OLD DOVER.
(Dover: The Friends of Old Dover), n.d. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Illustration of the State House on first page. READ MORE about OLD DOVER
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(Dover: The Friends of Old Dover), n.d. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Illustration of the State House on first page. READ MORE about OLD DOVER
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Dover: The City of Dover, 1967. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 112 pages. B2-766. Contributions by many different people on all facets of life and history in Dover including articles by Leon deValinger, Jr. Reproduction of a Stanley Arthurs picture in color on the covers. Some soiling of covers. READ MORE about DOVER, THE FIRST TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS, 1717-1967. A BRIEF HISTORY OF DOVER, DELAWARE,...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 66151
(Charleston, SC): Arcadia Publishing, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 128 pages. First edition. Part of Arcadia's Images of America Series. Filled with illustrations. READ MORE about DOVER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 88945
N.P. General Federation of Women's Club - Delaware State Federation of Women's Clubs, (1990). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 72 pages. First edition, limited to 300 numbered copies. Dedicated to Amalea Pusey Warner who founded the first Women's Club and became the first President of the DSFWC. Illustrated. Printed by Shane Quality Press of Smyrna. READ MORE about 101 YEARS OF VOLUNTEERISM
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 67943
New York: The Magazine Antiques, 1951. 4to. boards. 48 pages. B1-4537. Illustrated. Covers lightly soiled. Some shelfwear. Hinges starting. READ MORE about A SELECTION OF AMERICAN INTERIORS 1640-1840 IN THE HENRY FRANCIS DU PONT WINTERTHUR MUSEUM,...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 30636
New York: The Magazine Antiques, 1951. 4to. boards. 48 pages. B1-4537. Illustrated. READ MORE about A SELECTION OF AMERICAN INTERIORS 1640-1840 IN THE HENRY FRANCIS DU PONT WINTERTHUR MUSEUM,...
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(Wilmington: Printed for the Society of Friends of Old Drawyer's From "Every Evening" 1902. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. 31 pages. B1-46688B. A poem relating the history of this church. Wrappers tanned, front wrapper detached. READ MORE about MEMORIAL POEM AT THE ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIRST CELEBRATION OF DRAWYER'S CHURCH, JUNE 1, 1902
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 90080
(Newark: Dreamstreet Press), various. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. Have the following issues of this literary magazine: (2) No.42, Spring, 2002. With tributes to John Lofland and an essay on Robert Montgomery Bird by Dr. Nancy Buffington. (2) No.45. Fall, 2003. Includes a description of former Delaware Poet Laureate David Hudson. (2) No.47. Fall, 2004. (1) No. 49, Late Fall, 2005; (2) No.50. Fall 2006. Steven Leech on Charles Wertenbaker and Rachel Biggs..... READ MORE about DREAMSTREETS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 92203
Translated by Pierre S. du Pont.
Wilmington: n.p., 1947. 4to. full leather, top edge silver. (v) pages followed by 17 leaves reproducing the manuscript booklet in French and English. Translated by Pierre S. du Pont. B2-295. du Pont wrote this essay for his children to describe his religious views. Reproduced from Thomas Jefferson's copy and showing his writing on the title page. READ MORE about IRENEE BONFILS, WRITTEN BY PIERRE SAMUEL DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND PUBLISHED IN PARIS 1808
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Translated by Linwood Lehman.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label, dust jacket. xxv, 210 pages. Translated by Linwood Lehman. B1-1032. This book contains 60 letters between the two men. Jacket lacking most of spine, else near fine with minor soiling. READ MORE about CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THOMAS JEFFERSON AND PIERRE SAMUEL DU PONT DE N EMOURS 1798-1817
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 67804
N.P. n.p., n.d. (19th century). 12mo. original stiff paper wrappers. 7 pages. B1-1028. A later reprint of this obituary. READ MORE about OBITUARY NOTICE OF PIERRE SAMUEL DU PONT DE NEMOURS, FROM THE PHILADEL PHIA "DAILY...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 38963
Translated and with an Introduction by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese.
Wilmington: Scholarly Resources Inc., (1984). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 298 pages. Translated and with an Introduction by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese. First edition. Edited autobiography of this 18th century Frenchman. READ MORE about THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DU PONT DE NEMOURS
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 28940
New York: Christie's, 1991. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 162 pages. Sale number 7324. Illustrated including some in color. With prices realized loosely inserted. READ MORE about THE PIERRE S. DU PONT III COLLECTION OF NAVIGATION, VOYAGES, CARTOGRAPHY AND LITERATURE OF THE SEA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 42655
(Dover): Delaware Heritage Press, (2007). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xii), 175 pages. First edition. Oral History Series, No.5. With a one page "thanks" from du Pont. Illustrated. Fine in fine jacket. READ MORE about PIERRE S. DU PONT IV, GOVERNOR OF DELAWARE, 1977-1985
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 95493
New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. thick 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. xviii, 685 pages. First edition. Wall starts his history with Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemour and continues it until the death of Alfred I. du Pont in 1935. Near fine. READ MORE about ALFRED I. DU PONT, THE MAN & HIS FAMILY
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1961. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), pp.105-120. Reprint from Pennsylvania History, Vol. XXVIII, No.2, April, 1961. B2-690. Head of the du Pont de Nemour and Co. from 1837 to 1850. With frontispiece portrait. READ MORE about EDUCATION OF ALFRED VICTOR DU PONT, NINETEENTH CENTURY INDUSTRIALIST
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Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1923-1927. 8vo. quarter vellum over boards, top edges gilt. 200; 384,(3); 399+(1); 379+(1); 380; 321+(1); 318,(2); 315,(2); 301+(1); 316,(2); 292; 158,(2) pages. B1-1037. Limited to 250 copies. Twelve volumes. Translated from the French and with an Introduction by B.G. du Pont. Printed by the Craftsmen at Kells. Illustrated. Includes the 12th volume which is the index. Some rubbing and fading of covers. Signed on free endpaper "Eugene du Pont, 1925."..... READ MORE about THE LIFE OF ELEUTHÈRE IRÉNÉE DU PONT FROM CONTEMPORARY CORRESPONDENCE, 1778-1791
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2 volumes.
Philadelphia: Wm. F. Fell Co., 1951. 8vo. cloth, slipcase. xvi,234,(4); (x),306,(4) pages. 2 volumes. B1-1040. Limited to 300 numbered copies. Illustrated biography of this member of the du Pont family. Well preserved set. READ MORE about FRANCIS GURNEY DU PONT, A MEMOIR
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Winterthur, DE: privately printed, (1926). small 8vo. self paper wrappers. 8 pages. Genealogy of part of the du Pont family. READ MORE about GERHARD FAMILY
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New Haven: Yale University Press, (1999). 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xvi, (ii), 300 pages. First edition, later printing. With a Foreword by R.W.B. Lewis. Illustrated. Signed by the author. READ MORE about HENRY F. DU PONT AND WINTERTHUR, A DAUGHTER'S PORTRAIT
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Winterthur: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1980. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (42) pages. Illustrated. Printed by John Anderson at his Pickering Press. READ MORE about HENRY FRANCIS DU PONT, OBSERVATIONS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH, MAY...
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Winterthur: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1980. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (42) pages. Illustrated. Printed by John Anderson at his Pickering Press. READ MORE about HENRY FRANCIS DU PONT, OBSERVATIONS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH, MAY...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 65856
N.P. Eleutherian Mills - Hagley Foundation by the University Press of Virginia, (1984). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 332 pages. Lammot was partners with Henry du Pont and helped shape the du Pont company's growth. READ MORE about LAMMOT DU PONT AND THE AMERICAN EXPLOSIVES INDUSTRY, 1850-1884
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New York: The Spiral Press, (1950). 8vo. two toned cloth, dust jacket. 56 pages. First edition. Jacket chipped with piece missing at head of spine and along top edge of back cover. READ MORE about SONNETS AND LYRICS
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Philadelphia: Patterson & White Co., 1907. 8vo. cloth, top edge gilt. 113 pages. First edition. Minor cover wear. READ MORE about CURRENTE CALAMO
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