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Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan 1st Ed. 1888

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 500.00 USD
Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan 1st Ed. 1888
Due to COVID-19 the sale will be conducted Online Only with no in-person bidding available. The sale is scheduled to start one hour earlier at 9am Mountain Time.
In this lot we have a rare first edition two volume set of The Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan, a 19th Century United States General. Front inscribe like, or autograph, portrait engraving. The book was published by Charles L. Webster & Company New York 1888 and press of Jenkins & McCowan. The set are both first edition 1888 dated and printed books and includes the complete set with both Volume I & Volume II. The books have a vast wealth of information on the Civil War and in specific Sheridan’s Insights on the subject. Each volume contains different rare steel engraved portraits of Sheridan as front pieces and portraits of other figures such as Generals Gregg, Torbert, Merritt, James Wilson, Emory, Horatio Wright, and George A. Custer, with 25 maps of Civil War campaigns, and 1 of the Indian Campaign of 1868-69. The books are in very good condition with little to no wear. Each book is 6.5”x9.25” and 1 5/8” thick.