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
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 94354
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, 1912-1937.
Wilmington: Atlas Powder Company, (1937). tall 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 64 pages. Many illustrations. READ MORE
Price: $40.00 other currencies Order nr. 28205
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
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 28601
AN ANTHOLOGY OF DELAWARE PAPERMAKING.
New Castle: Oak Knoll Books and Delaware Bibliophiles, 1991. 8vo. quarter cloth, printed paper over boards, leather spine label. 81, (3) pages. Limited to 200 numbered copies (Berger B40). This work is based on an original article written by Barbara Benson about the general history of papermaking in Delaware. To this has been added two previously published articles - "The Gilpins and their Endless Papermaking Machine" by H.B. Hancock and N.B. Wilkinson; and "Papermaker Joshua... READ MORE
Price: $195.00 other currencies Order nr. 67230
BLUE BOOK OF DELAWARE, 1939-1940, AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF OLD AND SOCIALLY PROMINENT FAMILIES TOGETHER WITH MEMBERS OF FAMILY, ADDRESSES, TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND SOCIAL AFFILIATIONS WHEREVER POSSIBLE.
Wilmington: Blue Book Company, 1939. 8vo. cloth. 120 pages. B1-847. For sale by publisher of Matthew Brothers, Inc. of Wilmington. Filled with interesting advertisements for businesses. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 66934
HARRY FLETCHER BROWN, AN ESSAY IN APPRECIATION.
Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1960. 8vo. two-toned cloth, slipcase. xii, 128 pages. B1-922. First edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies. Biographical sketch of this chemist and Du Pont executive. He was a major benefactor to the University of Delaware. READ MORE
Price: $5.00 other currencies Order nr. 28349
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
Price: $35.00 other currencies 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
Price: $200.00 other currencies 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
Price: $23.95 other currencies 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
Price: $30.00 other currencies Order nr. 67942
FIFTIETH ANNUAL REPORT.
N.P. Delaware Railroad Company, various dates. 8vo. paper wrappers. B1-2423. Have the following reports: 50th Annual Report. 1902. 22 pages. With ink ownership stamp of Willard Saulsbury on front cover. Small chip out of paper wrappers at bottom of spine. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 68226
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
Price: $5.00 other currencies Order nr. 44285
DELAWARE'S INDUSTRIES, AN HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL REVIEW.
Philadelphia: Keighton Printing House, 1891. thick 8vo. original cloth. 290, 157+(1), v pages. B1-2027. Based on the census of 1890. Filled with illustrations and advertisements for various businesses. Bookplate of the Delaware collector, Henry I. Law, on front pastedown. Front inside hinge cracked. READ MORE
Price: $125.00 other currencies Order nr. 66375
DELAWARE'S INDUSTRIES, AN HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL REVIEW.
Philadelphia: Keighton Printing House, 1891. thick 8vo. original cloth. 290, 157+(1), v pages. B1-2027. Based on the census of 1890. Filled with illustrations and advertisements for various businesses. Covers rubbed. Front inside hinge almost broken. READ MORE
Price: $100.00 other currencies Order nr. 128074
EDUCATION OF ALFRED VICTOR DU PONT, NINETEENTH CENTURY INDUSTRIALIST.
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
Price: $5.00 other currencies Order nr. 38964
LAMMOT DU PONT AND THE AMERICAN EXPLOSIVES INDUSTRY, 1850-1884.
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
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 29240
DU PONT DE NEMOURS, APOSTLE OF LIBERTY AND THE PROMISED LAND.
(Wilmington: Brandywine Publishing Co. 1977). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (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., Dust jacket soiled. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 74046
150TH ANNIVERSARY CEREMONIES, 1802-1952.
Eleutherian Mills: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. 1952. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 29 pages. With addresses by Henry B. du Pont,, Crawford H. Greenewalt, and Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. and benediction by Rev. Dr. Wm. C. Munds. Illustrated with photographs. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 38969
THE BOOMERANG.
(Wilmington): n.p. 1911. 4to. self paper wrappers. (8) pages. Volume 1, Number 1 of this spoof magazine produced for Du Pont employees. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 108055
FIRST FAMILIES, THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN ARISTOCRACY.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1970). thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiii, 503 pages. First edition. Chapter four is on the Du Pont family and is accompanied by illustrations. Jacket faded and rubbed along edges. READ MORE
Price: $5.00 other currencies Order nr. 78795
THE DU PONTS OF DELAWARE.
London: Frederick Muller Limited, (1965). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 368 pages. First English edition. History of the du Pont family of Delaware. Jacket chipped and rubbed with spot on spine where label was removed. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 35428
CONVEYOR. EDGE MOOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE, 1925-1985.
N.P. (du Pont Company, 1985). 4to. self paper wrappers. (6) page foldout. Illustrated history of this du Pont site. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 39771
THE DU PONTS, FROM GUNPOWDER TO NYLON.
Translated by Edward B. Garside. With Photographs by Dixie Reynolds.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, (1962). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 303 pages. Translated by Edward B. Garside. With Photographs by Dixie Reynolds. B2-288. First edition in English. Jacket chipped along edges. Bookplate. Clipped newspaper article about this book loosely inserted (which has foxed the free endpaper. READ MORE
Price: $12.50 other currencies Order nr. 28619
THE DU PONT EXPERIMENTAL STATION.
Wilmington: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, 1961. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, 28 pages. Illustrated. Paperclip mark at top of cover and first few pages. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 67601
E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, A HISTORY, 1802-1902.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1920. 8vo. cloth. (viii), 196 pages. First edition. Illustrated history of this important Delaware business. READ MORE
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 28389