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Union 1812
by A J Langguth
A narrative of the War of 1812 links its events to the War of Independence and American beliefs about Manifest Destiny, in an account that documents key battles while evaluating the contributions of such figures as Thomas Jefferson, Dolley Madison, and Davy Crockett.
The Battle Of New Orleans
by Robert V Remini
The Battle of New Orleans was the climactic battle of America's "forgotten war" of 1812. Andrew Jackson led his ragtag corps of soldiers against 8,000 disciplined invading British regulars in a battle that delivered the British a humiliating military defeat. The victory solidified America's independence and marked the beginning of Jackson's rise to national prominence. Hailed as "terrifically readable" by the Chicago Sun Times, The Battle of New Orleans is popular American history at its best, bringing...
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Report of the Committee Appointed on the Twenty-Third of September Last To Inquire Into The Causes and Particulars of the Invasion of the City of Washington by the British Forces in The Month of August, 1814. November 29, 1814. Read, and committed to a committee of the whole house on Monday, the19th of December next.
Washington: A. and G. Way, 1814. hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 370 pages, two folding plates. Bound into blue-green paper covered boards with leather spine. This report was the result of a resolution in the House of Representatives on the 23rd of September, 1814: "Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the caues of the success of the enemy in his recent enterprises against this metropolis, and the neighboring town of Alexandria; and into the manner in which public buildings and property...
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£485.58
THE WAR OF 1812: A Guide to Battlefields and Historic Sites
by John Grant and Ray Jones
Buffalo, NY: Western New York Public Broadcasting Association, 2011. Paperback. 192 pgs. A softcover book in fine condition. Filled with many color images.
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£14.57
SHIPS OF OAK, GUNS OF IRON: The War of 1812 and the Forging of the American Navy
by Ronald D. Utt
Washington DC: Regnery History, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. As New. 572p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket, as new.
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£16.19
Union 1812 The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence
by Langguth, A. J
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover with color illustrated dust jacket. x, [2], 482 pages. Illustrations and maps included.
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£12.14
Congress Declares War
by Ronald L. Hatzenbuehier & Robert L. Ivie
INSCRIBED "To Scott - SIGNED Robert Ivie. Tables and Figures. A Very Good hardcover book in a Good- dust jacket with short edge tears and interior stain about the mid spine area.
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£8.09
Centenary of War 1812-15: Naval Combat of Enterprise and Boxer September 5, 1813
by THAYER, Reverend Henry O
nd. Pamphlet. Good. Reprint from Sprague's Journal of Maine History, Vol. II, No. 2, 1914. [13 p.]. 24 cm. Stapled pamphlet. Yellow paper covers. Some soiling and tears at spine ends. Page numbers added in red ink.
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£32.37
ESSAY ON THE INFLUENCE OF THE WAR OF 1812 in the Consolidation of the Union (Class of '82)
by Lawson, W. T
New York: Columbia College, 1882. first edition. hardcover. Very good. Original pamphlet bound into decorated boards, 21 pages. Senior Class Essay 1882. 092717A
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£28.33
The Weekly Register, January 15, 1814
by Various
Weekly Register, 1814. soft. Good. Original Edition Printing Location: Baltimore Date and Numbering: January 15 1814, Vol. V, No. 20 Size and Page Count: 6.25"" X 9.5"" Tall, app. 12 pages Condition: Good, moderate foxing, text is fading, disbound issue -------An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher, or historian------ Contains: Hezekiah Niles, (October 10, 1777 – April 2, 1839) was an American editor and publisher of the Baltimore-based national weekly news magazine, Niles' Weekly...
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Historical Sketch of the Second War Between the United States of America, and Great Britain, Declared by Act of Congress, the 18th of June, 1812, and Concluded by Peace, the 15th of February, 1815. Embracing the Events of 1814
by INGERSOLL, Charles J
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1849. Hardcover. ex library-fair. viii, [1], 18-317, [4], 2-8, [32] p. 25 cm. Brown cloth with blank impressing. Ex library with labels on lower spine and front endpapers, ink stamps on text block edges and title page verso. Lower spine chipped, unprofessional attempt at repair with tape, hinges cracked, hole in front hinge, worn corners and edges. Foxing and dampstains.
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£24.28
The Weekly Register, December 25, 1813
by Hezekiah Niles, Various
1813. soft. Original Edition Printing Location: Baltimore Date and Numbering: December 25 1813, Vol. V, No. 17 Size and Page Count: 6.25"" X 9.5"" Tall, app. 12 pages Condition: Good, mild foxing, text is fading, disbound issue -------An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher, or historian------ Battle of Lake Erie OhioCreek NationsThe Embargo LawOfficial Dispatch from the Camp on MississinewaHezekiah Niles, (October 10, 1777 – April 2, 1839) was an American editor and publisher of the...
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£17.80
The Weekly Register, November 13, 1813
by Hezekiah Niles, Various
Weekly Register, 1813. soft. Good. Original Edition Printing Location: Baltimore Date and Numbering: November 13 1813, Vol. V, No. 11 Size and Page Count: 6.25"" X 9.5"" Tall, app. 12 pages Condition: Good, mild foxing, text is fading, disbound issue -------An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher, or historian------
In this issue: Legislature of New HampshireLegislature of Rhode-IslandLegislature of New JerseyLaws of New JerseyLegislature of VermontAustrian ManifestoEvents of the... Read more about this item
In this issue: Legislature of New HampshireLegislature of Rhode-IslandLegislature of New JerseyLaws of New JerseyLegislature of VermontAustrian ManifestoEvents of the... Read more about this item
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The Weekly Register, February 19, 1814, Events of the War of 1812
by Various
1814. soft. Good. Original Edition Printing Location: Baltimore Date and Numbering: February 19 1814, Vol. V, No. 25 Size and Page Count: 6.25"" X 9.5"" Tall, app. 12 pages Condition: Good, moderate foxing, text is fading, disbound issue -------An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher, or historian------ Contains: Hezekiah Niles, (October 10, 1777 – April 2, 1839) was an American editor and publisher of the Baltimore-based national weekly news magazine, Niles' Weekly Register (aka...
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£16.19
Native Memoirs from the War of 1812: Black Hawk and William Apess
by Carl Benn
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. Paperback. New. New softcover in matte printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes author's notes, bibliography, index, maps, photos, and illustrations. 224 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Rare firsthand accounts from Native Americans who fought in the War of 1812. Native peoples played major roles in the War of 1812 as allies of both the United States and Great Britain, but few wrote about their conflict...
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£7.24
The Documentary History of the Campaign on the Niagara Frontier, 1812. Volume 1.
by CRUIKSHANK, Ernest (ed.)
Arno Press & The New York Times, 1971. Hardcover. Near fine. The First American Frontier. 306, xix, 344, xxii, [5] p. 24 cm. 1 map. Brown cloth. Faint discolouration to top front.
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£24.28
Recollections of the American War 1812-14
by DUNLOP, Dr. William
Toronto: Historical Publishing Co, 1906. Edition of 1000 copies. Hardcover. Very good. U.S. Series No. 3. viii, 112 p. 18 cm. B&w frontispiece illustration of the author. Brown cloth hardcover with gold print. Some foxing and thumbing. Ink signature on front free endpaper. William "Tiger" Dunlop was a surgeon, army officer, Canada Company official, and politician, noted for his contributions to Canada in the War of 1812 and his role in populating a large part of Southern Ontario known as the Huron...
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£202.33
The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814 (Bluejacket Paperback)
by Pitch, Anthony S
Naval Institute Press, 2000. TPB. G+. 6x0x8. GOOD-PLUS TRADE-PAPERBACK. **SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR** LIGHT CREASE TO FRONT COVER NEAR OUTER TOP CORNER
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£4.72
A Journal Containing an Accurate and Interesting Account of the Hardships, Suffering, Battles, Defeat and Captivity of those Heroic Kentucky Volunteers and Regulars, Commanded by General Winchester, in the Years 1812-13
by Elias Darnall
1970 hardcover as pictured. This is a reprint of the 1813 original edition titled as above. The spine title of this printing is A Journal Of Famous Kentuckians In The War Of 1812. The half title page reads An Imprint Selected For Reproduction by Oscar Rucker II. The book is listed as #s 2359 and 3543 in Coleman's "Bibliography of Kentucky History". Binding is firm. Maroon boards with gold stamping on spine show minimal wear. Endpapers and text appear clean and unmarked. Edge of textblock is lightly...
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£37.23
Citizens in Arms
by Lawrence Delbert Cress
Hardcover book 1982 edition by The University of North Carolina Press. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 238pp. Some light foxing to the end-papers and more moderate foxing to the edges, else, a clean, unmarked, and tightly bound book in Very Good+ condition with a Very Good+ dust jacket with tiny tears at the head of the somewhat faded spine. Nice copy of this older book.
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£28.33
The Republic in Peril: 1812
by Roger H. Brown
Paperback / softback. New. In a major new interpretation of the origins of the War of 1812, Roger H. Brown argues in this book that the United States declared war on Great Britain in order to save the "republican experiment."
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£20.08
Encyclopedia of the War of 1812
by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler, editors
First edition 1997 published by ABC-CLIO, Inc., Santa Barbara, California. Illustrated. Fine hardcover book with Near Fine dust jacket. "An enthralling, invaluable reference resource for high school and college students, scholars, and history buffs."
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£20.23
Sir Isaac Brock; The Count de Puisaye
by CARNOCHAN, Janet
Niagara Historical Society , 1979. Reprint. Card covers. Near fine. Originally printed 1913, reprinted in 1979 by Niagara Regional Library System. Niagara Historical Society No. 15. 43 p. 22 cm. 5 b&w illustrations. Tan card covers. Signature at top of front cover.
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£16.19
“John Bull and the Baltimoreans” Lampooning British Defeat at Fort McHenry in Baltimore Following their Earlier Success at Alexandria
by [WAR OF 1812]. WILLIAM CHARLES
"Mercy! mercy on me. What fellows those Baltimoreans are. After the example of the Alexandrians I thought I had nothing to do but enter the Town and carry off the Booty. And here is nothing but Defeat and Disgrace!!"
A masterpiece of design and composition. [WAR OF 1812]. WILLIAM CHARLES.
Print. John Bull and the Baltimoreans. Satirical engraved aquatint cartoon. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [October, 1814]. 1 p., 12½ x 9 in.Per Wikipedia's extensive entry on these prints, "Charles, despite being... Read more about this item
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£2,751.62
