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[CIVIL WAR]. BADEAU, Adam. Military History of U. S. Grant. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1881. Inscribed and signed, "To Right Hon. Earl Lytton, U.S. Grant, New York City, Jany. 16, 1882," AND WITH AUTOGRAPH PRESENTATION LETTER SIGNED ("U.S. Grant"), to Lytton, 16 January 1882, tipped in to front flyleaf.
3vols, large 8o, brown cloth, with fold out maps and maps in pockets on rear pastedowns in each volume, spine stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers with edges gilt, t.e.g., in a cloth box.
First edition of the complete, three-volume set. The first volume, taking Grant's career up to 1863, appeared in 1868. The final two volumes appeared in 1881. Badeau served with Grant from 1863 through the close of the war, and continued on the General's staff until 1869 and Grant's Inauguration as President. Grant closely supervised the work, gave Badeau access to confidential papers, and urged fellow generals to do likewise. What should have been a happy collaboration turned to bitter recrimination when Grant published his own memoirs and demanded $10,000 for "damages" inflicted on his own work by Grant's memoirs. The disgruntled assistant went so far as to sue the General's estate to get his money, which the family eventually agreed to pay, plus interest, in 1888.
3vols, large 8o, brown cloth, with fold out maps and maps in pockets on rear pastedowns in each volume, spine stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers with edges gilt, t.e.g., in a cloth box.
First edition of the complete, three-volume set. The first volume, taking Grant's career up to 1863, appeared in 1868. The final two volumes appeared in 1881. Badeau served with Grant from 1863 through the close of the war, and continued on the General's staff until 1869 and Grant's Inauguration as President. Grant closely supervised the work, gave Badeau access to confidential papers, and urged fellow generals to do likewise. What should have been a happy collaboration turned to bitter recrimination when Grant published his own memoirs and demanded $10,000 for "damages" inflicted on his own work by Grant's memoirs. The disgruntled assistant went so far as to sue the General's estate to get his money, which the family eventually agreed to pay, plus interest, in 1888.