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Taylors Gut In the Delaware State

by Dudley Cammett Lunt

An Account of a Living Year- Season by Season in the Natural History of a Remote Inlet of Delaware Bay.

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Taylors Gut In the Delaware State

by Lunt, Dudley Cammett

An Account of a Living Year- Season by Season in the Natural History of a Remote Inlet of Delaware Bay.

Hotel Du Pont Story

by Ayres, Harry V

New Castle, Delaware

by Benson, Barbara E and Carol E Hoffecker

Black Powder, White Lace: The Du Pont Irish and Cultural Identity in Nineteenth-Century America

by Margaret M. Mulrooney

University of New Hampshire Press, 2002. 296 pages. First edition. Illustrated. Octavo. Publisher's red cloth; without dust jacket, if issued. A Near Fine and lovely copy with a trifling of binding wear. Out-of-print; a scholarly work examining the world of DuPont in nineteenth-century Delaware and working-class Irish-Americans in the Brandywine Valley. From the Publishers: "Between 1802 and 1902, over 2000 Irish emigrants, mainly Catholics from Ulster, relocated to northern Delaware, where they found... Read more about this item

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$50.00

Kent County, Delaware Land Records, Volume 4: 1735-1743

by Mary Marshal Brewer

Heritage Books, Inc.. New. This work consists primarily of deeds, but these early land records sometimes served as a ""catch-all"" for recording events including powers of attorney, patents, articles of agreement, acknowledgment of receipt of estate portion, deeds of gift to family members, contracts, and quitclaimsMary Marshall Brewer2000, 5½x8½, paper, index, 190 ppISBN: 9781585494217101-B0421

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$19.00

Johnson's Virginia, Delaware, Maryland & West Virginia

by JOHNSON, A.J

New York: Johnson & Ward, 1866. unbound. very good(+). Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 16.75" x 23". Beautifully detailed double page map of the Virginias, Delaware and Maryland divided into counties. Shows towns, railroads, waterways and major routes. Includes black and white insets of Fortress Monroe, the University of Virginia, General Post Office, Treasury Buildings and Patent Office. A few small tears to bottom edge. Alvin Jewett... Read more about this item

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$125.00

NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE: A WALK THROUGH TIME

by Benson, Barbara E. and Carol E. Hoffecker

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2011. paperback. 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 from a small... Read more about this item

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$24.95

The English on the Delaware 1610-1682. [Signed by the Author]

by C.A.Weslager

New Jersey: Rutgers, 1967. 363pp. First Edition. Signed by the Author. Publisher's cloth. Fine in a dustwrapper in like condition. "This volume brings into full perspective the sequence of historic events in the Delaware Valley, and shows how King James's buffer zone had far-reaching influence, affecting the fortunes of Lord Baltimore, Sir Edmund Plowden. the Duke of York, William Penn, and the Puritans of New Haven"

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$35.00

An address delivered before the literary Societies of Newark College, Del., on the day of the last annual commencement, Sept. 28th, 1842

by Carroll, D. L. 1797-1851. (Daniel Lynn)

Philadelphia: Printed for the Committee at the United States Book and Job Print. Office, 20 pages. Pamphlet, removed. Very good. A scarce mid-nineteenth address delivered before the Delta Phi and Athenaean Societies at Newark College, in Newark, Delaware, now the University of Delaware.

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$75.00

Howard Pyle: American Master Rediscovered

by Heather Campbell Coyle [ed.]

Wilmington: Delaware Art Museum, 2011. Near Fine. Wilmington: Delaware Art Museum, 2011. First Edition. Quarto (28x23x1.5cm); 191pp, with chronology and index. Profusely illustrated throughout with reproductions in color and B&W, and documentary photographs and other material. Illustrated coated card wrappers. Nearly as new; textblock unmarred and unmarked. This is the catalog of the exhibit held at the Delaware Art Museum 12 November 2011-4 March 2012, later traveling to Stockbridge. Van Gogh adored... Read more about this item

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$75.00

Delaware Bible Records, Volume 4

by Donald M. Hehir

Heritage Books, Inc.. New. This book is fourth in a series of volumes compiled from records originally collected by members of the Delaware chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution The majority of the family records deal with the late 1700s through the early 1900s, although a scattering extend beyond this point As is the nature of Bible records, some records are sketchy and simply list the date of the event and the names of the principal people involved; others are more detailed and include... Read more about this item

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$20.00

Johnson's Delaware and Maryland

by JOHNSON & WARD

New York: Johnson & Ward, 1863. unbound. very good. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 12.5" x 16.25". Beautiful map of Delaware and Maryland showing counties, towns, major routes, railroads and waterways. Includes a black-and-white inset of the District of Columbia plus three detailed black-and-white views of the General Post Office, Treasury Buildings, and Patent Office. Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884) is one of the most prolific American... Read more about this item

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$150.00

Asher & Adams' Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia & District of Columbia

by ASHER & ADAMS

New York: Asher & Adams, 1874. unbound. very good. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 16" x 22.5". Beautifully graphic map of the Mid-Atlantic states divided into counties. Shows towns, major routes, railroads and waterways. A few scattered chips to edges. Asher & Adams were publishers based in Washington and New York in the late 19th century.

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$100.00

The migratory labor problem in Delaware

by Sutherland, Arthur T

Washington DC: GPO, 1941. Pamphlet. 24p., stapled wraps, 5.75x9.25 inches, wraps creased else good condition. US Department of Labor. Bulletin of the women's Bureau no. 185.

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$20.00

TO THE DEMOCRACY OF NEW CASTLE CO. AS THERE WILL IN ALL PROBABILITY BE A SET OF BOGUS DELEGATES..

by [Townsend, Samuel]

Appoquinimink Hundred, 1856. Broadside, 8 1/4" x 13", printed in two columns, and signed and dated in type at the end by Townsend, William Weldon, Jacob Hill, William M. Johnson, and James Doughten for the Central Committee of Appoquinimink Hundred at the end. Generous margins, a few fox marks at the outer margins. Near Fine. Townsend, whose papers reside at the University of Delaware, was a prominent Delaware Democrat. A Union man during the War, he opposed emancipation and would, during... Read more about this item

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$450.00

Geographical, Historical and Statistical Map of Delaware

by CAREY & LEA

Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1822. unbound. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Map measures 11.75" x 9.75", map plus text measures 16.75" x 21". Fine antique map of Delaware divided into counties, showing towns, major routes and waterways. Includes information pertaining to history, climate and demographics. From "A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas..." of 1822. Condition is very good, stain in Governors... Read more about this item

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$250.00

Some Pioneer Delaware Families

by Donald Odell Virdin

Heritage Books, Inc.. New. This work, originally printed by the author, presents information discovered after the publication of The Virdins of Delaware and Related Families Information on the Virdins makes up about one-half of Some Pioneer Delaware Families The genealogical data covers the lives of principal members of several branches and lists known descendants, some of whom are then discussed in greater detail Although most of the Virdins named are from Delaware, there are many accounts of the... Read more about this item

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$51.00

Delaware & Hudson. The history of an important railroad whose antecedent was a canal network to transport coal

by Shaughnessy, Jim

Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books. 1968. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs, drawings and maps. 476 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 3rd Printing. Hardback.

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$22.74

Delaware Genealogical Abstracts from Newspapers. Volume 3: Delaware Marriages and Deaths from the Newspapers 1729-1853

by Mary Fallon Richards and John C. Richards

Heritage Books, Inc.. New. This book was compiled under the auspices of the Delaware Genealogical Society (Special Publication #10) from information at the Delaware Historical Society Marriage and death information was gleaned from the following newspapers: American Watchman and Delaware Advertiser, American Watchman and Delaware Republican, American Watchman, The Circular, Delaware and Eastern Shore Advertiser, Delaware Free Press, Delaware Gazette, Delaware Journal, Delaware Statesman, The Federal... Read more about this item

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$26.50

Negro School Attendance in Delaware. A Report to the State Board of Education of Delaware. Bureau of Education Service Citizens of Delaware

by Richard Watson Cooper and Hermann Cooper

Newark, Delaware: University of Delaware Press, 1923. First Edition. xxxii, [4], 5-389pp. 4to. Blue cloth; gilt titling. Half tones; charts, tables, and graphs. Some rubbing to gilt on spine; lower tips bumped; very good. Extensive, statistical study of African American school attendance, using the entire State of Delaware as the sample case. The investigation, which contrasts Black and White students' attendance records, was made possible by the philanthropy of Pierre S. duPont III (1870-1954) who... Read more about this item

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$75.00

ELEUTHERAN MILLS

by Quimby, Maureen O'Brien

The Hagley Musem. Very Good. 1977. Softcover. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 92 pages .

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$10.00

Catalogue and Price List of the Snow Hill Nurseries Near Snow Hill, Md. [...] Worcester Co., Md

by [Snow Hill Nurseries, W.M. Peters & Sons]

Milford, Delaware: Chronicle Print. [nd. ca. 1890s?] 28pp. Pamphlet. 8vo. Printed and illustrated wrappers; stitched. Illustration cuts including an advertisement. Front wrap with irregular paper loss to one margin affecting portion of ornamental border, closed tear; rear wrap with corner loss in un-printed area; vertical crease to all leaves; text within clean and free of defects; fair. Fruit tree nursery trade catalog with a focus on apples and peaches issued by Snow Hill Nurseries of Worcester County... Read more about this item

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$75.00

[New York City St. Patrick's Day Riot; Fenian Uprising of 1867 in Ireland; Black Suffrage in:] New-York Tribune, Monday, March 25, 1867

by [Horace Greeley, editor]

New-York, March 25, 1867. Vol. XXVI, No. 8,099. 8pp. 23½ x 18 inches. Printed in six columns. Folds; some creasing, short tears, and foxing in margins; very good. Single issue of the New-York Tribune giving extensive front-page coverage of the Fenian Rising in Ireland in February and March 1867, rebelling against British rule. In addition to some editorial remarks, accounts include coverage by the newspaper's special correspondent in Dublin. A full column on the back page reports on a riot in New York... Read more about this item

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$150.00

[Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine 19th Century Engraved Certificate of Deposit]

by [Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine]

[Philadelphia and New York: Danforth, Bald & Co., c.1850-1853]. Engraving. 3⅝ x 11⅝ inches. Translucent bank note paper. Two vignette illustrations; certificate and accompanying stub are blank; binder's stab holes visible in left margin. Intact 19th-century certificate of deposit from the Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine in Wilmington, Delaware. The certificate was engraved by Danforth, Bald. & Co. and includes two patriotic vignettes: an American sailor in uniform, arm resting on a capstan, and a... Read more about this item

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$75.00

North America Sheet VII Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Columbia and Part of Virginia

by SDUK (Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge)

London: Charles Knight & Co, 1844. unbound. very good(+). Map. Steel engraving with original hand outline. Image measures 14.75" x 13". Greatly detailed map of the Mid-Atlantic states divided into counties. Shows towns, major routes, waterways and railroads. In very good condition with a slight crease to upper left corner. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was formed in 1826 and published low cost maps with the goal of reaching a large market, while... Read more about this item

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$100.00

1852-1861 Five Letters to the Eldest Daughter of Delaware's 41st Governor, William Cannon of Bridgeville, Sussex County, Delaware

by [Various]

[Various places and dates.] 8vo, 12mo, and smaller formats. In total, 17 pages. All very good. These letters were all addressed to Elizabeth Amanda (née Cannon) Cahall (1835-1912) who was the daughter of William Cannon (1809-1865) Delaware's 41st Governor, serving the majority of his term during the American Civil War. Her mother, Margaret Ann Laws Cannon (1813-1899), and father lived in Bridgeville, Delaware. "Lizzie's" correspondents are her brother, Henry Pervis Cannon (1847-1929), and sister,... Read more about this item

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$250.00

Delaware Canal Journal - A Definitive History of the Canal and the River Valley Through Which It Flows

by C.P. 'Bill' Yoder

Bethlehem, PA: Canal Press Inc, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Green boards, title in gilt on spine which shows rubbing. Map of Delaware Division Canal inside front and back covers. Appendices, Notes, Indexed, 287 pp. Green dust jacket with photograph of the canal on front and four additional photos on back; black text title. Spine rubbed, sticker on back cover, price clipped. Full refund if not satisfied.