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	BABCOCK, LOUIS L. The Siege of Fort Erie - an Episode of the War of 1812 The Peter Paul Book Company, Buffalo, NY. 1899, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - 64 pages - plan of siege operations, but lacking the folding map - an account of the Siege from a decidedly American viewpoint - very scarce, this book was never reprinted - lightly rubbed at the tips, else fine w/o the map. Fine. USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 100.25 \| £UK 90.25 \| JP¥ 13239] Book number: 10746 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	GILPIN, ALEC R. The War of 1812 in the Old Northwest Toronto / East Lansing: Michigan University Press, 1958. First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 286 pp. - indexed - the northwest, Detroit, Battle of Lake Erie, Thames, Mackinac Island, etc. Vf / vf / dj. Fine/Fine. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3530] Book number: 7792 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	GRAVES, DONALD E. Red Coates & Grey Jackets - the Battle of Chippawa 5 July 1814 Toronto, Dundurn Press. 1994, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - account of the Battle of Chippawa and events surrounding it - 210 pages, indexed, illustrated. Fine. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 10695 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	LOW, LIEUTENANT CHARLES R. The Great Battles of the British Navy from the Earliest Period Down to the Present Time - with Eight Coloured Illustrations Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London, George Routledge and Sons. 1872, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Chromolithographic Plates. - preface dated 1872, highly decorative Victorian binding - 496 pages - 8 chromolithographic plates of various battles in brilliant colour - many later editions with the same preface but with more pages and including further battles to 1885, with from fewer colour plates to all B & W plates and plain bindings - a British Naval history from Alfred & the Crusades to the Russian War in the Baltic and the New Zealand and Abyssinian Wars 1850's to 1872 - considerable sections on the War of 1812 and the New World conflicts with France & America in Canada - a vg bright copy in brown pictarial cloth decorated in gilt and blind, front panel vignette of a uniformed British sailor with fixed bayonette in close battle with a somewhat neanderthal looking thug - gilt very bright, minor rubbing at the tips, Canadian School Prize bookplate ( Clifton, ie. Niagara Falls ), rear hinge just starting, but strong - nice tight copy of the apparent first edition. Very Good. USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 83.5 \| £UK 75.25 \| JP¥ 11032] Book number: 10993 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	SEIBEL, GEORGE A. The Niagara Portage Road - 200 Years 1790-1990 Niagara Falls, Canada, City of Niagara Falls. 1990, First Edition. Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 371 pages, fully indexed, well illustrated, B & W and colour - a complete history of the road along edge of the Niagara River, from the earliest times to today & by default a history of the city itself - the chapter titles are :The Falls of Niagara and the East Bank Portage; The British Portage on the East Bank; The West Bank Portage; Our Early Settlers; The Portage Road; Early Pioneer Life; The Portage Road and the War of 1812; Portage Road Industries - Bridgewater Mills; The Portage Road - Travel Hotels Tourism after the War of 1812; City of the Falls; Erie and Ontario Rail Road; Niagara River Ferries; Fort Erie Ferries; Queenston; Queenston and the War of 1812; Queenston after the War of 1812; Queenston and the Lake Boats; Queenston's Historic Houses; Chippawa; Chippawa and the War of 1812; Chippawa after the Wary of 1812; Chippawa Becomes a Shipbuilding and Industrial Centre; Stamford; Early Stamford School; Early Stamford Churches; An Early Stamford Merchant; Stamford Village Plain; Stamford Green; The Portage Road Oak Tree; and Drummondville - fine in vg dj that is faded from red to pink at the spine - large oversized book will require extra postage at cost, please enquire. Fine/Very Good. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 10951 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	TAYLOR, E. A. Beatrice of Old York. Illustrated By L.A. Govey. Toronto, Musson Book Co. 1929, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: L. A. Govey. - War of 1812 novel told through the eyes of a Young Girl in the Town of York [ Toronto ] - a loveable Anne of Green Gables heroine in old York - worthy of a revival - gift inscription on fly leaf, else vg in bright pictorial dj and vg example of the printed gift box. Very Good/Very Good. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 11016 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	WAY, RONALD L. AND BERYL W. The Day of Crysler's Farm ; November 11, 1813 - / the Upper Canada Village Story Morrisburg, Ontario: O. S. L. D. C. 1965. Original Wraps. - 51 pp. - large quarto pictoral wraps - illustrated with colour plates of battles, uniforms, B&W maps and battle plans - all concerning this key conflict in the War of 1812. - a vg copy. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 7791 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).

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	BABCOCK, LOUIS L. The Siege of Fort Erie - an Episode of the War of 1812 The Peter Paul Book Company, Buffalo, NY. 1899, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - 64 pages - plan of siege operations, but lacking the folding map - an account of the Siege from a decidedly American viewpoint - very scarce, this book was never reprinted - lightly rubbed at the tips, else fine w/o the map. Fine. USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 100.25 \| £UK 90.25 \| JP¥ 13239] Book number: 10746 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	GILPIN, ALEC R. The War of 1812 in the Old Northwest Toronto / East Lansing: Michigan University Press, 1958. First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 286 pp. - indexed - the northwest, Detroit, Battle of Lake Erie, Thames, Mackinac Island, etc. Vf / vf / dj. Fine/Fine. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 \| £UK 24.25 \| JP¥ 3530] Book number: 7792 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	GRAVES, DONALD E. Red Coates & Grey Jackets - the Battle of Chippawa 5 July 1814 Toronto, Dundurn Press. 1994, First Edition. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. - account of the Battle of Chippawa and events surrounding it - 210 pages, indexed, illustrated. Fine. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 10695 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	LOW, LIEUTENANT CHARLES R. The Great Battles of the British Navy from the Earliest Period Down to the Present Time - with Eight Coloured Illustrations Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London, George Routledge and Sons. 1872, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: Chromolithographic Plates. - preface dated 1872, highly decorative Victorian binding - 496 pages - 8 chromolithographic plates of various battles in brilliant colour - many later editions with the same preface but with more pages and including further battles to 1885, with from fewer colour plates to all B & W plates and plain bindings - a British Naval history from Alfred & the Crusades to the Russian War in the Baltic and the New Zealand and Abyssinian Wars 1850's to 1872 - considerable sections on the War of 1812 and the New World conflicts with France & America in Canada - a vg bright copy in brown pictarial cloth decorated in gilt and blind, front panel vignette of a uniformed British sailor with fixed bayonette in close battle with a somewhat neanderthal looking thug - gilt very bright, minor rubbing at the tips, Canadian School Prize bookplate ( Clifton, ie. Niagara Falls ), rear hinge just starting, but strong - nice tight copy of the apparent first edition. Very Good. USD 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 83.5 \| £UK 75.25 \| JP¥ 11032] Book number: 10993 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	SEIBEL, GEORGE A. The Niagara Portage Road - 200 Years 1790-1990 Niagara Falls, Canada, City of Niagara Falls. 1990, First Edition. Cloth, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. 371 pages, fully indexed, well illustrated, B & W and colour - a complete history of the road along edge of the Niagara River, from the earliest times to today & by default a history of the city itself - the chapter titles are :The Falls of Niagara and the East Bank Portage; The British Portage on the East Bank; The West Bank Portage; Our Early Settlers; The Portage Road; Early Pioneer Life; The Portage Road and the War of 1812; Portage Road Industries - Bridgewater Mills; The Portage Road - Travel Hotels Tourism after the War of 1812; City of the Falls; Erie and Ontario Rail Road; Niagara River Ferries; Fort Erie Ferries; Queenston; Queenston and the War of 1812; Queenston after the War of 1812; Queenston and the Lake Boats; Queenston's Historic Houses; Chippawa; Chippawa and the War of 1812; Chippawa after the Wary of 1812; Chippawa Becomes a Shipbuilding and Industrial Centre; Stamford; Early Stamford School; Early Stamford Churches; An Early Stamford Merchant; Stamford Village Plain; Stamford Green; The Portage Road Oak Tree; and Drummondville - fine in vg dj that is faded from red to pink at the spine - large oversized book will require extra postage at cost, please enquire. Fine/Very Good. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 10951 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	TAYLOR, E. A. Beatrice of Old York. Illustrated By L.A. Govey. Toronto, Musson Book Co. 1929, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Ill.: L. A. Govey. - War of 1812 novel told through the eyes of a Young Girl in the Town of York [ Toronto ] - a loveable Anne of Green Gables heroine in old York - worthy of a revival - gift inscription on fly leaf, else vg in bright pictorial dj and vg example of the printed gift box. Very Good/Very Good. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 11016 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).
	WAY, RONALD L. AND BERYL W. The Day of Crysler's Farm ; November 11, 1813 - / the Upper Canada Village Story Morrisburg, Ontario: O. S. L. D. C. 1965. Original Wraps. - 51 pp. - large quarto pictoral wraps - illustrated with colour plates of battles, uniforms, B&W maps and battle plans - all concerning this key conflict in the War of 1812. - a vg copy. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 7791 Click here to order or inquire at alphabet bookshop (ABAC/ILAB).