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
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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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. Fine condition. READ MORE about LAMMOT DU PONT AND THE AMERICAN EXPLOSIVES INDUSTRY, 1850-1884
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New York: Harper & Row, (1971). thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxii, 722 pages. B2-553. First edition. Relates how du Pont took the family business from a small company producing gunpowder in 1890 to a major corporation. A classic business history. Near fine. READ MORE about PIERRE S. DU PONT AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN CORPORATION
Price: $13.00 Order nr. 28776
(Wilmington: Brandywine Publishing Co., (1977). 8vo. cloth. (x), 392 pages. "Translated from the French with some additional paragraphs concerning the historical personages and the happenings mentioned therein, composed by the translator, Elise du Pont Elrick." Originally published in France by the Presses Universitaires de France under the title Du Pont de Nemours, Soldat de la Liberte.Fine condition. READ MORE about DU PONT DE NEMOURS, APOSTLE OF LIBERTY AND THE PROMISED LAND
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Wilmington: E.E. du Pont de Nemours & Co., (1954). 8vo. cloth. (xii), 479 pages. Sesquicentennial edition, revised. Illustrated. READ MORE about BLASTERS' HANDBOOK, A MANUAL DESCRIBING EXPLOSIVES AND PRACTICAL METHO DS OF USING THEM
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Wilmington: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 1950. 8vo. cloth, three metal ringed binder. Not paginated. Many of the text pages were from a March, 1958 revised edition. READ MORE about DU PONT FACTS BOOK, "THE ECONOMIC FACTS OF INDUSTRIAL LIFE."
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 39479
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1920. 8vo. cloth. (viii), 196 pages. First edition. Illustrated history of this important Delaware business. READ MORE about E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, A HISTORY, 1802-1902
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 28389
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 396 pages. B1-2105. First edition. History of this Delaware industrial family. Jacket is chipped. READ MORE about DU PONT, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY YEARS
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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
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
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
N.P. (Farmers Bank, 1957). tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 308 pages. B1-4386. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE FARMERS BANK, AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS AND COMPANY OF THE FARMERS...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 28793
Greenville, DE: The Hagley Museum, (1974). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 63+(1) pages. B2-625. Information on the whaling industry in Delaware especially the Wilmington Whaling Company. READ MORE about DELAWARE GOES WHALING, 1833-1845
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 28371
(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
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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
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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
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Wilmington: The Cedar Tree Press, (1998). 8vo. cloth. x, 78 pages. First edition, limited to 500 copies. This copy is out of series. Filled with illustrations of the merchants of Wilmington, Delaware. READ MORE about GHOSTS OF MARKET STREET: MERCHANTS OF YESTERYEAR
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 57932
