New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. 8vo. cloth. x, 403 pages. See B1-2105. Second edition. History of this Delaware industrial family. READ MORE about DU PONT, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY YEARS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 40043
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
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 58438
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
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 67446
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
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 122908
Wilmington: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 1938. 8vo. cloth. xvi, 234 pages. B1-2150. History of the company. Illustrated. Covers rubbed. READ MORE about DU PONT ROMANCES, A REMINISCENT NARRATIVE OF E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 28356
Wilmington: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 1938. 8vo. cloth. xvi, 234 pages. B1-2150. History of the company. Illustrated. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. READ MORE about DU PONT ROMANCES, A REMINISCENT NARRATIVE OF E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 29711
Wilmington: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 1938. 8vo. cloth. xvi, 234 pages. B1-2150. History of the company. Illustrated. Signed and dated by author on free endpaper. Covers rubbed along hinges and worn at spine ends. READ MORE about DU PONT ROMANCES, A REMINISCENT NARRATIVE OF E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 65765
(Wilmington: E.I. du Pont de Neours and Company, 2002). 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (iv), 268 pages. First edition. Issued on the 200th anniversary of this company that started business on the Brandywine River in Delaware. Foreword by Justin Carisio, Executive Editor and James Moore, Managing Editor. Filled with full color illustrations. READ MORE about DU PONT: FROM THE BANKS OF THE BRANDYWINE TO MIRACLES OF SCIENCE
Price: $22.00 Order nr. 88741
New York: Atheneum, 1980. thick 8vo. two-toned cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 426, (2) pages. First edition. Jacket chipped around edges. Bookplates on front pastedown. READ MORE about BLOOD RELATIONS, THE RISE & FALL OF THE DU PONTS OF DELAWARE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 28617
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1973. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 464 pages. B2-1208. With an introduction by Ralph Nader. Closed tear in jacket. READ MORE about THE COMPANY STATE, RALPH NADER'S STUDY GROUP REPORT ON DU PONT IN DELAWARE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 29279
Forword by Irving S. Shapiro.
Wilmington: Serendipity Press, (1982). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 213 pages. Forword by Irving S. Shapiro. On the production of dyes by the Du Pont Company. With anecdotes. Reproduces an N.C. Wyeth illustration in color as the frontispiece. READ MORE about THE COLORFUL DU PONT COMPANY
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 28392
Foreword by Irving S. Shapiro.
Wilmington: Serendipity Press, (1982). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 213 pages. Foreword by Irving S. Shapiro. On the production of dyes by the Du Pont Company. Jacket spine is faded. READ MORE about THE COLORFUL DU PONT COMPANY
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 65801
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
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 38964
N.P. Eleutherian Mills - Hagley Foundation by the University Press of Virginia, (1984). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 332 pages. First edition. 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
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 29240
Wilmington: Eleutherian Mills - Hagley Foundation, n.d. small 8vo. 6 page foldout. Travel guide to the beginning of the du Pont business in America. READ MORE about HAGLEY MUSEUM
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 67144
Boston: Harvard Business School Press, (1990). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxvi, 528, (2) pages. Issued on the 75th anniversary of this Delaware company. READ MORE about LABORS OF A MODERN HERCULES, THE EVOLUTION OF A CHEMICAL COMPANY
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 40100
(New Castle): The New Castle Historical Society, 1994. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 29+(1) pages. First edition. Foreword by Richard R. Cooch, President. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE TIDES LED THE TOWN, A RECENT HISTORY OF THE WATERFRONT, NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 79113
Wilmington: News-Journal Co., n.d. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 17 pages. Illustrated view of how the publisher worked. READ MORE about STORY OF THE MAKING OF A DAILY NEWSPAPER, PLANT OF THE NEWS-JOUNRAL CO., WILMINGTON, DEL
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 49825
Wilmington: News-Journal Company, (1962). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. The 1962-1963 edition. The internal rules and regulations for newspaper advertising. READ MORE about ADVERTISING ACCEPTABILITY STANDARDS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 87886
Wilmington: The Pusey and Jones Corp. (1948). small 8vo. boards, slipcase. 56 pages. B1-2070. History of this renowned producer of paper machines. READ MORE about A HUNDRED YEARS A-BUILDING
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 66016
Wilmington: The Cedar Tree Press, 1993. 8vo. cloth. xvi, 64 pages. First edition, second printing, limited to 500 copies. Signed and dated by the author on the half-title. Printed on Curtis text. READ MORE about CURTIS PAPER COMPANY: FROM THOMAS MEETEER TO THE JAMES RIVER CORPORATI ON
Price: $23.95 Order nr. 67990
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. READ MORE about HANGING THE MOON, THE ROLLINS RISE TO RICHES
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 72823
(Delaware City: Star Enterprise, n.d. (after 1989). 4to. self paper wrappers. 18, (2) pages. This refinery was sold by Getty Refining and Marketing Co. to Star Enterprise in 1989. Star was a joint venture between Texaco and Saudi Aramco. Illustrated in color. READ MORE about GENERATIONS IN ENERGY, DELAWARE CITY REFINERY
Price: $3.00 Order nr. 127901
Wilmington: "Every Evening'', 1894. thick tall 4to. original pebbled cloth (spine covering missing), all edges gilt. 276, (2) pages. B1-491.Filled with illustrations of buildings, important people, maps, etc. Hinges cracked and wear at spine ends. Treasure trove of information. Bookplate of the noted Delaware collector, Henry I. Law. Very scarce book. Shaken. READ MORE about HISTORY OF WILMINGTON, THE COMMERICAL, SOCIAL, AND RELIGIOUS GROWTH OF THE CITY DURING THE PAST...
Price: $450.00 Order nr. 29978
Wilmington: Chamber of Commerce, n.d. (circa 1940). small 8vo. paper wrappers. 24 pages. See B1-2010. READ MORE about PORT OF WILMINGTON ON THE DELAWARE
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 74215
