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See More... Arthurs, Stanley THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SCENE AS DEPICTED BY STANLEY ARTHURS AND INTERPRETED BY FIFTY AUTHORS.
Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press 1935 4to. quarter red leather over woven cloth. xix, 151, (3) pages.
B1-4604. The National Edition. Filled with reproductions of historical American art depicting famous events in American history by 20th century artists including Arthurs and Wyeth. With a foreword by A. Felix du Pont.
Price: $ 80.00 other currencies Order nr. 40229

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  Baker, Denise LEARNING ABOUT DELAWARE FOLKLORE, A DELAWARE STATE ARTS COUNCIL PROGRAM IN SUSSEX COUNTY.
N.P. n.p. 1978 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 80 pages.
Preface by Kerin B. Hearn followed by comments by Baker. Twenty contributions by different authors on the subject. Illustrated.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 49797

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See More... Beach, Jack DELAWARE'S MARCH 1962 COASTAL STORM.
Dover Delaware State News 1962 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (32) pages.
B2-1226. Pictorial account of this storm with illustrations of all the damage it caused.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 46380

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See More... Benson, Barbara E. and Carol E. Hoffecker NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE: A WALK THROUGH TIME.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2011 7 x 10 inches paperback 240 pages
New Castle, Delaware: A Walk Through Time traces the evolution of one town from its seventeenth-century settlement to the leafy, beautiful, and well-preserved small city of today. The historic arc begins in the conflicts of European exploration and colony building that pitted the Netherlands against Sweden and then Great Britain. New Castle slowly developed under the flags of those three countries from a small settlement of wood into Delaware's jewel-like brick colonial capital. Today New Castle has retained its beautiful historic town center, with outstanding examples of colonial and federal architecture that surround its preserved village center, called the Green, which dates back to Peter Stuyvesant.

Yet New Castle is more than a town frozen in the Colonial and Federal eras, for its history continued through time to mirror the economic opportunities and challenges of an expanding nation. Railroad, factories, and automobiles brought expansion that trans-formed it from its role as a county seat into a small industrial city. Neighborhoods east and west of the town center developed to house the shopkeepers, factory workers, owners, and managers brought by industrialization. Those neighborhoods remain today as the physical examples of changing architectural styles and evolving standards of urban planning and preservation.

The New Castle of today presents a work-in-progress. It continues to evolve as a twenty-first-century city while protecting the historic fabric of its long, rich past. New Castle, Delaware: A Walk through Time is heavily illustrated with maps, drawings, and photographs that visually illuminate the city's past and present.

Barbara E. Benson, Ph.D., Indiana University, 1976, retired from the Historical Society of Delaware as executive director in 2003. At the Society, she oversaw the collection, exhibition, education, and publication programs as well as the protection of the organization's eight historic properties, including the George Read II House and Gardens in New Castle. Dr. Benson currently chairs the New Castle County Historic Review Board.

Carol E. Hoffecker, Ph.D., Harvard University, 1967, retired from the faculty of the University of Delaware in 2003 as Richards Professor of History and Alison Professor. In a career focused on the history of Delaware, she has written numerous books and articles that explore many aspects of the state, its government, its people, and its economy. Her two volumes on the history of Wilmington, Delaware, continue to provide perspective on the connection of urban and industrial development.

In addition to New Castle, Delaware, A Walk through Time, Dr. Benson and Dr. Hoffecker have collaborated on several projects in Delaware history, ranging from an expert report submitted by the State of Delaware to the Supreme Court of the United States in State of New Jersey v. State of Delaware (2008) to a textbook about the state entitled The Delaware Adventure.

Price: $ 24.95 other currencies Order nr. 106155

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See More... Bjorkbom, Carl NEW SWEDEN HISTORICAL EXHIBIT, 1638-1938.
Philadelphia American Swedish Historical Museum 1938 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 70 pages.
B1-1629. Illustrated. Editorial assistance from Dr. Amandus Johnson and preface by J. Sigfrid Edstrom. Spots on front cover.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 66152

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See More... Brown, Robert Benaway THE NETHERLANDS AND AMERICA, A CLEMENTS LIBRARY BULLETIN PREPARED ON THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CITY OF HOLLAND IN MICHIGAN.
PHYINV Ann Arbor The University of Michigan Press 1947 small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages.
Introduction by Robert Benaway Brown. Illustrated exhibition catalogue. Presentation on free endpaper "For Edward Eberstadt with the respect of the author, Robert B. Brown, 21 Nov. 47." Note in ink on front cover "Put in Bibliography."
Price: $ 17.00 other currencies Order nr. 66723

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  Canby, Henry Seidel AMERICAN MEMOIR.
Boston Houghton Mifflin Co. 1947 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 433 pages.
B1-1805. First edition. Autobiographical sketches by Canby describing his days after life in Wilmington. This volume brings his memoirs down to 1946. Jacket rubbed with tears and a piece missing at head of spine.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 65784

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See More... Carpenter, Allan DELAWARE
FROM IT'S GLORIOUS PAST TO THE PRESENT Chicago Childrens Press (1967) square 8vo. pictorial cloth. 95+(1) pages.
B2-1497. An illustrated history of Delaware written for children. Covers foxed.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 66041

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See More... Carper, Janice M. DELAWARE SKETCH BOOK, AN HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE.
Sketches by Nancy C. Sawin. Hockessin The Holly Press (1976) oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 88 pages.
With an introduction by Betty Burroughs of the Wilmington News Journal. Signed by Sawin and dated 1976. Covers soiled with age darkening along bottom of front cover.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 66474

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See More... Carper, Janice M. DELAWARE SKETCH BOOK, AN HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE.
Sketches by Nancy C. Sawin. Hockessin The Holly Press (1984) oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 88 pages.
See B3. Second edition. With a new introduction to this second edition. With an introduction by Betty Burroughs of the Wilmington News Journal. Signed by Sawin.
Price: $ 27.50 other currencies Order nr. 97350

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  (Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company) JOURNAL E: C & D.
N.P. n.p. 1888-1893 folio original full calf, raised bands on spine, title and decorations gilt-stamped 483+(1) pages
Massive ledger of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, April 30, 1888 to January 1893. Includes the company's expenditures. Among the entries are many purchases of coal, mostly from the Lehigh Coal and Iron Co., Aurora Coal, and the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. Coal was used to operate the locks used by the canal. The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal connects the Delaware River and the Chesapeake Bay, across the northern end of the Delmarva peninsula. First envisioned in the mid-1600s by Augustine Herman, more serious consideration of the construction of the canal began in the late 18th century. The Chesapeake and Delawre Canal Company was incorporated in 1802 by the legislatures of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. Construction began in 1804 but was halted in 1806 by lack of funding. The company was reorganized in 1822, and construction resumed in 1824. The canal opened for business in 1829, with a lock system in place from its opening until 1919. The company operated the canal until 1919, when the U.S. government purchased it. It is currently operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. See Ralph D. Gray, The National Waterway: a History of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, 1769-1985 (Urbanna: University of Illinois Press, 1989) and www.nap.usace.army.mil/cd/. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Boards and spine show minor scuffing and rubbing at edges. Well preserved ledger with all pages filled in with accounting information.
Price: $ 1,250.00 other currencies Order nr. 109375

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See More... Christensen, Gardell Dano and Eugenia Burney COLONIAL DELAWARE.
Nashville Thomas Nelson Inc. (1974) square 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 156, (4) pages.
B2-2270. Illustrated history written for young adults. Jacket age darkened with some rubbing of spine.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 29296

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See More... Christensen, Gardell Dano and Eugenia Burney COLONIAL DELAWARE.
Nashville Thomas Nelson Inc. (1974) square 8vo. cloth. 156, (4) pages.
B2-2270. Illustrated history written for young adults. Lacks dust jacket.
Price: $ 6.00 other currencies Order nr. 66243

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See More... (Christina) Goldsmith, Margaret CHRISTINA OF SWEDEN, A PSYCHOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY.
Garden City Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. 1935 8vo. cloth. viii, (ii), 308 pages.
"She was crowned King of Sweden, she hated men, she loved on woman passionately, her strange career turned the course of an empire." Christina (1626-1689) ruled over Sweden when New Sweden was developed so there is information on Delaware in this volume. Lettering on spine faded.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 74966

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See More... Christoph, Peter R. DELAWARE UNDER THE NEW YORK GOVERNORS, 1664-1682.
Radnor Peter Alrich Foundation 1992 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 10 pages.
With a reproduction of the people present at the 1990 Peter Alrich family reunion.
Price: $ 4.50 other currencies Order nr. 35427

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See More... Clay, Jehu Curtis ANNALS OF THE SWEDES ON THE DELAWARE.
With an Introduction by Henry S. Henschen and an appendix in memory of John Ericsson (1803-1889). Chicago John Ericsson Memorial Committee 1938 8vo. cloth. 232 pages.
Fourth edition. Lacks dust jacket.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 110128

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See More... (Compton, Spencer) PATENT OF NOBILITY APPOINTING SPENCER COMPTON BARON OF WILMINGTON.
Wilmington Wilmington Trust Co. n.d. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages.
Reprint of the Patent grant to Compton by George the Second.
Price: $ 7.50 other currencies Order nr. 66797

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See More... Conrad, Henry C. HISTORY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE FROM THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENTS TO THE YEAR 1907.
3 volumes. Wilmington Published by the Author 1908 small 4to. cloth. (vi),396; (vi),397- 794; (vi),795-1179 pages.
With numerous plates showing scenes of Delaware and portraits of important people. The author has signed the front free endpaper of volume one. Spine of volume three is spotted. Includes a general history of the state, histories of the counties and hundreds, and biographical sketches of prominent Delawareans. Some pages roughly opened.
Price: $ 350.00 other currencies Order nr. 28365

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See More... Cooch, Edward W. DELAWARE HISTORIC EVENTS, A COMPILATION OF ARTICLES AND ADDRESSES.
Cooch's Bridge Edward W. Cooch 1946 8vo. cloth. 159 pages.
B1-1498. With various foldout maps and other illustrations. Includes chapters on Gunning Bedford, Jr., Valentine Hollingsworth, Lafayette, Captain Caldwell and George B. Hynson. Large foldout map loosely inserted in back. Related newspaper article loosely inserted (which has yellowed the front pastedown and free endpaper.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 65842

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See More... Cooch, Francis A. THE LITTLE KNOWN HISTORY OF NEWARK, DELAWARE AND ITS ENVIRONS.
With an Introduction by George H. Ryden. Newark, DE The Press of Kells 1936 8vo. cloth xviii, 297 pages.
B1-601. First edition. Illustrated. Lacks dust jacket.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 29731

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See More... Cooper, Constance J. (Editor) 350 YEARS OF NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
New Castle New Castle Historical Society and Cedar Tree Books 2001 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 206, (2) pages.
First edition. A chronological history of the town of New Castle with illustrations. Signed and dated (2001) by the editor on the half-title.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 97234

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See More... Cooper, Constance J. (Editor) 350 YEARS OF NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
New Castle New Castle Historical Society and Cedar Tree Books 2010 8vo. cloth, dust jacket xvi, 206, (2) pages.
First edition. A chronological history of the town of New Castle with illustrations.
Price: $ 29.95 other currencies Order nr. 106339

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See More... Cooper, Constance J. (Editor) 350 YEARS OF NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
New Castle New Castle Historical Society and Cedar Tree Books 2001 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 206, (2) pages.
First edition. A chronological history of the town of New Castle with illustrations.
Price: $ 29.95 other currencies Order nr. 64392

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See More... Cooper, Constance J. ROCKFORD TOWER.
Wilmington The Cedar Tree Press 1992 8vo. cloth. xi, 24+(1) pages.
Second printing, limited to 500 copies, and containing a new one page preface to this printing. The first printing was issued in 1990 and was limited to 800 copies. Introduction by Nicholas L. Cerchio III. Illustrated history of this Wilmington water tower. Reproduces a Robert Shaw etching.
Price: $ 14.95 other currencies Order nr. 68577

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See More... (Curtis Paper Company) Miers, Earl Schenck ON, PALE RIDER! THE STORY OF CAESAR RODNEY AND HIS IMMORTAL RIDE.
Newark Curtis Paper Company 1964 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 26, (4) pages.
B2-1298. The 11th in a series of booklets issued by Curtis. Printed at the Spiral Press and designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Two photographs of Rodney statues by Fred J. Maroon and a drawing for the cover by Reynard Biemiller.
Price: $ 9.00 other currencies Order nr. 67112

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