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Benson, Richard N. (editor).

GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF THE LOWER MIOCENE POLLACK FARM FOSSIL SITE, DELAWARE.

(Newark): Delaware Geological Survey, 1998. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 191 pages. Special Publication No.21 of the Survey. Illustrated. "The Pollack Farm Site, Kent County, Delaware, is named for a borrow pit on the former Pollack property that was excavated during 1991 and 1992 for road material..In the summer of 1991 during their routine check of excavations of earth materials as highway construction proceeded, DGS staff members recognized an exposure of a mud bed of..... READ MORE about GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF THE LOWER MIOCENE POLLACK FARM FOSSIL SITE, DELAWARE

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 127900

(Bethany Beach). Meehan, James D.

BETHANY BEACH MEMOIRS ... A LONG LOOK BACK.

(Bethany Beach): Harold E. Dukes, Jr., (2001). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 160 pages. B3. First edition. Over 250 illustrations accompany this history. Bethany Beach was founded in the 1890s by a group representing the Christian Church who wanted a summer encampment. The author has inscribed this copy on the free endpaper. Near fine. READ MORE about BETHANY BEACH MEMOIRS ... A LONG LOOK BACK

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 96812

Bevan, Wilson Lloyd (editor).

HISTORY OF DELAWARE, PAST AND PRESENT. Associate Editor E. Melvin Williams.

B1-1490. Four volumes.
New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1929. small 4to. half pebbled cloth over cloth. vi,444; (ii),445-910; (ii),248; (ii),249-525 pages. B1-1490. Four volumes. B1-1490. The first two volumes contain histories of various aspects of Delaware life while the last two volumes contain biographical sketches of famous people. Illustrated with views and portraits. Minor cover rubbing. READ MORE about HISTORY OF DELAWARE, PAST AND PRESENT. Associate Editor E. Melvin Williams

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 65776

(Biden, Joe).

JOE'S JOURNEY, BIDEN'S RISE TO VICE PRESIDENT.

Wilmington: The News Journal, (2009). oblong small 8vo. pictorial paper covered boards. 136 pages. First edition. Illustrated in color. With a mounted label on the free endpaper stating that this copy was given out at the History Makers Award luncheon, May 7, 2009. READ MORE about JOE'S JOURNEY, BIDEN'S RISE TO VICE PRESIDENT

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 102539

BIENNIAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR FOR THE YEARS.

Wilmington, DE: Unemployment Compensation Commission of Delaware, 1957-1958. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. B1-3002. 1957-1958. Printed by Grafco, Inc. of Wilmington. vii, 60 pages. Albert Statser, Chairman - Executive Director. READ MORE about BIENNIAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR FOR THE YEARS

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 89120

BIENNIAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR FOR THE YEARS.

Wilmington, DE: Unemployment Compensation Commission of Delaware, 1955-1956. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. B1-3002. Printed by Grafco, Inc. of Wilmington. vii, 40 pages. Albert Statser, Chairman - Executive Director. READ MORE about BIENNIAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR FOR THE YEARS

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134842

(Biggs Jr., John). Tool, Seymour I.

A JUDGE UNCOMMON, A LIFE OF JOHN BIGGS, JR.

Philadelphia: Legal Communications, Ltd., 1993. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 394, (2) pages. First edition. Biggs (1895-1979) was a Delaware author, room-mate of F. Scott Fitzgerald at Princeton and noted Delaware judge and attorney. READ MORE about A JUDGE UNCOMMON, A LIFE OF JOHN BIGGS, JR

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 92305

(Bird, Robert Montgomery).

BOOK OF RUBIES: A COLLECTION OF THE MOST NOTABLE LOVE-POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

New York: Charles Scribner & Co., 1866. 8vo. original full calf stamped in gilt and in blind with five raised blinds, dentelles, all edges gilt. 384 pages. First edition thus of this appearance of Dr. Robert Montgomery Bird's poem "Serenade", pp.240-241 (BAL 1173). Beautifully printed by Alvord with red borders on each page and ornaments in red ink. Spectacular publisher's binding. READ MORE about BOOK OF RUBIES: A COLLECTION OF THE MOST NOTABLE LOVE-POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 72827

Bird, Robert Montgomery.

CALAVAR; OR, THE KNIGHT OF THE CONQUEST: A ROMANCE OF MEXICO.

Volume 1 (of two) volumes.
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1834. 8vo. original brown cloth, paper spine label. xxviii, (29)-278, (2), (12) pages. Volume 1 (of two) volumes. First edition of author's first book. (BAL 1152). With a 12 page publisher's catalogue at the end of each volume - being state B in the first volume ("Just Published ... Private Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte"). No priority assigned by BAL. Robert Montgomery Bird was a well-known Delaware author that resided in..... READ MORE about CALAVAR; OR, THE KNIGHT OF THE CONQUEST: A ROMANCE OF MEXICO

Price: $100.00 Order nr. 68523

Bird, Robert Montgomery.

HAWKS OF HAWK-HOLLOW. A TRADITION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

Volume Two (of two).
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835. 8vo. original brown cloth, paper spine labels. 8, 256 pages. Volume Two (of two). First edition. (BAL 1155). State B of the paper spine label with text printed in all capitals. Also has an eight page section at the beginning describing new books issued by Carey, Lea, & Blanchard which is not noted by BAL. These ads refer to the second edition of both CAVALAR and THE INFIDEL. BAL..... READ MORE about HAWKS OF HAWK-HOLLOW. A TRADITION OF PENNSYLVANIA

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 68522

Bissell, George P.

SIGNIFYING NOTHING BY G.P.B.

N.P. privately printed, (1943). 8vo. cloth. 54 leaves. Fourth edition. A series of fictional letters to various newspaper editors dated between 1913 and 1943. Presentation from the author on front free endpaper "To Fred & Bertha Stone with very best regards from their old friend, G.P.B. 12-7-'43" READ MORE about SIGNIFYING NOTHING BY G.P.B

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 67861

(Björk, Erik). Ling, Hans.

FACES OF NEW SWEDEN, ERIK BJÖRK, CHRISTINA STALCOP & AMERICA'S FIRST PORTRAIT PAINTER.

Philadelphia: Swedish Colonial Society, (2004). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii+(i), 86 pages. First edition. Translated and edited by The Rev. Dr. Kim-Eric Williams, introductory articles by Dr. Peter S. Craig, foreword by Ronald A. Hendrickson. "History and art converge in the true story of the portrait of the Rev. Erik Björk, pastor of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes') Church, Wilmington, DE; the portrait of his wife, Christina Stalcop; and the fascinating connection between the New Sweden..... READ MORE about FACES OF NEW SWEDEN, ERIK BJÖRK, CHRISTINA STALCOP & AMERICA'S FIRST PORTRAIT PAINTER

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 79547

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. READ MORE about NEW SWEDEN HISTORICAL EXHIBIT, 1638-1938

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 66152

Black, John J.

THE CULTIVATION OF THE PEACH AND THE PEAR, ON THE DELAWARE AND CHESAPEAKE PENINSULA. WITH A CHAPTER ON QUINCE CULTURE AND CULTURE OF SOME OF THE NUT-BEARING TREES.

Wilmington: The James & Webb Printing Co., 1886. 8vo. original cloth. 397 pages. B1-1934. Illustrated. Black was a New Castle, Delaware, doctor. Peaches were a major industry in Delaware. Wear at spine ends. Previous ownership stamp in ink on front pastedown. Light wear to covers. READ MORE about THE CULTIVATION OF THE PEACH AND THE PEAR, ON THE DELAWARE AND CHESAPEAKE PENINSULA. WITH A...

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 29426

Black, Lois Fischer.

FROM LIQUID TO VAPOR AND BACK, FOUR CENTURIES OF THE FIRST CHEMICAL SEPARATION PROCESS.

Newark: University of Delaware Library, 1991. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 31, (3) pages. Exhibition catalogue. With acknowledgements by Susan Brynteson and foreword by Alice Schreyer. Illustrated. Corner bumped. READ MORE about FROM LIQUID TO VAPOR AND BACK, FOUR CENTURIES OF THE FIRST CHEMICAL SEPARATION PROCESS

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 67094

Blagg, G. Daniel.

DOVER, A PICTORIAL HISTORY.

Virginia Beach: Donning Company Publishers, (1980). 4to. cloth. (viii), 200 pages. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by the author and with a pasted in label issued by Wilmington Trust giving the limitation. READ MORE about DOVER, A PICTORIAL HISTORY

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 66562

Blandford, Benjamin W.

OFF THE CAPES OF DELAWARE.

Cincinnati: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1940. 8vo. pictorial cloth. xi, 325 pages. Illustrations by Bernard Segal. Each chapter gives a sketch of a Jewish historical American hero. The first chapter (and the title of this book) tells the story of the invention of distillation of salt water in Wilmington, Delaware. READ MORE about OFF THE CAPES OF DELAWARE

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 75203

(Blue Rocks). Chance, Elbert.

THE BLUE ROCKS, PAST AND PRESENT, WILMINGTON'S BASEBALL TEAM, 1940-1999.

Wilmington: Cedar Tree Books, (2000). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 379+(1) pages. First edition. 50 years of Delaware Minor League baseball. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE BLUE ROCKS, PAST AND PRESENT, WILMINGTON'S BASEBALL TEAM, 1940-1999

Price: $9.95 Order nr. 73135

(Book Selling).

THE BOOK ROOM.

Newark: The Book Room, 1993-. 8vo. paper wrappers. variously paginated. Collection of catalogues issued by this Newark, Delaware bookseller and former University of Delaware librarian. Have the following: List 1. Entertainment, Card Games, Board Games, Magic, Puzzles, other Amusements. 1993. Not paginated. 145 items. 4to., stapled in left hand corner. Catalogues 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. READ MORE about THE BOOK ROOM

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 100834

Borland, Katherine.

CREATING COMMUNITY, HISPANIC MIGRATION TO RURAL DELAWARE.

(Wilmington: The Delaware Heritage Commission, 2001). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 393 pages. First edition. Illustrated. READ MORE about CREATING COMMUNITY, HISPANIC MIGRATION TO RURAL DELAWARE

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 79520

(Brandywine).

BRANDYWINE VALLEY.

Wilmington: Brandywine Valley Association, 1948. 8vo. pictorial paper-covered boards. (20) pages. Consists of photographs of the area. Library sticker on front cover. READ MORE about BRANDYWINE VALLEY

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 67972

Brewer, Mary Marshall (abstracted and edited).

KENT COUNTY, DELAWARE, GUARDIAN ACCOUNTS, AARON TO CARTY, 1752-1849.

Lewes: Colonial Roots, 2003. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vii, 239 pages. First edition. With a two page introduction by F. Edward Wright. READ MORE about KENT COUNTY, DELAWARE, GUARDIAN ACCOUNTS, AARON TO CARTY, 1752-1849

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 99055

Brewer, Mary Marshall (abstracted and edited).

KENT COUNTY, DELAWARE, GUARDIAN ACCOUNTS, CATON TO EDINFIELD, 1753-1849.

Lewes: Colonial Roots, 2003. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vii, 238 pages. First edition. With a two page introduction by F. Edward Wright. READ MORE about KENT COUNTY, DELAWARE, GUARDIAN ACCOUNTS, CATON TO EDINFIELD, 1753-1849

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 99056

Brewer, Mary Marshall (abstracted and edited).

KENT COUNTY, DELAWARE, GUARDIAN ACCOUNTS, EDMONDSON TO HOPKINS, 1744-1855.

Lewes: Colonial Roots, 2003. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vii, 242 pages. First edition. With a two page introduction by F. Edward Wright. READ MORE about KENT COUNTY, DELAWARE, GUARDIAN ACCOUNTS, EDMONDSON TO HOPKINS, 1744-1855

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 99057

Brewer, Mary Marshall (abstracted and edited).

KENT COUNTY, DELAWARE, GUARDIAN ACCOUNTS, HOUSTON TO MCBRIDE, 1739-1856.

Lewes: Colonial Roots, 2004. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vii, 233 pages. First edition. With a two page introduction by F. Edward Wright. READ MORE about KENT COUNTY, DELAWARE, GUARDIAN ACCOUNTS, HOUSTON TO MCBRIDE, 1739-1856

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 99058

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