1812 first series containing full von richardson (2 Ergebnisse)

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8vo. pp. 3 p.l., 2, 182, [1 leaf]. complete with final advert leaf. modern half chagrin, top edge gilt (trifle rubbed, hint of foxing). Presentation Copy: inscribed to 'Captain Chalmers With best Regards from The Author'. First Edition. An important work for the history of the War of 1812 from a Canadian viewpoint, especially the siege of Detroit and the war in the northwest. Richardson, a participant in many of the events described, enlisted when he was only fifteen; he fought in the campaigns of 1812-13 and was captured by the Americans and imprisoned in Kentucky. He wrote this history to counteract the biased accounts of American historians. It was originally intended to be the first of a series later volumes were to record the operations of the Centre and Left Divisions but Richardson was forced to abandon his plan due to lack of public support and almost negligible sales. According to Morley, A Bibliographic Study of Major John Richardson, this is a variant, and probably later, state of the first edition, containing an extra leaf bearing a copyright note on the recto. It is tipped-in after the title and before the dedication. The presence of this leaf is especially interesting, because according to Casselman and Morley, this was only the third book to be copyrighted in the province of Canada. Gagnon I 3018. Howes R-258. Lande 755. Morgan p. 319. Morley 75. Sabin 71045. Story p. 710. TPL 1006. Watters p. 567.