The British at the Gates: The New Orleans Campaign in the War of 1812
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1974. 379, illus., endppr maps, notes & refs, biblio, index, some wear to top & bottom edges of DJ, hole in DJ flap repaired w/ tape. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1974. 379, illus., endppr maps, notes & refs, biblio, index, some wear to top & bottom edges of DJ, hole in DJ flap repaired w/ tape. More
New York: Basic Books (A Member of the Perseus Books Group), 2007. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xx, 364 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Minor DJ staining at inside bottom edge. Edward John Renehan Jr. (born c 1956) is an American publisher, consultant, writer, and former professional musician. By 20, he was playing and recording with folksingers Pete Seeger and Don McLean, among others. He worked for several New York publishing companies, focusing on the developing domain of digital publishing, including e-publishing and print-on-demand (POD) technologies. His tenure included 7 years as Director of Computer Publishing Programs for MBCI/Macmillan, now a part of Bookspan. From 1994, he worked as an independent consultant and author, including writing books on the Kennedys, Jay Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt and John Burroughs, as well as best-selling books about computers and computing. During this period he wrote books published by Doubleday, Crown, Oxford University Press, Basic Books, McGraw Hill, Simon & Schuster, Chelsea House, and other firms. More
Baltimore, Maryland: Maryland Historical Society, 2002. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. x, 404 pages. Oversized volume, measuring 9-1/4 by 12 inches. Color illustrations. Contains Bibliography and general index, as well as an index of prints. The author was the former curator of Prints at the Maryland Historical Society. The author then became Chief Curator at Adirondack Museum, Saranac Lake, New York. A stunning visual accompaniment to the history of the state with 330 full color reproductions from the glory days of Maryland printmaking, with accompanying essays. More
Stonington, ME: Peg Mitten Press, 1998. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. 104 p. Map. Illustrations. Genealogy. Notes. Bibliography. Index. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1944. First Edition. 24 cm, 302, bibliography, boards somewhat worn and soiled, some edge soiling. Introduction by Captain Dudley W. Knox. More
New York: The Review of Reviews Company, 1914. Statesman Edition. Hardcover. Frontis, [6], 299, [1] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Cover has slight wear and soiling. This second volume of this classic study covers operations on the ocean in 1814, operations on the Great Lakes in 1814, operations in 1815, and the Battle of New Orleans. The Battle of New Orleans was a series of engagements fought between December 14, 1814 and January 18, 1815, constituting the last major battle of the War of 1812. American combatants, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, prevented a much larger British force, commanded by Admiral Alexander Cochrane and General Edward Pakenham, from seizing New Orleans and the territory of the Louisiana Purchase. The Treaty of Ghent had been signed on December 24, 1814, and hostilities continued without the involved parties knowing about the Treaty, until January 18 by which time all of the British forces had retreated, putting an end to the Battle of New Orleans. More
New York: Scribner, 1956. 32 cm, approx. 925, illus., maps, some wear and soiling to boards, ink notation on half-title. More
Harrisburg, PA: PA Historical & Museum Comm, 1987. Fourth Printing. 72, wraps, notes, bibliography, bookplate inside front flyleaf, minor cover soil and wear. More
Hartford, CT: B. & J. Russell, 1815. First Edition. 472, appendix, pgs darkened, slight foxing, leather binding scuffed and worn along edges, Howes R535. More
Gunter Air Force Sta, AL: Air Force Logistics Mgmt Cen, [1996]. 28 cm, 208, wraps, v.1 only, illus., maps, some wear and soiling to covers, bookplate. More
Washington, DC: The Library of Congress, 1981. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. xvii, 174 p. Illustrations. Chronology. Maps. More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987. Book of the Month Club Edition. Hardcover. xi, [1], 287, [5] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Madison Chronology. Index. BOMC bookmark laid in. DJ has some wear and an edge tear. Robert Allen Rutland, American educator, historian. Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. After serving in the Pacific Theater with the U.S. Army during World War II, he received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Oklahoma in 1947. He earned a master's degree in history from Cornell University in 1950 and a Ph.D. in history from Vanderbilt University in 1953. He was a member of the Organization American Historians, American Antiquarian Society, Phi Beta Kappa, and Kappa Sigma. He was a Reporter U.P., 1947-1948. Research associate History Society Iowa, 1952-1954. Member faculty University California-Los Angeles, 1954-1960, 61-69. He was coordinator bicentennial programs Library of Congress, 1969-1971. Professor University Virginia, 1971-1987. Research professor University Tulsa, 1987-1990. He was a Fulbright lecturer Innsbruck (Austria) University, 1960-1961. Visiting professor University East Anglia, England, 1980, University Tulsa, 1986. More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1988. Reprint Edition. 174, illus. (some in color), chronology, selected readings, DJ worn, soiled, chips, and edge tears, small piece missing top front DJ. More
New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing, 1968. Reprint Edition. 384 & 473, 2 vols., index, gift inscription, DJ somewhat scuffed and slightly foxed: small tears to DJ edges. More
Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1893. 383 & 424, 2 vols., index, boards and spine scuffed and stained, ink name and address inside front flyleaves, small stains to a few pages. More
Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1979. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. vii, [1], 420, [4] pages. Includes Introduction and Index. Also includes chapters on Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Ohio, Kentucky, East Tennessee, West Tennessee, Illinois; Missouri; West Indies; Indulgences; and Index. This material is not only of value for genealogical research. It is clearly of importance for economic and social history. For example, the great number of weavers, spinners, carders, and makers of cotton machines throw light on the rapid growth of the cloth industry, notably in Rhode Island, New Jersey, and sections of New York. Many British subjects were engaged in the gunpowder business, in Delaware particularly. Almost all crafts and employments are represented: some of the aliens were artists, engravers, printers, silver-smiths, gunsmiths, cabinetmkers, schoolmasters, and ministers of the Gospel, to mention only a few occupations. After passage of an Act of July 6, 1812 required all British subjects were to report to the marshal of the state or territory of their residence "the persons composing their families, the places of their residence and their occupations or pursuits; and whether, and at what time, they have made the application to the courts required by law, as preparatory to their naturalization." The returns had been deposited in the National Archives. Some returns supplied additional data, such as country of origin. More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1927. 648, fold-out color map, footnotes, bibliography, chronological table, appendix, index, some wear to board and spine edges. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, c1989. Second Printing. 24 cm, 495, illus., bibliography, index, paperclip mark on several pages, pencil erasure on front endpaper, slight wear and soiling to DJ. More
Baltimore, MD: The Pride of Baltimore, Inc., 2001. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 27, [1] pages, including covers. Format is 8.75 inches by 6 inches. Illustrations and typography have some color. Chasseur was a Baltimore Clipper commanded by Captain Thomas Boyle, an American privateer during the War of 1812. She sailed from Fells Point in Baltimore. On his first voyage as master of Chasseur in 1814, Boyle sailed directly to the British Isles, where he harassed the British merchant fleet. Boyle sent a notice to King George III by way of a captured merchant vessel that he had released for the purpose. The notice, he commanded, was to be posted on the door of Lloyd's of London. In it he declared that the entire British Isles were under naval blockade by Chasseur alone. This affront sent the shipping community into panic and caused the Admiralty to call vessels home from the American war to guard merchant ships which had to sail in convoys. Chasseur captured or sank 17 vessels before returning home. On February 26, 1815, just off Havana, Chasseur took HMS St Lawrence. Chasseur carried 14 guns and 102 men, while St Lawrence carried 13 guns and 76 men. The intense action lasted only about 15 minutes, during which St Lawrence suffered six men killed and 17 wounded, several of them mortally. (According to American accounts, the English had 15 killed and 25 wounded.) Chasseur had five killed and eight wounded, including her captain. Captain Boyle, of Chasseur, made a cartel of St Lawrence and sent her and her crew into Havana as his prize. On Chasseur's return to Baltimore the Niles' Register called the ship the "Pride of Baltimore" More
Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1941. Wraps. 1-112 p. Footnotes. Indeex of Names. More
Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1941. Wraps. 112 p. Includes illustrations. Occasional footnotes. More
Old Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda: Bermuda Maritime Museum Press, 2009. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 152 pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations (some in color). Appendices. Photo sources. DJ has slight wear, soiling, and sticker residue. The book has become a Bermuda best-seller. The Library of Congress believes that it is the first complete historical summary of US-Bermuda relations written from an American perspective ever published. The book also provided the images and materials for the “400 Years of Friendship Walls” that had erected at the American Consulate and the U.S. Preclearance facility at the airport. The “Friendship Walls” convey America and Bermuda’s long-lasting and mutually beneficial friendship for the hundreds of thousands of visitors that pass through the airport and the Consulate each year. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1980. First Printing. 870, v.3 only, endpaper maps, bibliographic note, index, DJ in plastic sleeve, DJ flaps pasted down inside boards. More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1946. Revised Edition. Third Printing. 404, illus., map, footnotes, notes on methods, index, plate after p. 168 loose, boards & spine somewhat stained, board corners worn. More
Washington, DC: Combat Forces Press, 1951. Quarto, 338, v.1 only, footnotes, appendices, index, rear board weak, small stains to fore-edge, bds scuffed & worn, small tear at spine. More