Grant Takes Command

Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Circa 1969. Book-of-the-Month Club (BOMC, BCE) Edition (deboss to rear board, BOMC statement to front flap of dust jacket with no price). Printing not specified. Fine- in a Very Good+ Dust Jacket. Appears Unread. The Text Block is clean, soft white, tight, straight and square with pale yellow topstain and no markings of any kind. The Binding is full blue cloth, slightly faded at the top inch of the front board, otherwise uniform throughout, with bright gilt design of army hat and saber to the front board, bright gilt title, etc., to the spine, unmarked blue endpapers, and all corners square and sharp. The pictorial Dust Jacket is sunned at the spine and has some minor discoloration to the rear panel, but is intact with wear to the head and heel of the spine. See the accompanying photos. [iii], 556 pages, including extensive Notes, Bibliography, and Index. 6 3/8" x 9 1/2". Lloyd Lewis's posthumously published Captain Sam Grant (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950.) was the first volume of a contemplated trilogy about Grant. Catton has completed the trilogy with Grant Moves South (which we also have for sale) and this volume, which begins after the successful siege of Vicksburg and covers the Chattanooga campaign, the battle at Missionary Ridge, the Wilderness Campaign in Virginia, Petersburg, and the final chase down of Lee at Appomatox. Maps by Samuel H. Bryant NOTE: This is a heavy book, weighing 982 grams / 34.6 ounces, and will require extra postage for international shipment.…