New Castle: New Castle Historical Society and Cedar Tree Books, 2010. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xvi, 206, (2) pages. First edition. A chronological history of the town of New Castle with illustrations. READ MORE about 350 YEARS OF NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
Price: $19.95 Order nr. 106339
Dover: Delaware State Development Department, n.d. small 8vo. 6 page foldout. Illustrated. READ MORE about EUROPEAN INFLUENCES AS EVIDENCED IN TODAY'S DELAWARE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 67139
SEQUEL TO HMS DEBRAAK: LAST VOYAGE, 1798.
(Bethany Beach, DE): n.p., (1988). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 134, (20) pages. SEQUEL TO HMS DEBRAAK: LAST VOYAGE, 1798. First edition. This novel is centered on Adam, the cabin boy of the HMS DeBraak, an English treasure ship which sank off of the Delaware coast. Follows Adam as he grows up in Delaware up to the War of 1812. Signed by the author on the title page. READ MORE about ADAM IN DELAWARE, A NOVELETTE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 72815
Philadelphia: The City History Society of Philadelphia, 1909. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 129-161 pages. B1-1527. Separate offprint from their Publications 6:129161 (1909). Illustrations, foldout map. Information on Wilmington and New Castle. READ MORE about THE SETTLEMENTS ON THE DELAWARE PRIOR TO THE COMING OF WILLIAM PENN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 89200
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, (1934). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 418 pages. First edition. With 58 illustrations from photographs. Minor wear and soiling of dust jacket. READ MORE about VALLEY OF THE DELAWARE AND ITS PLACE IN AMERICAN HISTORY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 68384
N.P. n.p., (1975). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 343 pages. First edition, limited to 400 numbered and signed copies. Printed at the Press of William N. Cann, Inc. of Wilmington, Delaware. READ MORE about DELAWARE HERITAGE, THE STORY OF THE DIAMOND STATE IN THE REVOLUTION
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 65887
N.P. n.p., (1975). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 343 pages. First edition. Printed at the Press of William N. Cann, Inc. of Wilmington, Delaware. Inscribed by author on the copyright page. READ MORE about DELAWARE HERITAGE, THE STORY OF THE DIAMOND STATE IN THE REVOLUTION
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 68087
N.P. n.p., (1975). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 343 pages. First edition, limited to 400 numbered and signed copies. Printed at the Press of William N. Cann, Inc. of Wilmington, Delaware. Jacket is faded along top edge with wrinkling to back cover. READ MORE about DELAWARE HERITAGE, THE STORY OF THE DIAMOND STATE IN THE REVOLUTION
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 121905
Wilmington: Delaware American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, (1976). 8vo. cloth. (x), 181 pages. First edition. With 16 illustrations. Signed by the author on the title page. Private ownership name and stamp on front free endpaper. READ MORE about LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE, THE DELAWARE STATE DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 65922
Wilmington: Delaware American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, (1976). 8vo. cloth. (x), 181 pages. First edition, number 421 of a limited edition with limitation statement on verso of free endpaper. With 16 illustrations. READ MORE about LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE, THE DELAWARE STATE DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Price: $32.50 Order nr. 74242
Wilmington: Delaware American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, (1976). 8vo. cloth. (x), 181 pages. First edition, number 398 of a limited edition with limitation statement on verso of free endpaper. With 16 illustrations. Signed by the author on the title page. Name in ink on front pastedown. READ MORE about LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE, THE DELAWARE STATE DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 74877
Newark: University of Delaware Press, (1977). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xiv), 159 pages. First edition. "A University of Delaware Bicentennial Book". Illustrated. Scarce book. READ MORE about THE LOYALISTS OF REVOLUTIONARY DELAWARE
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 74932
Washington: Peabody Press, (1956). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. v, 66 pages. B1-4767. A first edition by this noted author. READ MORE about BLUE ROCK LAND, AN HISTORICAL PAGEANT-DRAMA ABOUT THE FOUNDING OF DELA WARE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 68197
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., (1977). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 221 pages. First edition. Illustrated history. READ MORE about DELAWARE, A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 28505
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., (1977). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 221 pages. First edition. Presentation "Carol e. Hoffecker with best wishes to Audrey Wirt" on title page. Ink inscription on facing page "Happy Birthday, Audrey, Aug. 6, 1977, from Pat." Jacket is price clipped. READ MORE about DELAWARE, A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 68084
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., (1977). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 221 pages. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. READ MORE about DELAWARE, A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 68473
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., (1977). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 221 pages. Reprint of the first edition. Illustrated history. Ink genealogical comments opposite title page. Lacks dust jacket. READ MORE about DELAWARE, A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 128336
Wilmington: The Middle Atlantic Press, (1989). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 215+(1) pages. Second printing of 1988 first edition. A Delaware Heritage Commission book. Illustrated history of Delaware written for juveniles. READ MORE about DELAWARE, THE FIRST STATE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 128334
Newark: University of Delaware Press, (1973). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 220 pages. B2-1277. First edition, the hardbound variant. With contributions by H. Clay Reed, Harold B. Hancock, John A. Munroe, Peter Welsh, Harold C. Livesay and Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. Signed by the author on the title page. READ MORE about READINGS IN DELAWARE HISTORY
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 68300
Newark: University of Delaware Press, (1973). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 220 pages. B2-1277. With contributions by H. Clay Reed, Harold B. Hancock, John A. Munroe, Peter Welsh, Harold C. Livesay and Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. Covers and free endpapers foxed. Old price sticker in corner of free endpaper. READ MORE about READINGS IN DELAWARE HISTORY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 28562
Removed from Volume III of the Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
(Philadelphia: M'Carty & Davis, 1834). 8vo. later cardboard covers with crude paper spine covering. 166 pages. Removed from Volume III of the Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. First edition in English (Howes C-84). Translated from the 1702 first edition published in Sweden. With all five plates present including one showing Fort Trinity in New Castle, Delaware. READ MORE about SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW SWEDEN. NOW CALLED, BY THE ENGLISH, PENNSYLVANIA, IN...
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 29428
N.P. (The Friends of Old Dover, Inc, 1987). 8vo. cloth. xiii, (i), 72 pages. First edition. A history of the beginning of government in Delaware as centered around this important meeting place in Dover. READ MORE about THE GOLDEN FLEECE TAVERN, THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE FIRST STATE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 61286
The Cedar Tree Press, 2008. 8vo. paperback. 144 pages. Punkin Chunkin has been a part of Delaware for over twenty years now and it is likely to continue for many more autumns. Who would have thought that a challenge to see who could throw a pumpkin the farthest would grow to be one of the largest events in our state, drawing tens of thousands of people to acres of corn fields in normally quiet slower..... READ MORE about PIE IN THE SKY: THE AUTHORIZED HISTORY OF PUNKIN CHUNKIN'
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 105305
New York: The Humanity Press, (1925). 8vo. cloth. 331 pages. B1-1619. Covers the settlements made in the 17th and early 18th centuries. Some fading of spine. READ MORE about THE DELAWARE FINNS, OR THE FIRST PERMANENT SETTLEMENTS IN PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE, WEST NEW JERSEY...
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 73057
Wilmington: Greenwood Book Store, (1947). 8vo. cloth, paper cover label, dust jacket. 69 pages. B1-121. Printed by The Star Publishing Company with design by John Woodlock. With six illustrations. History of the state boundaries of Delaware beginning with William Penn and carrying on to the Supreme Court in the 20th century. Signed by Lunt on free endpaper. One page prospectus to book loosely inserted. Jacket soiled with small tears along edges. READ MORE about THE BOUNDS OF DELAWARE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 65741
