New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1951). 8vo. cloth. x, 403 pages. See B1-2105. Third edition. History of this Delaware industrial family. READ MORE about DU PONT, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY YEARS
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 403 pages. B1-2105. Second edition. History of this Delaware industrial family. This edition contains a nine page Epilogue at the end which is not present in the first edition. Jacket chipped with piece missing at head of spine. Ink inscription on free endpaper. READ MORE about DU PONT, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY YEARS
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 396 pages. B1-2105. First edition. History of this Delaware industrial family. Presentation from the author on front free endpaper. Jacket is chipped and rubbed with small pieces missing along edges. READ MORE about DU PONT, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY YEARS
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Glasgow: Maitland Club, 1886. 4to. original paper covered boards. (iv), xii, 156 pages. Reprint of the 1831 edition (Lowndes, 21). Limited to 350 copies. Additional appendix of Foulis Press bibliography. Hinges cracked. READ MORE about NOTICES AND DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE LITERARY HISTORY OF GLASGOW, DURING THE GREATER PART OF...
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New York: M. Evans and Company, Inc., (2000). 8vo., cloth-backed paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 222, (2) pages. First edition. The author describes the history of the region and the development of the Mason-Dixon line while "walkin' the line." Much on the black experience and underground railroad. READ MORE about WALKIN' THE LINE, A JOURNEY FROM PAST TO PRESENT ALONG THE MASON-DIXON
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 89038
Cleveland, OH: The Rowfant Club, 1983. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 19+(1) pages. Limited to 300 numbered copies. Preface by Roderick Boyd Porter. Text of a lecture delivered February 21, 1980. Covers lightly discolored and bent. READ MORE about ANGOFF'S ARMY
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N.P. n.p., 1885. broadside (11 1/2 by 8 inches). Etching of William Pepys (1633-1703) by Charles William Sherborn. Torn on right side, reaching into the etching itself. READ MORE about Etching of Samuel Pepys
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N.P. n.p., 1885. broadside (9 by 6 1/4 inches). Etching of William Pepys (1633-1703) by Charles William Sherborn. With facsimile of Pepys' signature. READ MORE about Etching of Samuel Pepys
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Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1982. oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers, paper front cover label. (20) pages. Limited to 136 numbered copies, with the author's initials on colophon. Table of contents. A collection of ten poems. READ MORE about LIGHT IN A DARK SKY
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Ann Arbor: Clements Library, 1953. 8vo. Cloth. ix, (i), 548 pages. 304 items well-indexed in this useful book. Some soiling on covers, bumping on corners, and wear on edges. READ MORE about GUIDE TO THE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS IN THE WILLIAM L. CLEMENTS LIBRARY
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Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1985. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xv, 449 pages. Bibliography presenting a comprehensive list of 5,000 county histories published until December 1984. Bumping to the top corners. Dust jacket slightly soiled. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN COUNTY HISTORIES
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With an Introduction by Prof. Elmer F. Krauss.
Philadelphia: General Council Publication House, (1913). 8vo. cloth. (ii), 200 pages. With an Introduction by Prof. Elmer F. Krauss. Fourth edition. Frontispiece shows Old Swedes Church in Wilmington. Signed and dated (1935) by Finck on the free endpaper. Paper label on spine and library bookplate on back pastedown. READ MORE about LUTHERAN LANDMARKS AND PIONEERS IN AMERICA, A SERIES OF SKETCHES OF COLONIAL TIMES
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1975. 8vo. stapled self paper wrappers. pp.355-362. Offprint from Scholarly Publishing, July 1975. With reproductions of the various calligraphic covers used by this magazine. READ MORE about OUR LETTERFORM COVERS
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London, England: The Folio Society, 1984. 8vo. illustrated cloth, slipcase. xxiv, 279+(1) pages. Selected and edited, with an introduction by Margaret Foster. Table of contents. Illustrations by the author. READ MORE about DRAWN FROM LIFE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 131304
Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. The original DuPont Highway, found on maps as Route 13 between Dover and Wilmington and as Route 113 between Dover and the southern border with Maryland, was the nationÂs first divided highway when its expansion between Dover and Wilmington was completed in 1934. It had been officially dedicated 10 years earlier as the Coleman DuPont Road. Thomas Coleman du Pont, a descendant of..... READ MORE about THE DUPONT HIGHWAY
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(Charleston, SC): Arcadia Publishing, (2013). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 127+(1) pages. First edition. Part of Arcadia's Images of America series. History of this 35 mile tributary of the Delaware River and home of towns, industries including shipbuilding in Delaware. READ MORE about ALONG THE CHRISTINA RIVER
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Part of the 'Then & Now' series.
Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2010. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 96 pages. Part of the 'Then & Now' series. New Ark, as it is pronounced and appeared on colonial maps, is located in New Castle County near the borders of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Scotch-Irish and Welsh settlers developed Newark as a market town around the intersection of two Lenni Lenape trails. Newark remained little more than a village throughout its history, reaching a population of..... READ MORE about NEWARK
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Wilmington: The Middle Atlantic Press, (1987). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 313, (7) pages. Collection of Bill Frank columns. Presentation by the author on dedication page. READ MORE about BILL FRANK'S DELAWARE. Edited by Joseph H. Hanson
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 66268
Rehoboth Beach: Miles L. Frederick, n.d. (circa 1961). 8vo. paper wrappers. (20) pages. B2-1058. Folklore of the Capes in 10 essays. Illustrated by Harrison von Duyke. Near fine. READ MORE about STORIES AND LEGENDS OF THE DELAWARE CAPES
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Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1974. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xc, 583 pages. First edition. With many facsimile title pages. An excellent reference book. With information on American papermaking (Bidwell no.76). Dust jacket shows some moisture staining to the spine, as well as having a faded spine. Else fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S PHILADELPHIA PRINTING, 1728-1766 A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1965. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxii, 327 pages. Commentary followed by a bibliography broken down into 100 sections covering sources, bibliographies of individuals, bibliography of the movement and bibliography of illustrations. Specific information on Brown, Burne-Jones, Morris, Rossetti and others. Jacket lacking. Ex-libris with markings. READ MORE about PRE-RAPHAELITISM, A BIBLIOCRITICAL STUDY
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Philadelphia, PA: Willis P. Hazard, 1860. 8vo. half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, five raised bands on spine, red and green leather spine labels, all edges gilt. 158 pages, illustrations. New edition, revised and enlarged. Table of contents. Includes works of Schiller, Goethe, Heine, Uhland, among others. Fifteen black and white illustrations follow text. Reviewed in The Christian Examiner LXVIII (January-May 1860), 311. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges. READ MORE about GEMS OF GERMAN VERSE
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Oklahoma: Pilgrim Books Inc, (1983). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 302 pages. First edition. A biography of Dr. F. J. Furnivall, which traces his career as a Christian Socialist to his crucial involvement in the composition of the Oxford English Dictionary. It also covers the work of the various societies Furnivall founded and presided over, such as The Early English Text Society, and the New Shakespeare Society. Illustrated. Includes a bibliography and an index. READ MORE about DR. F. J. FURNIVALL, A VICTORIAN SCHOLAR ADVENTURER
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London: A.W. Penrose & Co., Ltd., (1925). small 8vo. cloth. 129 pages. First edition. Boards lightly bowed. Some soiling and writing in ink / pencil on preliminary pages. Very scarce. READ MORE about THE PENROSE PROCESS WORKERS' HANDBOOK. NOTES, FORMULAE & USEFUL TABLES COVERING ALL BRANCHES...
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A Practical Handbook on All Methods of Reproduction in Line, Grain, and Stipple.
London: Percy Lund, Humphries, & Co, n.d. 8vo. cloth. 328, (4) followed by 16 pages of advertisements. A Practical Handbook on All Methods of Reproduction in Line, Grain, and Stipple. A practical manual on various processes for reproduction of line engravings. Front hinge cracked along the top of the spine. Cloth covered boards lightly wavy. Stain to spine. Light wear to edges. Library number on spine. After the Preface , there are four color plates..... READ MORE about LINE PHOTO-ENGRAVING
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