Oct 02, 2012 - Sale 2287

Sale 2287 - Lot 473

Price Realized: $ 900
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(WAR OF 1812.) The War. Volume I, complete: 52 issues, each at least 4 pages, in one volume. 4to, contemporary 1/2 calf, worn, front board detached; minor toning and foxing, minimal dampstaining; with additional index leaf and collective title page reading "The War: Being a Faithful Record of the Transactions of the War between the United States of America and . . . the United Kingdom"; original owner's inscription on collective title page. New York, 27 June 1812 to 15 June 1813

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Features coverage of the USS Constitution's defeat of the HMS Guerriere, the struggles for Detroit, the capture of the USS Chesapeake, and much more. "The most complete magazine account of the War of 1812"--Lomazow 105.