Panhandler....how can Grant signed his own memoirs when he died before it was published. He barely finished the book before he died. He didn't exactly go on a book signing tour afterward. Any signature in that book is just a facsimile....and if you got the first edition....you should have two books since the first edition was published in two volumes. I was reminded of memoirs of George B. McClellan that an used bookstore carried long ago (not Title Wave) and I told the desk clerk that the autographed signature of George B. McClellan cannot be real since he died before that book was published. She didn't believed me since that mean she would have to knock down the price....a lot!!