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See More... (Peterson, Russell W.) Perry, Christopher L.. RUSSELL W. PETERSON, GOVERNOR OF DELAWARE, 1969-1973.
(Wilmington) Delaware Heritage Commission (1999) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 281 pages.
First edition. Based on a series of taped interviews. "Oral History Series - Number Three". Illustrated.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 73007

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See More... Peterson, Russ REBEL WITH A CONSCIENCE.
With a Foreword by Peter Matthiessen. Newark University of Delaware Press (1999) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 416 pages.
B3-1999-2000. Peterson was Governor of Delaware. Inserted in a pocket is a CD containing extra photographs, videos, interviews and narration.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 97210

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See More... Prickett, William IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE.
Wilmington The Cedar Tree Press 1993 8vo. cloth. xi, 82, (2) pages.
First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies signed by Prickett. Introduction followed by eight humorous essays by this Delaware lawyer. A number involve reminences of his father, a well known Delaware lawyer.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 67460

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See More... Prickett, William MORE ADO.
Wilmington The Cedar Tree Press 1994 8vo. cloth. ix, 62 pages.
Limited to 1,500 copies signed by the author. A series of autobiographical sketches including one entitled "Andrew Wyeth and the Puddle Ducks." Illustrated by William M. McCord.
Price: $ 24.95 other currencies Order nr. 42628

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See More... Prickett, William MORE ADO.
Wilmington The Cedar Tree Press 1994 8vo. cloth. ix, 62 pages.
Limited to 1,500 copies signed by the author. A series of autobiographical sketches including one entitled "Andrew Wyeth and the Puddle Ducks." Illustrated by William M. McCord. Presentation on front free endpaper "To Walter Kabis, an old and valued friend, Bill Prickett, Dec 1997."
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 105314

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See More... (Pusey, Pennock) Lore, Charles B. PENNOCK PUSEY. ALSO "RECOLLECTIONS OF THE CORNER OF MARKET AND TENTH STREETS, IN THE CITY OF WILMINGTON." ... BY PENNOCK PUSEY.
Wilmington The Historical Society of Delaware 1903 8vo. paper wrappers. 31 pages.
B1-1314. Papers of the Society XXXIX. One page memorial by Henry C. Conrad. Memoir of this historian. Wrappers chipped with piece missing along back hinge.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 29119

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See More... (Read, George) Read, William Thompson LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF GEORGE READ, A SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF GEORGE READ, A SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF THE INDEPENDENCE WITH NOTICES OF SOME OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES.
Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott 1870 8vo. original cloth with new cloth spine. 575 pages.
B1-1326. With frontispiece engraving of Read. Reprints many letters and documents from the archives of the family. Rebacked with new cloth spine. Old bookplate and Wilmington bookbinder's ticket.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 66426

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See More... (Redding, J. Saunders) Reid, John P. J. SAUNDERS REDDING, 1906-1988.
Bear John P. Reid 1990 small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 8 pages.
Limited to 150 numbered and signed copies. Collector's Guides to Delaware Writers, No.1.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 66761

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See More... Redding, J. Saunders TROUBLED IN MIND: J. SAUNDERS REDDING'S EARLY YEARS IN WILMINGTON, DEL AWARE.
Wilmington Delaware Heritage Press (1991) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 93 pages.
First edition thus being a separate printing of a chapter from NO DAY OF TRIUMPH. Two page introduction by Harmon R. Carey of the AfroAmerican Historical Society of Delaware and a preface by Richard Wright.
Price: $ 6.95 other currencies Order nr. 67059

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See More... Reese, Lee THE HORSE ON RODNEY SQUARE.
Wilmington The News-Journal Company (1977) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 299 pages.
First edition. A series of character sketches of people Reese knew in Wilmington. Jacket chipped. Signed by the author.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 28141

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  Reese, Lee THE HORSE ON RODNEY SQUARE.
Wilmington The News-Journal Company (1977) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 299 pages.
First edition. A series of character sketches of people Reese knew in Wilmington. Presentation from the author on the half-title. Top edge of book shows foxing.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 65849

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See More... Reese, Lee THE HORSE ON RODNEY SQUARE.
Wilmington The News-Journal Company (1977) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 299 pages.
First edition. A series of character sketches of people Reese knew in Wilmington. Minor jacket rubbing.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 86839

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See More... (Reynolds, William A.) Conrad, Henry C. WILLIAM A. REYNOLDS. A MEMOIR OF WILLIAM A. REYNOLDS, LATE A MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND A DISTINGUISHED DELAWARE EDUCATOR.
Wilmington The Historical Society of Delaware 1906 8vo. paper wrappers. 21 pages.
With a reprint of the funeral address by Charles A. Hill and reprints of editorial comments from Delaware newspapers. Papers of the Society XLV. With three plates of portraits of Reynolds. Reynolds established a number of schools of higher education in Delaware.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 28168

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See More... (Reynolds, William A.) Conrad, Henry C. WILLIAM A. REYNOLDS. A MEMOIR OF WILLIAM A. REYNOLDS, LATE A MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND A DISTINGUISHED DELAWARE EDUCATOR.
Wilmington The Historical Society of Delaware 1906 8vo. paper wrappers. 21 pages.
With a reprint of the funeral address by Charles A. Hill and reprints of editorial comments from Delaware newspapers. Papers of the Society XLV. With three plates of portraits of Reynolds. Reynolds established a number of schools of higher education in Delaware. Covers worn and detached. Chipped at the edges.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 64521

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See More... (Ridgely) De Valinger Jr., Leon and Virginia E. Shaw. A CALENDAR OF RIDGELY FAMILY LETTERS 1742-1899 IN THE DELAWARE STATE ARCHIVES.
3 volumes. Dover Published privately by some descendants of the Ridgely Family for the Public Archives Commission 1948, 1951, 1961 8vo. cloth. 349,36; 344,37; 362,(34) pages.
B1-1704 and 367. Limited to 300 copies. With family data supplied by Mrs. Henry Ridgely. Printed by the Milford Chronicle Publishing Co. Difficult to find as a set because of the time between publishing dates. Covers spotted. Ink ownership inscription in each volume.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 66003

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See More... (Rodney, Caesar) Frank, William P. CAESAR RODNEY, PATRIOT, DELAWARE'S HERO FOR ALL TIMES AND ALL SEASONS.
Illustrations by A.N. Wyeth. Wilmington Delaware American Revolution Bicentennial Commission 1975 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages.
Short biographical sketch.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 66030

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See More... (Rodney, Caesar) Frank, William P. CAESAR RODNEY, PATRIOT, DELAWARE'S HERO FOR ALL TIMES AND ALL SEASONS. Illustrations by A.N. Wyeth.
Wilmington Delaware American Revolution Bicentennial Commission 1975 8vo. cloth. 32 pages.
Short biographical sketch. Signed by William P. Frank and A.N. Wyeth.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 65783

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See More... (Rodney, George Brydges) DIARY OF GEORGE BRYDGES RODNEY.
N.P. Committee for Preservation of Existing Records National Society of the Colonial Dames o 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages.
The original of this diary belonged to Richard S. Rodney of New Castle. Diary kept by Rodney in 1822 - 1823 while accompanying his father, Senator from Delaware, to Washington.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 29127

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See More... (Rodney) Ryden, George H. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF CAESAR RODNEY (THE SIGNER), THOMAS RODNEY AND CAESAR A. RODNEY.
Dover Public Archives Commission 1943 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 23 pages.
Extracted from "Letters to and from Caesar Rodney 1756-1784" published by the Historical Society of Delaware, 1933.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 67184

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See More... (Rodney, Thomas) DIARY OF CAPTAIN THOMAS RODNEY, 1776-1777.
With an Introduction by Caesar A. Rodney. Wilmington The Historical Society of Delaware 1888 8vo. original paper wrappers. 53 pages.
B1-1359. Papers of the Society VIII. Rodney served in the Revolutionary War. Ex library copy with stamp on front cover and embossed stamp on title page. Covers partially chipped away with small piece of title page missing at top edge.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 29130

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See More... (Rollins, John W.) Pifer, Drury HANGING THE MOON, THE ROLLINS RISE TO RICHES.
Newark University of Delaware Press (2001) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 267 pages.
First edition. Biography of this Delaware business man who eventually founded seven companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 72823

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See More... (Sanderson, Christian C.) Thompson, Thomas R. CHRIS, A BIOGRAPHY OF CHRISTIAN C. SANDERSON.
Philadelphia Dorrance & Company (1973) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 420 pages.
First edition. With a chapter on Sanderson's life in Elsmere while teaching at Oak Grove School.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 46031

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See More... Scharf, J. Thomas HISTORY OF DELAWARE. 1609-1888.
2 volumes. Westminister Family Line Publications 1990 thick small 4to. cloth. (iv),v,610,xxxiii; viii,611-1358 pages.
Reprint of the first edition (See Howes S-143). One of the most important of the histories of Delaware. Filled with illustrations. Some spotting of covers.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 29710

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See More... Scharf, J. Thomas THE HISTORY OF DELAWARE. 1609-1888.
2 volumes. Philadelphia L.J. Richards & Co. 1888 thick small 4to. later half calf with brown cloth-covered boards, top edge gilt (iv),v,610,xxxiii; viii,611-1358 pages.
First edition (Howes S-143). One of the most important of the histories of Delaware. Filled with illustrations. Rubbed along hinges and tips. Name in ink on second blank page.
Price: $ 750.00 other currencies Order nr. 91533

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See More... Scharf, J. Thomas THE HISTORY OF DELAWARE. 1609-1888.
3 volumes. (Lewes) Delmarva Roots 2001 4to. cloth. (iv),v,610,xxxiii; viii,611-1358; iii,323 pages.
Reprint of the 1888 first edition (See Howes S-143) with the addition of an index volume. This index volume was adapted from the 1976 index prepared by the Historical Society of Delaware (with permission) and containing a one page preface by F. Edward Wright, the publisher. This new printing of the index has been reformated to fit easily into one volume. One of the most important of the histories of Delaware and essential to the historian and genealogist. Filled with illustrations.
Price: $ 135.00 other currencies Order nr. 99209

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