sketch events preceded capture washington (17 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Zustand: New. In.

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First edition. iv, 66 pp. Illus. with 1 folding b/w map. 8vo. "This is the earliest carefully prepared monograph upon the battle of Bladensburg and the subsequent capture of Washington, August 19--25, 1814. This event led to the resignation of General Armstrong as Secretary of War and the appointment of a committee to investigate the causes and circumstances of this disaster. In the Sketch here described General Armstrong is blamed and General Winder exonerated. The work has an extensive appendix, in which are given documentary proofs," Cole: Library of E.D. Church, p. 2553. Map titled "Sketch of the March of the British Army under Genl. Ross. From the 19th to the 29th of August, 1814." Provenance; C.F. Libbie to R.I. Historical Society 1905. Sabin 34772. Howes I 48. Church 1358. A good solid copy, boards rubbed and spotted, map creased at folds with one small separation at intersection, institutional bookplate on front pastedown, blind stamp on title, foxed endpapers, faint dampstain along top edge on preliminaries, owner's name on title. Original quarter cloth over paper covered boards.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to T. [Thomas] Rockhill Ingraham, Oct. 25th, 1851 to head of Preface. Quarter brown cloth, brown paper boards. iv, 66 pp. Apparently lacking B&W folding map. Manuscript corrections to text, apparently in author's hand. Boards rubbed, discoloured, and stained. Wear to extremities, chip to spine head. Damp staining to foot of boards and text block. Oily staining to head of gutter throughout and rear endpapers, long tear to head of inner hinge at title page. Foxing to endpapers. Some sporadic chipping from opening to upper margins. Edward Duffield Ingraham (1793-1854) was an American lawyer and author, mostly famous as the author of several essays in the field of American history, this account of the events of the War of 1812 leading to the Burning of Washington being his best-known work. "This is the earliest carefully prepared monograph upon the Battle of Bladensburg and the subsequent capture of Washington, August 19--25, 1814. This event led to the resignation of General Armstrong as Secretary of War and the appointment of a committee to investigate the causes and circumstances of this disaster. In the Sketch here described General Armstrong is blamed and General Winder exonerated. The work has an extensive appendix, in which are given documentary proofs." Cole: Library of E.D. Church, p. 2553. Howes I-48. Sabin 34772. Provenance: Bookplate of Wallace Hugh Cathcart, (2 Apr. 1865-6 Sept. 1942), prominent bibliophile, best known for his association with the Western Reserve Historical Society of Cleveland, first as its president and then as its director. As a prominent member of the book trade, Cathcart was one of the founders and later vice-president of the American Booksellers & Publishers Association. Civic-mindedness and love of books attracted Cathcart to the WRHS where he acted as the organization's secretary (1894-97), president (1907-13), and finally became the society's first full-time director (1913-42). As a book collector, Cathcart concentrated his energies in developing one of the best historical libraries in the nation. [Case Western Reserve].

Hardcover. 8vo. pp. iv, 66. folding lithographed map (frontis.). original cloth-backed bds. (worn, covers detached, map loose & with several fold tears - no loss, marginal chipping to some leaves). ALS from Ingraham to M.A.Dropsie (?), dated Nov. 3, 1852 (1-page; split along one fold). First Edition. Howes I-48. Sabin 34772.

Halbleinen. *** Der außergewöhnlich seltene Originaldruck des Americanums *** (Ingraham, Edward Duncan). A sketch of the events which preceded the capture of Washington. by the British, on the twenty-fourth of August, 1814. Philadelphia. 1849. IV, 66 S. Gr.-8°. Halbleinen der Zeit. etwas fleckig, berieben und bestoßen. der berühmten Schilderung des Esquire Edward Duncan Ingraham (1793-1854) von dem "Brand von Washington", der großen Vergeltungsmaßnahme der Engländer gegenüber ihren abtrünnigen amerikanischen Landsleuten. Diese haten die Stadt York in Oberkanada, das heutige Toronto erobert und geplündert, worauf die Briten in einer konzertierten und konzentrierten Aktion im August 1814 die Regierungsgebäude Washingtons in Brand setzten. In der Folge musste das Weiße Haus neu aufgebaut bzw. die Brandschäden mit weißer Farbe überdeckt werden, was zu einer der Legendenbildungen zur Namensgebung des Präsidentensitzes beitrug. Motto des Titels ist das Zitat George Washingtons: "If we desire to avoid insult, we must be prepared to repel it" (1793). Von größter Seltenheit, mehrfach reprinted und nachgedruckt, im Original aber praktisch unauffindbar, nur wenige Exemplare in Bibliotheken.