McClellan's Own Story: The War for the Union by George B. McClellan, First Edition in Original Boards, 1887

McClellan, George B. McClellan’s Own Story: The war for the Union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to it and them. New York: Charles Webster, 1887. First edition. In the publisher's original green cloth boards, with gilt embossed titles and motifs to the front and spine. Illustrated with steel plate engravings and maps. Presented with new archival cloth slipcase with inlay.  Presented is the first edition of George B. McClellan Civil War memoir, McClellan’s Own Story: The War for the Union. The memoir was published posthumously in 1887 by Charles Webster, in New York. It is presented in its original green cloth boards, with gilt embossed titles and Army of the Potomac emblem to the front and gilt titles and gilt and black shoulder-strap motif to the spine. The book comes with a new archival cloth slipcase, with an inlaid image of McClellan on the front.  General George B. McClellan is one of the most controversial figures of the American Civ