Book-Plate Label, generally affixed to the front pastedown, identifying a book’s owner.

Of particular value to collectors as evidence of a very early form of the book. “Original boards” refers to cardboard-like front and back boards, from about 1700 to 1840, used as temporary protection for books before their purchasers would have them bound.

Boards Hard front and rear covers of a bound book which are covered in cloth, leather or paper.

Association Copy copy that belonged to someone connected with the author or the contents of a book.

Armorial Used to describe a binding bearing the coat of arms of the original owner, or with bookplates incorporating the owner’s arms.

Although the name contains the word “tint”, this is a black-and-white printing process aquatint plates can often be hand colored, however. By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes.

Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.

Tape repair to facsimile in Volume II original sheep binding unusually fresh and tight with only minor spotting. ' Grant's memoirs comprise one of the most valuable writings by a military commander in history' (Eicher 492). A truly remarkable work' ( New York Times). 'No Union list of personal narratives could possibly begin without the story of the victorious general. 'It seemed to Twain, sitting quietly near him in his bedroom at Sixtieth Street, that Grant had fully regained the stature of a hero' (Kaplan, 273).

Struggling to dictate his notes to a stenographer, Grant finished his memoirs shortly before his death in the summer of 1885. Mark Twain agreed to serve as the publisher. $3000.įirst edition of the memoirs of one of the most recognized figures in American military history, illustrated with portrait frontispieces, numerous steel engravings, facsimiles and 43 maps, a handsome copy in deluxe publisher's full sheep.Īfter an ineffectual term as president, ruined by bankruptcy and dying of throat cancer, Grant agreed to publish his memoirs to provide a measure of economic security for his family. Octavo, publisher's full tan sheep, raised bands, red and navy morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers and edges.

“ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE WRITINGS BY A MILITARY COMMANDER IN HISTORY'

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