1814-Dated Imprint titled, "Official Account of the Capture of the British Sloop of War Reindeer, by the United States Sloop Wasp Commanded by Captain Johnston Blakeley, on the Twenty-Eight June Last, earning Blakeley a promotion to Captain and a Congressional Gold Medal, 16 Pages Complete, with a foldout printed listing of Other Ships Captured by the US Sloop Wasp, Choice Very Fine+.
Imprint disbound measuring 8.25 x 5 inches, with 16 pages, complete, titled "Official Account of the Capture of the British Sloop of War Reindeer, by the United States Sloop Wasp Commanded by Captain Johnston Blakeley, on the Twenty-Eight June Last," recounting this War of 1812 naval engagement fought June 28, 1814 roughly 225 miles west of Plymouth, England, in which this Wasp defeated this British Brig-sloop Reindeer, commanded by William Manners, after a brutal exchange of cannon fire and repeated British attempts to board this American naval ship. This well-preserved, complete clean copy with the foldout fully intact is worthy of commanding the top of our estimate range or more. This account reads in part,

"... after a brilliant action of nineteen minutes, which was terminated by boarding, in gallant and decisive style, having repulsed the enemy in repeated and vigorous attempts to board the Wasp. All that skill and valor could do was done quickly, and less it was certain would not be done..."

Reindeer suffered such heavy losses, twenty five killed and forty two wounded against just nine killed and fifteen wounded aboard this Wasp, that Blakeley was forced to burn her rather than attempt to bring her home as a prize. This victory, along with several merchant vessels captured during this same cruise, made Blakeley a national hero when news reached this United States that autumn, earning him a promotion to Captain and a Congressional Gold Medal, though this Sloop Wasp herself would vanish without a trace later that year, lost with all hands sometime after her last confirmed sighting near Madeira in October 1814. This account includes a foldout listing of other vessels captured by the Wasp during her brief but remarkable cruise.

Provenance: Collection of Ambassadore J. William Middendorf II
This is the official U.S. government report on one of the most celebrated American naval victories of the War of 1812. Its full formal title, as cataloged by research libraries, is:

"Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, Transmitting the Official Account of the Capture of the British Sloop of War Reindeer, by the United States' Sloop Wasp, Commanded by Captain Johnston Blakeley, on the Twenty-Eighth June Last".

It's an authentic 1814 Washington government imprint, the kind of document Congress had printed and distributed after Navy Secretary William Jones transmitted Master Commandant Johnston Blakeley's battle report. It falls within the scope of Shaw & Shoemaker's American Bibliography, 1801-1819 (the standard reference for imprints of this period), meaning it's a documented, bibliographically identifiable piece and not an obscure or unverifiable item.

June 28, 1814: USS Wasp (18 guns, Master Commandant Johnston Blakeley) engaged HMS Reindeer (18 guns, Commander William Manners) roughly 225 miles west of Plymouth, England. The fight lasted only about 19 minutes at close range; Reindeer suffered devastating casualties (25 killed including Manners, 42 wounded of 118 men) and was burned after capture, being too damaged to salvage.

It earned Blakeley the Thanks of Congress, a Congressional Gold Medal, and posthumous promotion to Captain in November 1814, posthumous because the Wasp vanished with all hands in the Atlantic in October 1814, its fate never conclusively determined.

The foldout listing other Wasp prizes you describe is consistent with genuine period practice, official reports of this kind often appended tabulated lists of a raider's full prize record, and Wasp's 1814 cruise was unusually productive (roughly a dozen vessels were burned, scuttled, or captured before the Reindeer action).