ARMITAGE INN, A BED & BREAKFAST.
New Castle: Armitage Inn, n.d. small 8vo. six page foldout. Brochure on this New Castle B&B which is out of business. READ MORE about ARMITAGE INN, A BED & BREAKFAST
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DELAWARE, SMALL WONDER. A FORBES SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT.
N.P. n.p., n.d. (circa 1982). small 4to. paper wrappers. (24) pages. An advertising brochure pitching the virtues of Delaware as a place to locate business. READ MORE about DELAWARE, SMALL WONDER. A FORBES SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 44285
WILMINGTON, THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, DELAWARE.
Wilmington: Chamber of Commerce, various dates. 4to. self paper wrappers. Volume 2, No.5 1927. 40 pages. Volume 3, No.1. 1928. 36 pages. Volume 3, No.4. 1928. 24 pages. Volume 3, No.6. 1928. 28 pages. Volume 4, No.3. 1929. 156 pages. With a lengthy illustrated article on Wilmington. Volume 5, No.2. 1930. 64 pages. Volume 5, No.11. 1931. 40 pages.. Volume 7, No.10. 1933. 24 pages. Volume 8, No.2. 1933. 24 pages. Price is per issue. READ MORE about WILMINGTON, THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, DELAWARE
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 66851
WILMINGTON.
Wilmington: Du Pont Company, 1968. small 4to. paper wrappers. 32, (2) pages. An illustrated plug for the city. READ MORE about WILMINGTON
Price: $8.50 Order nr. 39944
HOTEL DU PONT STORY, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 1911-1981.
Wilmington: Serendipity Press, (1981). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 209 pages. First edition. The history of Delaware's finest hotel. Presentation from Ayers on title page dated 1982. READ MORE about HOTEL DU PONT STORY, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 1911-1981
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 28601
PACKING AND MARKETING DELAWARE FOOD PRODUCTS.
Dover: Commission on Packing and Marketing Delaware Food Products, 1933. 8vo. cloth. 121 pages. B1-2222. O.A. Newton was Commissioner. Filled with interesting illustrations of different business scenes of Delaware commerce. Ink inscription on free endpaper. READ MORE about PACKING AND MARKETING DELAWARE FOOD PRODUCTS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 46407
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, ITS PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCIAL AND MAR ITIME ADVANTAGES.
Wilmington: The Board of Trade, 1888. small 4to. original cloth with newer leather spine. 80 pages. B1-2026. Filled with illustrations of Wilmington businesses. Lacks the three maps that were bound in at the front of this title. Printed by the Delaware Printing Company. Wear along edges especially at tips. READ MORE about WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, ITS PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCIAL AND MAR ITIME ADVANTAGES
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 66467
TO MARKET, TO MARKET, IN WILMINGTON: KING STREET AND BEYOND.
Wilmington: The Cedar Tree Press, (1993). 8vo. cloth. xiv, 54, (4) pages. First edition, second printing, limited to 750. With two pen and ink illustrations by Lorraine Russell Gilson and a number of illustrations and photographs. A history of the farmers' market in Wilmington. READ MORE about TO MARKET, TO MARKET, IN WILMINGTON: KING STREET AND BEYOND
Price: $23.95 Order nr. 41364
TO MARKET, TO MARKET, IN WILMINGTON: KING STREET AND BEYOND.
Wilmington: The Cedar Tree Press, n.d. (but 1993). 8vo. cloth. xiv, 54, (4) pages. First edition, limited to 800 numbered copies signed by the author. With two pen and ink illustrations by Lorraine Russell Gilson and a number of illustrations and photographs. A history of the farmers' market in Wilmington. READ MORE about TO MARKET, TO MARKET, IN WILMINGTON: KING STREET AND BEYOND
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 67942
A HISTORY, THE DELAWARE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 1837-1987.
Wilmington: Delaware State of Commerce, 1987. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 56 pages. With a foreword by James H. Gilliam, Jr. and William C. Wyer. Illustrated. READ MORE about A HISTORY, THE DELAWARE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 1837-1987
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 68773
THE BUTCHER, THE BAKER, THE AEROPLANE MAKER, BUSINESS IN NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE, 1875-1950.
(New Castle): New Castle Historical Society, (1995). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (v), 23 pages. First edition. Forewordy by Richard R. Cooch, President. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE BUTCHER, THE BAKER, THE AEROPLANE MAKER, BUSINESS IN NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE, 1875-1950
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 79115
MISSISSIPPI MARKET FOR WOOLEN GOODS: AN 1822 ANALYSIS.
1965. small 8vo. sel paper wrappers, stapled. pp.80-90. Reprinted from The Journal of Southern History, Vol. XXXI, No.1, Feb. 1965. Information on the wool trade based on correspondence between Joseph Downing and Victor Marie du Pont and Charles I. du Pont. READ MORE about MISSISSIPPI MARKET FOR WOOLEN GOODS: AN 1822 ANALYSIS
Price: $5.00 Order nr. 39094
TRANSPORTATION AND BRANDYWINE INDUSTRIES, 1800-1840.
1961. 8vo. self paper wrappers. pp.303-325. Offprint from Delaware History, Vol. IX, No. 4 (October, 1961). B2-1921. Discussion of the various plans for canals and turnpikes proposed in the 19th century. With a frontispiece showing the Lea Mills. READ MORE about TRANSPORTATION AND BRANDYWINE INDUSTRIES, 1800-1840
Price: $7.50 Order nr. 38976
CORPORATE CAPITAL, WILMINGTON IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, (1983). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. viii, 294 pages. First edition. "This book chronicles the changes that characterize the peculiar transformation of Wilmington, Delaware, from a declining manufacturing center into the corporate headquarters of American's leading chemical companies.'' Signed by the author on the free endpaper. Jacket chipped. READ MORE about CORPORATE CAPITAL, WILMINGTON IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 65823
WHAT NEXT? AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H.J. KREBS, FOR THIRTY-TWO YEARS A DANISH CITIZEN. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1850.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1926. small 4to. cloth, top edge gilt. 131, (3) pages. B1-1200. Illustrated biography of this Delaware citizen and well known businessman. Bookplate of Henry Ingram Law. Clipped signature of Krebs, photograph of him, and various clipped newspaper obituaries mounted on front free endpaper. READ MORE about WHAT NEXT? AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF H.J. KREBS, FOR THIRTY-TWO YEARS A DANISH CITIZEN. INDUSTRIAL...
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 66484
THE FARMERS BANK, AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS AND COMPANY OF THE FARMERS BANK OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, 1807-1957.
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: $20.00 Order nr. 28793
THE FARMERS BANK, AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS AND COMPANY OF THE FARMERS BANK OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, 1807-1957.
N.P. (Farmers Bank, 1957). tall 8vo. cloth. (x), 308 pages. B1-4386. Illustrated. Parts of dust jacket pasted to free endpaper. READ MORE about THE FARMERS BANK, AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS AND COMPANY OF THE FARMERS...
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 46447
THE FARMERS BANK, AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS AND COMPANY OF THE FARMERS BANK OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, 1807-1957.
N.P. (Farmers Bank, 1957). tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 308 pages. B1-4386. Illustrated. With the Delaware bookplate of Gertrude Brinckle annotated by her in ink on half-title. Jacket has pieces missing. READ MORE about THE FARMERS BANK, AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS AND COMPANY OF THE FARMERS...
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 66000
THE FARMERS BANK, AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS AND COMPANY OF THE FARMERS BANK OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, 1807-1957.
N.P. (Farmers Bank, 1957). tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 308 pages. B1-4386. Illustrated. Tears in front cover of jacket with some loss. READ MORE about THE FARMERS BANK, AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS AND COMPANY OF THE FARMERS...
Price: $18.00 Order nr. 74015
DELAWARE GOES WHALING, 1833-1845.
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
DELAWARE, ITS PRODUCTS, RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES TOGETHER WITH A COMPLETE DIRECTORY OF THE VARIOUS STATE AND WILMINGTON DEPARTMENTS PROPERTY CLASSIFIED.
Wilmington: National Publishing Co., (1926). 8vo. cloth. 109 pages. B1-404. With many advertisements. Spine slightly faded. READ MORE about DELAWARE, ITS PRODUCTS, RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES TOGETHER WITH A COMPLETE DIRECTORY OF THE...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 97245
BREWING IN DELAWARE.
(Charlestown, SC): Arcadia Publishing, (2015). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 127+(1) pages. First edition. Part of the Images of America Series issued by this publisher. "While Delaware maintains one of the oldest beer-brewing traditions in the United States, its history has largely been lost or forgotten over the course of nearly four centuries. Beer was a main source of sustenance to Delawares early European settlers, and its production eventually became one of the young colonys first... READ MORE about BREWING IN DELAWARE
Price: $21.99 Order nr. 127098
THE WORKERS' WORLD AT HAGLEY.
Wilmington: Eleutherian Mills - Hagley Foundation, (1981). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 61+(1) pages. Written with the assitance of Jacqueline Hinsely and Joy Kaufmann. Illustrated look at the condition of du Ponts works at the powder mills on the Brandywine. Covers faded. Corner curled. READ MORE about THE WORKERS' WORLD AT HAGLEY
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THE WORKERS' WORLD AT HAGLEY.
Wilmington: Eleutherian Mills - Hagley Foundation, (1981). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 61+(1) pages. Written with the assistance of Jacqueline Hinsely and Joy Kaufmann. Illustrated look at the condition of du Pont works at the powder mills on the Brandywine. READ MORE about THE WORKERS' WORLD AT HAGLEY
Price: $9.00 Order nr. 66971
THE GHOSTS OF MARKET STREET: MERCHANTS OF YESTERYEAR.
Wilmington: The Cedar Tree Press, (1999). 8vo. cloth. x, 78 pages. First edition, third printing. Filled with illustrations of the merchants of Wilmington, Delaware. READ MORE about THE GHOSTS OF MARKET STREET: MERCHANTS OF YESTERYEAR
Price: $24.95 Order nr. 68846