Headley, Grant & Sherman, Great Rebellion 1861-1865, 1866 illustrated
"Grant and Sherman: Their Campaigns and Generals Comprising an Authentic Account of Battles and Sieges, Adventures and Incidents, Including Biographies of the Prominent Generals who Brought to a Triumphant Close the Great Rebellion of 1861-1865" by Hon. J. T. Headley. Published by E.B. Treat & Company, New York, 1866.
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"Patrick H. McConville. Bedford, 1872" is ink written on the first blank page. He is listed as a veteran of the Union Army, Civil War (1861-1865).
Hard boards, original embossed cloth with gilt decorations [shelf and corner wear, gold is partially darkened and faded]; 5.3/4" x 9"; lemon-yellow endpapers, "testimonials" and publisher's adds upfront, steel engraved portrait of U.S. Grant engraved by H.B. Hall, tissue guard; 608 pages including Appendix; Illustrated with steel engraved tissue guard protected portraits by H.B. Hall, wood-cut battle scenes and maps. Some wear, soiling and foxing, a few page corner folds, very good condition.
Joel Tyler Headley (1813-1897) was an American clergyman, historian, author, newspaper editor, adventurer and politician who served as Secretary of State of New York. Headley belonged to the American Party.
Headley first planned to study law, but after graduating from Union College in 1839, he took a course in theology at the Auburn Theological Seminary in Auburn, New York. After being ordained, he preached at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, but soon had to give up his profession due to the strain, going to Europe in 1842. He turned to history writing, producing many works on various subjects. His writings were among the first to call attention to the Adirondack Mountains as a health resort. He later accepted the solicitations of Horace Greeley and became associate editor of the New York Tribune.
Henry Bryan Hall (1808 London-1884 Morrisania, New York), was British, and later American stipple engraver and portrait painter. He was apprenticed to the engravers Benjamin Smith and Henry Meyer. Later he worked for Henry Thomas Ryall who was designated 'Portrait and Historical Engraver to Her Majesty, Queen Victoria'. Hall produced plates for Ryall's Eminent Conservative Statesmen (1837-38) and assisted in the engraving of seventy portraits for Ryall's plate of The Coronation of Queen Victoria after George Hayter (1838-42). Hall also engraved portraits of English Protestant martyrs for C. Birch (1839) and provided plates for John Wilson and Robert Chambers's The Land of Burns (1840), Finden's Gallery of Beauty (1841), John William Carleton's Sporting Sketch-Book (1842), and John Kitto's Gallery of Scripture Engravings (1846-49).
After settling in New York in 1850, he founded the firm of H.B. Hall and Sons, which grew into a flourishing practice, engraving and publishing portraits. He produced images of celebrities from American colonial and revolutionary history for a private club in New York and for Philadelphia collectors. Hall's talents extended to portrait painting, especially in ivory miniatures work. He had painted Napoleon III while still in London, and, after moving to America, painted portraits of the artists Thomas Sully and Charles Loring Elliott.
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World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) ------ $52.50
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"Grant and Sherman: Their Campaigns and Generals Comprising an Authentic Account of Battles and Sieges, Adventures and Incidents, Including Biographies of the Prominent Generals who Brought to a Triumphant Close the Great Rebellion of 1861-1865" by Hon. J. T. Headley. Published by E.B. Treat & Company, New York, 1866.
Provenance:
"Patrick H. McConville. Bedford, 1872" is ink written on the first blank page. He is listed as a veteran of the Union Army, Civil War (1861-1865).
Hard boards, original embossed cloth with gilt decorations [shelf and corner wear, gold is partially darkened and faded]; 5.3/4" x 9"; lemon-yellow endpapers, "testimonials" and publisher's adds upfront, steel engraved portrait of U.S. Grant engraved by H.B. Hall, tissue guard; 608 pages including Appendix; Illustrated with steel engraved tissue guard protected portraits by H.B. Hall, wood-cut battle scenes and maps. Some wear, soiling and foxing, a few page corner folds, very good condition.
Joel Tyler Headley (1813-1897) was an American clergyman, historian, author, newspaper editor, adventurer and politician who served as Secretary of State of New York. Headley belonged to the American Party.
Headley first planned to study law, but after graduating from Union College in 1839, he took a course in theology at the Auburn Theological Seminary in Auburn, New York. After being ordained, he preached at Stockbridge, Massachusetts, but soon had to give up his profession due to the strain, going to Europe in 1842. He turned to history writing, producing many works on various subjects. His writings were among the first to call attention to the Adirondack Mountains as a health resort. He later accepted the solicitations of Horace Greeley and became associate editor of the New York Tribune.
Henry Bryan Hall (1808 London-1884 Morrisania, New York), was British, and later American stipple engraver and portrait painter. He was apprenticed to the engravers Benjamin Smith and Henry Meyer. Later he worked for Henry Thomas Ryall who was designated 'Portrait and Historical Engraver to Her Majesty, Queen Victoria'. Hall produced plates for Ryall's Eminent Conservative Statesmen (1837-38) and assisted in the engraving of seventy portraits for Ryall's plate of The Coronation of Queen Victoria after George Hayter (1838-42). Hall also engraved portraits of English Protestant martyrs for C. Birch (1839) and provided plates for John Wilson and Robert Chambers's The Land of Burns (1840), Finden's Gallery of Beauty (1841), John William Carleton's Sporting Sketch-Book (1842), and John Kitto's Gallery of Scripture Engravings (1846-49).
After settling in New York in 1850, he founded the firm of H.B. Hall and Sons, which grew into a flourishing practice, engraving and publishing portraits. He produced images of celebrities from American colonial and revolutionary history for a private club in New York and for Philadelphia collectors. Hall's talents extended to portrait painting, especially in ivory miniatures work. He had painted Napoleon III while still in London, and, after moving to America, painted portraits of the artists Thomas Sully and Charles Loring Elliott.
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US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ------------ $18.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-6 weeks) ----- $39.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) ------ $52.50
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