Author: HEADLEY, REV. P. C.
Title: The Hero Boy; Or, the Life and Deeds of Lieut. -Gen. Grant
Description: New York: William H. Appleton, 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Fay & Cox. This is an Original 1864 edition, not a reprint. Brown cloth cover with gilt lettering and design of General Grant on horse in gold on spine. Cover also has raised relief design. Cover worn and has 1/4 inch freying to top and bottom of spine with a small scuff at top of spine. Age foxing to interior otherwise clean and tight with strong hinges and no underlining or writing. Frontispiece has illustration of Grants Birthplace, page before title page has Portraits of Heros (Porter, Mitchell, Ericsson, Foote), Several other illustrations throughout by Fay & Cox of New York (as verified graphicarts.princeton.edu/2021/02/20/gaston-or-augustus-fay/). Dedication is to Gen. Grant's father Jesse R Grant. Definitions of military words in back. Scarce. Our photo's/scans are of the actual item being sold, not a borrowed image! We provide free delivery tracking and ship daily or next business day!; The Young American's Library of Modern Heroes; Engravings and maps; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 340 pages; If this does not sell keep in family as it was printed in 1864 before the end of the Civil War which ended in April 1865 when General Grant the subject of this book accepted the surrender of of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Courthouse.. Good with no dust jacket .

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