Illustrated by Irwin D. Hoffman.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc., (1940). 8vo. cloth. xi, 398 pages. Illustrated by Irwin D. Hoffman. First edition, later printing being the "War Edition". Part of the Rivers of America Series. Spot on spine. Ink inscription on half-title. READ MORE about THE DELAWARE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 29723
Illustrated by Irwin D. Hoffman.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc., (1940). 8vo. cloth. xi, 398 pages. Illustrated by Irwin D. Hoffman. First edition. Part of the Rivers of America Series. Ink inscription along top edge of front pastedown. READ MORE about THE DELAWARE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 55797
Philadelphia: Christopher Sower Company, 1933. small 8vo. cloth. viii, 9-192 pages. First edition. Introduction by Charles F. Jenkins and contributions by Francis R. Cope, Mrs. Lynwood R. Holmes, and Samuel L. Smedley. Look at the area once owned by William Penn including Delaware with special emphasis on the Oak trees present. This first edition is very scarce. READ MORE about PENN'S WOODS, 1682-1932, THE OLDEST TREES IN PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE, AND EASTERN...
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 121891
Dover: Division of Historical and Cultural Afairs, (1987). small 4to. self paper wrappers. (28) pages. Introduction by governor, Michael Castle followed by a history of the development of the contitution illustrated with photographs of many original documents. READ MORE about CONSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENTS OF THE FIRST STATE, A HISTORY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 72800
Northridge, Ca: Windsor Publications, 1985. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 223 pages. First edition. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about THE FIRST STATE, AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF DELAWARE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 65976
N.P. n.p., 1940. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 203 pages. B1-419. First edition. Well illustrated history of the area along the Brandywine River. Printed by William N. Cann Inc. of Wilmington. Inscribed by the author on the first blank page. Jacket is worn with pieces missing and tape repairs. READ MORE about ALONG THE BRANDYWINE, A CHRONICLE COMPILED FROM OBSERVATIONS AND INQUIRIES MADE DURING THE...
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 39606
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2011. 7 x 10 inches. paperback. 240 pages. New Castle, Delaware: A Walk Through Time traces the evolution of one town from its seventeenth-century settlement to the leafy, beautiful, and well-preserved small city of today. The historic arc begins in the conflicts of European exploration and colony building that pitted the Netherlands against Sweden and then Great Britain. New Castle slowly developed under the flags of those three countries..... READ MORE about NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE: A WALK THROUGH TIME
Price: $24.95 Order nr. 106155
Illustrated by Andrew Wyeth.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1941). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), xiv, 285 pages. Illustrated by Andrew Wyeth. B1-1497. First edition, one of 650 numbered copies signed by Canby and Wyeth and printed for the Greenwood Book Shop as part of a special Delaware Edition. Part of the Rivers of America Series. Has a special limitation page bound-in at the beginning. Jacket has pieces missing at head of spine and along front edge. READ MORE about THE BRANDYWINE
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 128163
Sketches by Nancy C. Sawin.
Hockessin: The Holly Press, (1976). oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 88 pages. Sketches by Nancy C. Sawin. With an introduction by Betty Burroughs of the Wilmington News Journal. Signed by Sawin. Covers soiled with age darkening along bottom of front cover. READ MORE about DELAWARE SKETCH BOOK, AN HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 66474
Wilmington: Wilmington Trust Co., n.d. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Reprint of the Patent grant to Compton by George the Second. READ MORE about PATENT OF NOBILITY APPOINTING SPENCER COMPTON BARON OF WILMINGTON
Price: $7.50 Order nr. 66797
Newark, DE: Friends of the Curtis Paper Company, 1954-1970. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. A complete set of 17 booklets published annually by the Friends of the Curtis Paper Company commemorating historical persons, places, and events. Printed by the Spiral Press. Subjects include Washington's Farewell Address, the Fundamental Creed of Abraham Lincoln, the Declaration of Independence, the Jamestown colony, the Fundamental Creed of Robert E. Lee, a tribute to parents, the statehood of Alaska..... READ MORE about Complete set of 17 booklets
Price: $275.00 Order nr. 118520
Newark: Curtis Paper Company, 1964. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 26, (4) pages. B2-1298. The 11th in a series of booklets issued by Curtis. Printed at the Spiral Press and designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Two photographs of Rodney statues by Fred J. Maroon and a drawing for the cover by Reynard Biemiller. READ MORE about ON, PALE RIDER! THE STORY OF CAESAR RODNEY AND HIS IMMORTAL RIDE
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 67112
New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1965. small 4to. pictorial cloth. pp. (179)-269. The chapter on Delaware takes up pages 207 to 226. With information on flora and fauna, legends and lore, places of interest and a state map. Illustrated. Covers rubbed. READ MORE about AMERICAN HERITAGE NEW PICTORIAL ENCYCLOPEDIC GUIDE TO THE UNITED STATES, VOLUME 3, CONNECTICUT,...
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 74262
Newark: University of Delaware Library, 1988. broadside. Includes a history of Delaware's role in the development of the Constitution. READ MORE about " CREATURE OF THEIR OWN WILL ", THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 47422
Wilmington: Delaware Tercentenary Commission, 1938. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (20) pages. Illustrated booklet. With a reproduction of a Stanley Arthurs painting in full color showing the Swedes landing in America. READ MORE about DELAWARE TERCENTENARY, 1638 - 1938, OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF THE CELEBRATION, JUNE 27, 1938,...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 28767
Dover: Delaware State Development Department, n.d. small 8vo. 8 page foldout. Discussion of the State Flag, State Tree, State Flower, State Bird, State House, State Song and Great Seal. Josiah Marvel, Jr., Secretary of State. READ MORE about DELAWARE'S OFFICIAL INSIGNIA
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 67141
Dover: Delaware State Development Department, n.d. small 8vo. 8 page foldout. Discussion of the State Flag, State Tree, State Flower, State Bird, State House, State Song and Great Seal. Variant issue with name of Harris B. MacDowell Jr as Secretary of State on last page. READ MORE about DELAWARE'S OFFICIAL INSIGNIA
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 74957
Dover: Delaware State Development Department, (1940). small 8vo. 8 page foldout. Discussion of the State Flag, State Tree, State Flower, State Bird, State House, State Song and Great Seal. Variant issue with name of Josiah Marvel, Jr. as Secretary of State on last page accompanied by date. READ MORE about DELAWARE'S OFFICIAL INSIGNIA
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 109894
New York: The Viking Press, 1938. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxv, 549 pages. B1-282. First edition. Edited by Jeannette Eckman, Anthony Higgins and William H. Conner. Written as part of the Federal Writers' Project. Well-illustrated. The map is present in the pocket in the back. Jacket chipped with tears and is price clipped. Spine of book is faded. Ink inscription on half-title. READ MORE about DELAWARE, A GUIDE TO THE FIRST STATE
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 29516
N.P. Historic Markers Commission of Delaware, 1933. thin 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 59 pages. B1-1512. Commission composed of George H. Ryden, Edward W. Cooch, Annie W.J. Fuller, Anne Read Janvier, Hugh M. Morris and Anna T. Lincoln as Secretary. Illustrated. READ MORE about GUIDE TO HISTORIC MARKERS IN DELAWARE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 66099
Dover: Delaware State Development Department, n.d. small 8vo. 8 page foldout. Variant showing George Read House, Fort Christina State Park, Ridgley House, etc. READ MORE about HISTORICAL GUIDE TO DELAWARE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 67137
Dover: Delaware State Development Department, n.d. small 8vo. 8 page foldout. Variant showing Barratt's Chapel, the Corbit House, etc. READ MORE about HISTORICAL GUIDE TO DELAWARE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 67179
N.P. State of Delaware, Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, 1976. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 64 pages. Reprinted from the first volume of Delaware's historic preservation plan done in 1966. Illustrated. Brief histories of all parts of Delaware history including Old Swedes Church and the Old Port Mahon Light House. READ MORE about A TOPICAL HISTORY OF DELAWARE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 67823
Wilmington: Historical Society of Delaware, various dates. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Per issue. Issues of this fine periodical in stock: III 4; IV 1, 1; VI (1),3(4); VII ,2,3(6),4(1); VIII 1,3(2),4; IX 2(3); X 1, 3(2),4(3); XI 1(2),2(2),4; XII 1(2),2(2),3(1); XIII 1,2(2),3,4; XIV 1 (2),2(4),3(2),4(3); XV 1(4), 2(4),3(5),4(4); XVI 1(5),2(4), 3, 4; XVII 1, 2,3(3),4; XVIII 2,3(2),4(1); XIX 2 (2),2(3); XX 1,2(3); XXI 1,2,4,; XXII 1(2),2(2),4; XXIII 1(0),2(2); XXIV 1(4),2(4),4(2); XXV 1(2),(3),3(3),4(4); XXVI 1(3),2(2),3-4(3); XXVII..... READ MORE about DELAWARE HISTORY
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 28556
N.P. n.p., 1907. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 64 pages. B1-1510. Printed by George A. Wolf of Wilmington. Filled with illustrations. Covers faded along spine. READ MORE about BOOK OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, AS SET FORTH BY THE COMMAND OF THE GOVERNOR AND HIS COMMISSIONERS...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 28531
