War of 1812
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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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The Naval War Of 1812 or The History Of the United States Navy During the Last War With Great Britain
by Theodore Roosevelt
War of 1812 Books & Ephemera
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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A$27.75
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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A$30.84
A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, AS SECRETARY OF THE NORTH WESTERN TERRITORY, GOVERNOR OF THE INDIANA TERRITORY, AND COMMANDER OF THE ARMY OF THE NORTH WEST, REPRESENTATIVE, AND SENATOR IN CONGRESS, AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY TO COLUMBIA, WITH A SUCCINCT ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLES OF TIPPECANOE AND THE THAMES. COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
by [Harrison, William Henry]
New York: Published by T. & C. Wood, Stationers, 1835. 31, [1] pp. Disbound without wrappers, scattered light foxing. Good+. "Based in part on the sketch of Harrison which appeared in the Port Folio, 1814" [Miles]. A campaign biography for Harrison's first run against Van Buren and the Jacksonians, dedicated "to the officers and soldiers of the last war..." Miles 60. Sabin 30574.
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A$424.00
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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A JOURNAL CONTAINING AN ACCURATE AND INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF THE HARDSHIPS, SUFFERINGS, BATTLES, DEFEAT, AND CAPTIVITY OF THOSE HEROIC KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS AND REGULARS COMMANDED BY GENERAL WINCHESTER, IN THE YEARS 1812-13. ALSO, TWO NARRATIVES BY MEN THAT WERE WOUNDED IN THE BATTLES ON THE RIVER RAISIN, AND TAKEN CAPTIVE BY THE INDIANS
by Darnell, Elias
Philadelphia, 1854. 16mo. 98, [1], [1 blank], [8 publ. advts.] pp. Bound in modern leatherette, spine title label. Minor scattered foxing. Very Good. This edition is the only printing cited by Field, Sabin, and Ayer. Howes says the first two printings-- 1813 and 1814-- are virtually unobtainable; Streeter's Sale offered the 1834 Philadelphia. The narratives are by Timothy Mallary and John Davenport, who were captured at the Battle of Raisin. The last text page is a poem entitled, 'The Battle of...
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A$385.45
THE REPUBLICAN CRISIS: OR, AN EXPOSITION OF THE POLITICAL JESUITISM OF JAMES MADISON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. BY AN OBSERVANT CITIZEN OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
by [Madison, James]
Alexandria: Printed for the Author, 1812. 56pp, but without the half title. Disbound. Untrimmed. Else Very Good. Supporting De Witt Clinton for President, the author attacks "the crooked and weak policy of Mr. Madison's administration" for abandoning Jeffersonian principles, and assails the incumbent's "weak and jealous disposition." Madison's "political turpitude and depravity" are set forth in detail. He "was never a sincere friend to the republican cause." Indeed, he was "a bosom friend of the late...
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A$770.90
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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A$46.25
The Volunteer Soldier of America, 1887, First Edition
by Logan, John A
The Volunteer Soldier of America. By John A Logan. with Memoir of the Author and Military Reminiscences from General Logan's Private Journal. Chicago and New York: R S Peale & Company, Publishers, 1887. Condition: NOT a library book. Excellent condition, especially for its age. Impressed cover with gilt. Clean interior. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision! *Please Note: This item will be shipped to your address of record AND will require a verified...
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A$351.14
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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A$46.25
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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A$13.80
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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A$23.13
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, 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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A$33.92
A SIGNAL VICTORY The Lake Erie Campaign, 1812-1813
by Skaggs, David Curtis & Gerard T. Altoff
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1997. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good+; with a Very Good+ dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 9.10 X 5.90 X 0.90 inches; 244 pages.
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A$53.96
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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A$38.54
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The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814 [Signed and Inscribed By Author]
by Pitch, Anthony S
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2000. 2nd printing; 298 clean, unmarked pages. Signed and Inscribed By Author. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by B/W Illus/map. 8 vo.
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A$23.13
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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A$15.42
WAR FOR THE WEST 1790-1813
by Harrison Bird
New York: Oxford University Press, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 278p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a near-fine dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is lightly sunned and barely shelf-worn; essentially intact. Account of Indian campaigns in the West during the War of 1812.
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A$46.25
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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A$53.96
A MEMOIR OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, OF OHIO
by Hall, James
Philadelphia: Edward C. Biddle, 1836. Welch's engraving of Peale's portrait of Harrison is the frontis. 323pp, with scattered foxing, front board loose. Good+. Miles also notes a Philadelphia printing this year by Key & Biddle. American Imprints does not record this printing, listing only Key & Biddle's. The Memoir treats Harrison's service to the Nation as Secretary of the Northwest Territory, Governor of Indiana, at the Battle of Tippecanoe, and in the War of 1812. Miles 61. Howes H75. BAL 6940....
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A$269.82
Union 1812: The Americans Who Fought the Second War of Independence
by Langguth, A.J
Simon & Schuster, 2006. 1st. Hardcover. A NEW bright copy in a NEW vivid pristine dj!!!.
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A$15.42
THE TIPPECANOE TEXT-BOOK, COMPILED FROM NILES' REGISTER AND OTHER AUTHENTIC RECORDS. AND RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE YOUNG MEN OF THE UNITED STATES
by Niles, William Ogden
[Philadelphia: Stereotyped by L. Johnson: Published by Duff Green, Editor of the "Pilot," and Cushing & Brother, Baltimore; Hogan & Thompson and T.K. & P.G. Collins, Philadelphia, 1840. 95, [1 blank] pp, plus elaborately engraved illustrated title page and four full-page illustrations. Light to moderate spotting, Good+ in a later slipcase. A scarce campaign biography by the admiring editor of Niles' Register. William Henry Harrison is "a pure patriot, whose well-earned fame has been shamelessly...
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A$539.63
PERILOUS FIGHT: America's Intrepid War with Britain on the High Seas, 1812-1815
by Stephen Budiansky
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 422p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Clean and tight, with some mild corner wear.
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A$23.13
The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814 (Bluejacket Books)
by Pitch, Anthony S
Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institue Press, 2000. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x0x8. First printing. Top page ridge lightly foxed. 2000 Trade Paperback. xv, 298 pp. With all the immediacy of an eyewitness account, Anthony Pitch recounts the dramatic story of the British invasion of Washington, D.C. in the summer of 1814. The British torched the Capitol, the White House, and other buildings, setting off an inferno that illuminated the countryside for miles around and sent President James...
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A$10.79
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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