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  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 hardcover, dust jacket 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 transformed 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. The hardback is out of print.

Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 109862

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See More... (Bermuda) Cole, George Watson BERMUDA IN PERIODICAL LITERATURE WITH OCCASIONAL REFERENCES TO OTHER WORKS.
Boston The Boston Book Company 1907 8vo quarter leather, cloth xii, 275+(1) pages
Second edition, limited to 350 copies. (Besterman 745). Frontispiece. Eight facsimile plates of title pages referenced in the bibliography. Preface by the author. Descriptive notes about cited works. Index, errata, listing of libraries cited. Ex library with library bookplate on front pastedown, library name perforated on title pages, and markings. Boards worn at joints. Impact damage to top edge of boards. Hinges cracked.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 107867

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See More... (Bermuda) Cole, George Watson BERMUDA IN PERIODICAL LITERATURE WITH OCCASIONAL REFERENCES TO OTHER WORKS.
Boston The Boston Book Company 1907 8vo quarter leather, cloth xii, 275+(1) pages
Second edition, limited to 350 copies. (Besterman 745). Frontispiece. Eight facsimile plates of title pages referenced in the bibliography. Preface by the author. Descriptive notes about cited works. Index, errata, listing of libraries cited. Ex library with library bookplate on front pastedown, library name perforated on title pages, and markings. Boards worn and cracked at joints. Top of spine missing. Frontispiece loose. Hinges cracked.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 107868

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  BerralL, Julia S. A HISTORY OF FLOWER ARRANGEMENT.
Europe, England, Japan, China, United States NP The Studio Publications, Inc. (1953) 4to. quarter cloth, patterned paper-covered boards, dust jacket 160 pages
A historical background on the art of flower arrangement, focusing on the most influential aspects of the subject on arrangers at the time of publication. Includes a large amount of black-and-white illustrated plates. Slight fading on edges of the head and tail ends of boards. Some minor shelfwear to the head and tail of spine. Light toning to outer edges of pages. Dust jacket price clipped and lightly chipped. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 99305

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See More... Besterman, Theodore. LES DÉBUTS DE LA BIBLIOGRAPHIE MÉTHODIQUE.
Paris La Palme (1950) 8vo stiff paper wrappers 95, (5) pages
Text in French. Third edition, translated from English. 12 black and white plates. A study of the development of academic bibliographies, dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries. Unopened. Wrappers separated and faded at edges. Spine torn.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 107484

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See More... Bialostocki, Jan LIVRES DE SAGESSE ET LIBRES DE VANITÉS
Pour une Symbolique du Livres dans l'Art N.P. Éditions des Cendres, Institut d'étude du livre (1993) large 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper label on spine and top board 73, (5) pages
Text in French. Limited to an edition of 999. Traces the appearance and symbolism of books from fourteenth-century statues of saints to the work of Vincent van Gogh in the nineteenth century. Essay translated by Christiane F. Kopylov. Preface by François Dupuigrenet Desroussilles. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout.
Price: $ 34.00 other currencies Order nr. 94600

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See More... (Bibles) THE BIBLE IN ENGLISH LIFE.
An exhibition arranged by John Stirling for the National Book League at 7 Albermarle Street London London Cambridge University Press 1948 8vo. later library buckram with original stiff paper wrappers bound-in (iv), 64 pages.
A supplement to the National Book League's exhibit on the Bible in English life. Ex library copy with markings and library name perforated on the title page.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 107803

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See More... BIBLIOGRAPHIE DER BUCH- UND BIBLIOTHEKSGESCHICHTE (BBB). MEYER, HORST.
Bad Iburg, Germany Bibliographischer Verlag Dr. Horst Meyer 1986 small 8to. cloth. 556 pages.
Volume 4. BBB has established itself as the major annual bibliography of current research in the fields of historical bibliography and library history. The present volume lists 6007 books and articles published in 1984 (with some addenda from preceding years), and records 1685 reviews of 1140 recent monographs.
Price: $ 16.00 other currencies Order nr. 55554

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  BIBLIOGRAPHIE INTERNATIONALE DES TRAVAUX HISTORIQUES PUBLIES DANS LES VOLUMES DE "MELANGES" 1880-1939.
Paris Librarie Armand Colin 1955 8vo stiff paper wrappers xi, 443, (3) pages
Text in French. Bibliography of works published in historical journals throughout Europe, 1880-1939. Introduction by Hans Nabholz of the University of Zurich. Part I, listing of journals by country. Part II, listing of works by author, 8925 entries. Indexed by subject and author. Unopened. Front wrapper missing, spine torn. Pages separating.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 107635

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See More... BIBLIOGRAPHIE ZUR GESCHICHTE UND STADTKUNDE VON WIEN: NEBST QUELLEN- UND LITEREATURHINWEISEN.
Vienna Touristik-Verlag 1947 8vo quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, gilt-stamped leather label on spine 499, (5) pages
Text in German. First volume. Bibliography of literature relating to Vienna and Lower Austria. Published under the auspices of the Association for the country of Lower Austria and Vienna. Mainly historical literature. 8377 entries. Lists of errata, abbreviations, table of contents. Corners bumped. Pencil notations on back pastedown. Pages tanned.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 109370

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See More... (Billias, George Athan) Klein, Milton M., Richard D. Brown and John B. Hench (editors). REPUBLICAN SYNTHESIS REVISITED.
Edited by Milton M. Klein, Richard D. Brown, John B. Hench. Worcester American Antiquarian Society 1992 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 165 pages.
Essays by Isaac Kramnick, Robert E. Shalhope, Lance Banning, Peter S. Onuf, Cathy Matson, and Gordon S. Wood. With a biographical sketch of this historian.
Price: $ 19.95 other currencies Order nr. 42177

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  Birkos, Alexander S. and Lewis A.Tambs HISTORIOGRAPHY, METHOD, HISTORY TEACHING, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES IN ENGLISH, 1965-1973.
(Hamden, CT) Linnet Books 1975 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 130 pages.
Instructors of history can use this bibliography to compile reading lists for classes and a source of potential publishing outlets. Divided into chapters on research methods in history, teaching of history, historiography and philosophy of history, and historiographical studies by area, with a checklist of professional periodical literature as appendix.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 70838

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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... (Bodley, Sir Thomas) Nicolson, The Hon. Harold (editor) ESSAYS BY DIVERS HANDS
being the Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom London Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press 1947 8vo cloth, paper spine label, dust jacket. x, 115, (5) pages
Eight essays on various topics, including F.S. Boar's "Sir Thomas Bodley and his Library," Emily Dickinson, and Thomas Hood. Jacket soiled.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 114388

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See More... Bom, G.D. BIJDRAGEN TOT EENE GESCHIEDENIS VAN HET GESLACHT "VAN KEULEN" ALS BOEKHANDELAARS, UITGEVERS, KAART- EN INSTRUMENTMAKERS IN NEDERLAND; EENE BIBLIO-CARTOGRAPHISCHE STUDIE
Amsterdam Meridian Publishing Co. 1962 8vo. wrappers (8), 27, (4), 120+(1) pages
Written in Dutch. History of the Van Keulen family Booksellers, publishers map and instrument makers in the Netherlands. With indices. Wrappers slightly tanned, "Van Keulen" written in ink on the spine.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 104452

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See More... (Bookbinding) Deville, Étienne. LA RELIURE FRANCAISE I. DES ORIGINES A LA FIN DU XVIIE SIÉCLE
Paris et Bruxelles Les Éditions G. Van Oest 1930 small 8vo. paper wrappers. 44 pages followed by 32 plates.
Volume 1 of a history of French bookbinding, focusing on binding up to the end of the 17th century; A second volume was issued in 1931 which continued the history through the 19th century. Includes 32 illustrations of fine and often elaborate bookbinding from the period. Wrapper chipped with hole along front hinge. Cover partially detached. Ownership inscription in pencil.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 102618

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  BOOK (THE), NEWSLETTER OF THE PROGRAM IN THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK IN AMERICAN CULTURE.
Worcester AAS 1984-1985 4to. self paper wrappers
Five issues including 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 77607

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See More... Bosmajian, Haig BURNING BOOKS.
Jefferson, NC McFarland & Company 2006 4to. illustrated paper-covered boards vi, 233+(1) pages
A historical survey of book burning as a means of elimination of blasphemous/heretical, seditious/subversive, or obscene/immoral books. Table of contents, preface, introduction, bibliography, and index.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 115800

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See More... Bossert, Helmuth AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF COLOUR DECORATION.
Berlin Ernst Wasmuth Ltd. 1928 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 34, (2) pages followed by CXX leaves of plates.
An impressive collection of colored illustrations showing decoration through the ages, from ancient Egypt to Europe in 1860, illustrating each region. Each plate has an explanatory section written by Bossert. Many of the designs shown were procured for this book, not having been reproduced before. Includes 120 plates showing a total of 222 illustrations. Foxing throughout the text but all the plates are clean. Spine slightly faded, edges of dust jacket torn.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 60965

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See More... (Bourdieu, Pierre) McDonald, Peter D. " IMPLICIT STRUCTURES AND EXPLICIT INTERACTIONS: PIERRE BOURDIEU AND THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK."
N. P. (but Oxford) (Oxford University Press) 1997 8vo. stiff paper wrappers pp. 105-121
An article published in "The Library", Sixth Series, Volume XIX, No. 2, June 1997. Minor wear, wrappers slightly cocked.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 101945

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See More... Bowman, William Dodgson THE STORY OF "THE TIMES".
New York Dial Press 1931 8vo. cloth, dust jacket x, 342 pages
With review copy note laid-in. Dust jacket faded and soiled with some chips and crease. Book is only very slightly shelf worn.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 95301

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See More... Brandt, Francis Burke and Henry Volkmar Gummere BYWAYS AND BOULEVARDS IN AND ABOUT HISTORIC PHILADELPHIA.
Philadelphia Corn Exchange National Bank (1925) large 8vo. blue cloth stamped in gilt. 320 pages.
The Sesqui-Centennial Sourvenir Edition. Filled with historical illustrations of people and places. Maps. Minor cover rubbing. Light foxing.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 105909

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See More... (Brasil) Borba de Moraes, Rubens BIBLIOGRAPHIA BRASILEIRA DO PERÍODO COLONIAL
São Paulo Publicação do Instituto de Estudo Brasileiros 1969 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 437, (3) pages
Text in Portuguese. Lots of entries with many titles pages reproduced. Previous owner's name stamped on half title page. Worn at the extremities, spine very slightly cocked.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 95605

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See More... Brewington, M.V. CHESAPEAKE BAY, A PICTORIAL MARITIME HISTORY.
New York Bonanza Books (1956) small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, (ii), 238 pages.
Second edition. Profusely illustrated. Minor jacket chipping.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 89287

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See More... (Bridgeton) CURRICULUM AND RESEARCH GUIDE, TRICENTENNIAL CITY OF BRIDGETON, NEW JERSEY, 1686-1986.
Bridgeton, NJ Bridgton Public Schools 1986 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 53, (3) pages.
Well-illustrated pamphlet on this old New Jersey town.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 99117

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