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Lot 236
[CIVIL WAR] "Shoulder Strap" Series, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan & McClellan
Estimate: $500 - $750
Bid Increments
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| $100 | $25 |
| $300 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
A selection of memoirs published in the Shoulder Strap series by Mark Twain's Charles L. Webster & Company. Titles include:
1. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant. New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1886 & 1896. 2 volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece, facsimiles, plates. Vol. I published in 1892, vol. II in 1886.
2. George B. McClellan. McClellan's Own Story: The War for the Union. 1887.
3. Philip H. Sheridan. Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan. 1888. 2 volumes. Provenance: Hermon Chandler Tower (bookplates to interior front covers).
4. William Tecumseh Sherman. Memoirs of Gen. W.T. Sherman, Written by Himself. 1892. 2 volumes.
Each published in New York by Charles L. Webster & Company. Each in original illustrated green cloth gilt, illustrated with plates.
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[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Books, Bibles, Soldiers' Bibles, Prayer Books, Ephemera, Pamphlets, Publications, Booklets, Memoirs]
Condition
Please note that vol. I of Grant's memoirs was published in 1892, & vol. II in 1886.
Minor wear to the extremities of Sheridan's Personal Memoirs.
McClellan volume with bumped corners, minor wear to extremities, and very minor scuffing.
Minor spotting to Vol. I of Grant's Memoirs.
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