(Ulysses S. Grant) The Riverside Souvenir: A Memorial Volume Illustrating the Nation’s Tribute…

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 The Riverside Souvenir is one of the most evocative tributes to an American President. 

From the Introduction:

“On the eighth day of August, 1885, forty thousand men united in a procession to escort to its burial place the body of General Ulysses S. Grant, while a million spectators look on at the solemn and unparalleled obsequies.  New York was thronged as never before.  It was a Nation’s tribute to honor the dead… It was a colossal and memorable demonstration, and it is fitting that the record of its magnitude and special features be preserved in a more enduring form than the columns of the press of the day… Instantaneous photographs were taken from a given point as the several regiments or other important elements of the procession passed into range, and these views have been faithfully transferred to stone for reproduction upon these pages.”

A unique and fascinating book, with copious illustrations that transfer one back to this memorable funeral procession. 

Fine.                            

(GRANT, Ulysses S.) (Page, Samuel D.) The Riverside Souvenir. A Memorial Volume Illustrating the Nation’s Tribute to General U.S. Grant. New York: J.C. Derby, 1886. Oblong folio (11 by 14 inches), binding of silk moiré w/ title label inserted on front board.  First edition thus; w/ 40 folio lithographic plates of the funeral procession of General Grant to his tomb in Riverside Park in New York City.  The “Wm. Boells Lith NY” company is printed on many prints.