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Delaware Books - DE - early
 
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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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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... Cohen, William J. SWANENDAEL IN NEW NETHERLAND, THE EARLY HISTORY OF DELAWARE'S OLDEST SETTLEMENT AT LEWES.
Wilmington Cedar Tree Books (2004) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket xxxiii, 237 pages
First edition. The Dutch India Company established a small whaling settlement called Swanendael in 1631, a community that lasted less than a year. Signed by the author on the title page. Illustrated. Private ownership label on free endpaper.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 79112

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See More... (Curtis Paper Company) Miers, Earl Schenck PARADISE POINT, NEW SWEDEN ON THE DELAWARE.
With woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. Newark, DE The Curtis Paper Company 1968 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 30 pages.
B2-1299. Printed by the Spiral Press and designed by Joseph Blumenthal.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 29757

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See More... (Delaware) THE STATE OF DELAWARE, FIRST PERMANENTLY SETTLED BY THE SWEDES WHO LANDED A.D. 1638...
N.P. Delaware Tercentenary Commission 1938 21.25 x 15.5 inches for image broadside framed behind glass
Large print executed by J. Riegel, Jr for the Tercenterary Celebration. With a map of the state in the middle, the histories of the four countries (Sweden, England, The Netherlands, America) in the corners, historical figures of the four nationalities along the top and 36 small scenes of historical importance surrounding the map. All in color.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 79527

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See More... Garber, John P. THE SETTLEMENTS ON THE DELAWARE PRIOR TO THE COMING OF WILLIAM PENN.
Philadelphia The City History Society of Philadelphia 1909 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 129-161 pages.
B1-1527. Separate offprint from their Publications 6:129161 (1909). Illustrations, foldout map. Information on Wilmington and New Castle.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 89200

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See More... Jackson, James B. THE EARLY SETTLEMENT AND FOUNDING OF KENT COUNTY, DELAWARE.
Dover (The Kent County, Delaware Tricentennial Commission) 1983 small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages.
First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the author. Printed by Dover Graphic Associates. With reproductions of various important 17th century documents and census information. Also includes a map drawn by the author showing the earliest land grants.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 72830

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See More... Keen, Gregory B. THE DESCENDANTS OF JORAN KYN OF NEW SWEDEN.
Philadelphia The Swedish Colonial Society 1913 tall 8vo. blue cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. 318, (16) pages.
B1-1202. With a foldout map of the area. Minor cover rubbing. Inside hinges partially cracked. Bookplate on free endpaper.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 65953

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See More... McIntire, Nicholas S. WILLIAM PENN AND NEW CASTLE.
New Castle William Penn Landing Commemoration Committee 1982 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 15 pages.
With printed remarks by John F. Klingmeyer, Mayor of New Castle. Two illustrations. A few small spoits on front cover.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 65878

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See More... Miers, Earl Schenck PARADISE POINT, NEW SWEDEN ON THE DELAWARE.
With woodcuts by Fritz Kredel. Newark, DE The Curtis Paper Company 1968 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 30 pages.
B2-1299. Printed by the Spiral Press and designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Corner bumped.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 66340

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See More... (New Sweden) Yela, Gary E. NEW SWEDEN, THE 350TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE SWEDES AND FINNS IN DELAWARE.
With an Introduction by John A. Munroe. Newark University of Delaware Library 1988 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages.
Illustrated including two maps in color. Acknowledgments by Susan Brynteson and preface by Alice Schreyer.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 43876

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See More... PAPERS RELATING TO THE COLONIES ON THE DELAWARE, 1614-1682.
Harrisburg Lane S. Hart, State Printer 1877 8vo. contemporary half calf over marbled paper-covered boards, all edges marbled. 875 pages.
B1-1688. Volume V of the Second Series of the Pennsylvania Archives. Edited by John B. Linn and William H. Egle. Some rubbing to the head of the spine and edges.
Price: $ 90.00 other currencies Order nr. 90202

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See More... Read, William J. SOME LEAVES FROM THE EARLY HISTORY OF DELAWARE & MARYLAND.
N.P. n.p. n.d. (circa Sept. 24, 1868) 8vo. original paper wrappers. 7 pages.
Read before the Historical Society of Delaware. Old paper label on corner of front cover.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 66697

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See More... Ruhnbro, Rune (editor) NEW SWEDEN IN THE NEW WORLD, 1638-1655.
N.P. Wiken (1988) small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 169 pages.
First edition in English, translated by Richard E. Fisher from the Swedish. Illustrated.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 66834

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See More... Storey, William J. THE EUROPEAN BACKGROUND OF THOSE WHO COLONIZED DELAWARE.
N.P. n.p. November 21, 1929 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 12 pages.
B1-1483 Talk presented to the PTA of Caesar Rodney High School. Small paper label in upper right hand corner of front cover.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 31606

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See More... Strombom, Sixten SWEDISH TERCENTENARY ART EXHIBIT 1937-1938.
Stockholm Nordisk Rotogravyr (1938) small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 180 pages.
A catalogue for the exhibition held in 1936. The exhibition spans an extensive period of at least 8,000 years, from the Bone Age through the course of the ages to our present century. Topics covered are prehistoric art, pheasant art, Swedish painting, medieval art and more. It includes 337 entries with several illustrations. Cover detached at the spine. Yellowed with age.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 59413

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See More... Strombom, Sixten SWEDISH TERCENTENARY ART EXHIBIT 1937-1938.
Stockholm Nordisk Rotogravyr (1938) small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 180 pages.
A catalogue for the exhibition held in 1936. The exhibition spans an extensive period of at least 8,000 years, from the Bone Age through the course of the ages to our present century. Topics covered are prehistoric art, pheasant art, Swedish painting, medieval art and more. It includes 337 entries with several illustrations.Name in ink along top of front cover. Newspaper article inserted which has yellowed the title page.
Price: $ 9.00 other currencies Order nr. 110186

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See More... Swientochowski, John F. THE KALMAR NYCKEL.
N.P. n.p. 1994 oblong small 4to. plastic spiral binding with stiff paper wrappers. 38 pages.
First edition. With photography, design, research etc. by Stanley Swientochowski. The text consists of full color reproductions of a calligraphic manuscript. The color illustrations of the ship were taken based on a exact scale model built by these brothers. Signed by both brothers and with a handwritten presentation from John.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 41393

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See More... Ward, Christopher L. THE DUTCH & SWEDES ON THE DELAWARE 1609-64.
Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press 1930 thick 8vo. cloth. xii, 393 pages.
B1-1535. First edition. With a frontispiece portrait in color of Johan Printz by N.C. Wyeth. Lettering on spine is partially rubbed off. Ink note on half title "Library of Francis de H. Janvier, New Castle, Del."
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 66370

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See More... Ward, Christopher L. THE DUTCH & SWEDES ON THE DELAWARE 1609-64.
Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press 1930 (but 1931) thick 8vo. cloth. xii, 393 pages.
B1-1535. First edition, second printing. With a frontispiece portrait in color of Johan Printz by N.C. Wyeth. Lacks dust jacket. Only minor rubbing.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 68904

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  Weslager, C.A. DUTCH EXPLORERS, TRADERS AND SETTLERS IN THE DELAWARE VALLEY, 1609-1664.
Written in collaboration with A.R. Dunlap. Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press (1961) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 329 pages.
First edition, second printing. With two appendices giving reprints of early documents concerning Dutch settlements in the New World. Minor chipping of jacket.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 29705

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See More... Weslager, C.A. THE ENGLISH ON THE DELAWARE: 1610-1682.
New Brunswick, NJ Rutgers University Press (1967) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 303 pages.
B2-947. First edition. Meant as a companion to Weslager's DUTCH EXPLORERS, TRADERS AND SETTLERS IN THE DELAWARE VALLEY. Signed by the author on the title page. Minor chipping of jacket.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 65779

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See More... Weslager, C.A. THE ENGLISH ON THE DELAWARE: 1610-1682.
New Brunswick, NJ Rutgers University Press (1967) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 303 pages.
B2-947. First edition. Meant as a companion to Weslager's DUTCH EXPLORERS, TRADERS AND SETTLERS IN THE DELAWARE VALLEY. Loosely inserted is a postcard from Westlager dated 1986 thanking the recipient for sending along Stanley Arthurs material and telling him that his name is "Clinton" and not "Charles." Minor jacket rubbing.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 116110

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See More... (Zwaanendael Museum) DELAWARE'S ZWAANENDAEL MUSEUM.
Dover Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs n.d. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. (6) page foldout.
This museum was built as a replica of the ancient Town Hall in Hoorn, Holland, in 1931. A colony was established in this area by the Dutch in 1631.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 93100

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