine. Small stains and fading to the covers. Plate on the front pasted end page. Checkout card on the back pasted end page. The yellow foldout on page 496 is torn along its fold but is still legible. A green casebound book with gilt text on the spine. 648 pages; contains several foldout maps. Volume two only! C. L. Webster unknown books
