Grant., U. S.; Remlap, L. T. [editor]. General U. S. Grant's Tour Around the World, embracing his Speeches, Receptions, and Description of his Travels, with a Biographical Sketch of his Life. Hartford, Conn.: James Betts & Co., 1879. First Edition. [11823]
Clean green cloth binding decorated in black & gilt, slight edge-wear, 8 3/4 x 6 inches. Bright yellow end papers, wood-engraved portrait of Grant in military uniform as frontispiece; a number of additional wood engraved plates illustrate this handsome volume. Faint offset from something once laid in visible on the title page. 350 clean pp., tight. Very good. Hardcover.
This begins with a biography of Grant through the end of his second term as President of the United States. It then covers his travels through England, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Scotland, Paris, France, Italy, Egypt, Turkey, the Holy Land, northern Europe, Russia, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, India, Siam, China, and Japan. Truly a world-tour.
