Product code: RARE 1867 GEORGE sold WASHINGTON BIOGRAPHY WITH HAND COLORED PRINTS 1ST PRESIDENT USA
From 1867, soon after the end of the Civil War, this is a great copy of The Illustrated Life of [George] Washington. By the Hon. J.T. Headley, as published by Gurdon Bill & Company, Springfield, Mass. Sized 9x6 inches, handsomely bound in red decorated cloth. With 528 pages. A highlight is the numerous hand colored prints (see our examples). Marbled page block. An owner name, Francis McHale, Jr. We wonder what Civil War era readers made of this story sold of our First President and the Revolutionary War. It must have reminded Union supporters what they were fighting for.
From 1867, soon after the end of the Civil War, this is a great copy of The Illustrated Life of [George] Washington. By the Hon. J.T. Headley, as published by Gurdon Bill & Company, Springfield, Mass. Sized 9x6 inches, handsomely bound in red decorated cloth. With 528 pages. A highlight is the numerous hand colored prints (see our examples). Marbled page block. An owner name, Francis McHale, Jr. We wonder what Civil War era readers made of this story sold of our First President and the Revolutionary War. It must have reminded Union supporters what they were fighting for.