memoirs-of-u-s-grant-james-g-blaine-and-theodore-roosevelt
Lot 245
Memoirs of U. S. Grant, James G. Blaine, and Theodore Roosevelt
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
As follows: Grant, Ulysses S. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1885), two volumes, 4to (9-12 in.), gilt green pictorial boards, Vol. II with bookplate and signed by early owner John Craig Powers (area of loss to spine of Vol. I. which is detached from the spine, but remains attached to the top board; page 15 Contents leaf detached but present; Vol. II back hinge intact but somewhat loose; an important set worthy of a few minor repairs); Blaine, James G. Twenty Years of Congress, 1861-1881 (Norwich: The Henry Bill Publishing Company, 1884 and 1886), two volumes, 4to (10 in.), brown cloth with gilt, being the Maine Senator's analysis of the domestic events leading up to and beyond the Civil War. With fold-out map in Vol. I ( some shelf wear; binding intact; very good condition); Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924), 4to (9-1/2 in.), green cloth; the memoirs published by Scribner's Sons in 1925, also with green cloth, but 8vo (8 in.), as follows: African Game Trails Vol. I and II; Through the Brazilian Wilderness; Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter; The Rough Riders; A Book Lovers Holidays in the Open (all Roosevelt books with expected light wear and age).

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