War on the Detroit: The Chronicles of Thomas Vercheres de Boucherville and The Capitulation by an Ohio Volunteer by Quaife, Milo Milton (Editor) - 1940

Lakeside Press, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good. Very light rubbing at the corners and spine ends, spine very mildly sunned.

Lakeside Press, 1940. Hardcover. Near Fine. Very light and very tiny touches of rubbing, gilt bright and fresh.

See notes, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Good clean unmarked copy. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Chicago: Lakeside Press. 1940. First Edition. ex-library, usual marks, very good, not much wear; 347 pp .

Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons. The Lakeside Classics, 1940. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very good plus. First edition thus. Hardcover. 7'' x 4 1/2''. 347pp. With index. Frontispiece illustration and two maps, one folding. Red cloth, spine lightly faded; a little spotting to rear. Small bookplate. This Lakeside Classics' reprints the journal of de Bocherville, who served as a volunteer on the Detroit frontier and saw action under Major-General Isaac Brock and James Foster's "The Capitulation" his account of his service under William Hull, Brigadier-general of the northwestern army, first published in 1812.

Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. Used - Very Good. 1940. The Lakeside Classics. Hardcover. Reprint. Very Good. (Subject: Lakeside Classics).

Chicago, Illinois: The Lakeside Press, 1940. The Lakeside Classics. 1 fold-out map. 347 pages, clean and clear. Slightly yellowed endpapers. Burgundy cloth cover with gilt titles and decoration. Faded spine, scratches. VG+.

Chicago: The Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1940. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion and borders on cover, t.e.g., fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with tissue-protected frontispiece and fold-out map. When the War of 1812 erupted, Thomas Vercheres de Boucherville (1784-1857) served as a volunteer on the Detroit frontier and saw action under Major-General Isaac Brock. For his service at the capture of Detroit he was awarded a medal and clasp. Meanwhile, his business had been badly disrupted by his absence and the hostilities. After a visit to Boucherville in early 1813, he rashly made his way back to Amherstburg carrying £1,348 worth of general merchandise in four canoes. The only merchant to have brought in new stock, he succeeded in selling most of what he had in a very short time and at high prices; during the first three days alone he recorded… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.