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The Instruction for Johan Printz, Gov. of New Sweden, "the first constitution or supreme law of the states of Pennsylvania and Delaware;"
AuthorJohnson, AmandusDescriptionThis a well preserved blue leather covered book that was first translated by Israel Acrelius with two translations since. It covers the most interesting period of New Sweden under the Governship of Printz. It includes and index and noted that leather bouCall NumberF167 .J66PublisherThe Journal of Major George Washington
AuthorGray, Emma J.DescriptionAn account of his first official mission, made as emissary from the Governor of Virginia to the Commandant of the French Forces on the Ohio, October 1753- January 1754Call NumberE312.8PublisherCourier Procedures
AuthorMetropolitan Museum of ArtCall NumberAMEarly Domestic Architecture of Pennsylvania
AuthorRaymond, EleanorDescriptionOne of the first systematic inventories of vernacular American architecture and defined Raymond's long and successful career.Call NumberNA7235.P4 R3 1977PublisherISBN9780916838119
The Book and Paper Group Annual Volume Thirty-seven 2018
DescriptionPapers presented at the Book and Paper Group Annual Meeting 2018Call NumberZ700.9 .B66Outlines of Chinese Symbolism & Art Motives
AuthorWilliams,C.A.S.DescriptionAn alphabetical compendium of antique legends and beliefs, as reflected in the manners and customs of the Chinese†Call NumberGR335 .W53†PublisherISBN9780486233727American Furniture
AuthorBeckerdite, Luke EditorDescriptionMannerist Furniture Cabinetmakers New York Turned Chairs SchrankeCall NumberNK2405 .A6Publisher
Presbyterians on Delmarva The History of the New Castle Presbytery
AuthorLappen, James H.Call NumberBX8901American Cookery, 1796
AuthorSimmons, AmeliaDescription1st edCall NumberTX703 .S5PublisherISBN9780915591008American Furniture of The Colonial Period
AuthorSchwartz, Marvin D.DescriptionDefines the scope and variety of colonial furniture within the four principal styles of Pilgrim, William, and Mary, Queen Anne, and Chippendale.Call NumberNK2406 .N37 1976PublisherISBN9780870991493
The Egyptian Revival Its Sources, Monuments, and Meaning 1808 1858
AuthorCarrott, Richard G.Descriptionits sources, monuments, and meaning, 1808-1858Call NumberNA710.5E48 C37PublisherISBN9780520033245George Mason's Home: Its Social, Economic, and Cultural History, and Its Restoration : Gunston Hall Plantation
AuthorBates, William SheldonDescriptionLocated in Mason Neck, Virginia, Gunston Hall was the 5,500-acre plantation home of Founding Father George Mason. The estate offers deep insights into 18th-century plantation life, detailing its social hierarchies, economic foundations, and cultural significance, alongside ongoing historical restorationsCall NumberF234Philadelphia Reviewed: The Printmakers Record 1750 1850 An exhibition of prints from the collection of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum: September 28 through October 28, 1960, Winterthur, Delaware
AuthorHummel, Charles F. & Betts, M. ElinorCall NumberNE215.U7 P53Country Folk Medicine: tales of skunk oil, sassafras tea and other old-time remedies
AuthorJanos, Elisabeth EditorDescriptionTales of Skunk Oil, Sassafras Tea, and Other Old-Time RemediesCall NumberGR106 .J36 2004PublisherISBN9781592281787Looking at Prints, Drawings and Watercolours A Guide to Technical Terms
AuthorGoldman, PaulDescriptionAims to provide accurate definitions of terms routinely used about prints, drawings and watercolors.Call NumberN33 .G65 1988PublisherISBN9780892361489Middletown Centennial 1861 1961 August , 1961
Call NumberF174.M53 M53Colonial Home
AuthorKalman, Bobbie Crossingham, JohnDescriptionDescribes the homes, customs, and habits of seventeenth and eighteenth century North American settlersCall NumberE162 .K19897 2001PublisherISBN9780865054394140 Years Along Old Public Road in Mill Creek Hundred New Castle County, DE
AuthorWeslager, C.A.Call NumberF161Constitution of the State of Delaware as adopted in convention, June 4, 1897
Call NumberKFD401†PublisherColonial and Early American Fashions
AuthorTierney, TomDescriptionThis entertaining and educational coloring book provides a fascinating glimpse of clothing styles worn by Colonial Americans ó from the early years of colonization to the onset of the American Revolution. Carefully researched and meticulously rendered by illustrator Tom Tierney, 45 excellent, ready-to-color illustrations present an exciting panorama of wearing apparel spanning nearly 150 years of fashion history.Call NumberGT607PublisherISBN9780486403649Planning Historical Buildings and Areas: A Comprehensive Study of New Castle County Delaware
Call NumberNA730The Annual Delaware Antiques Show 2023
DescriptionThe handbook of the 2023 Delaware Antiques Show entilted: "Best of Americana", November 10- 12, 2023 from 11:00am--5:00pm. Special note should be made of "Lecture and Book Signing" at 2:00pm on Sunday, November 12. Presenter : Philip D. Zimmerman, "A Storied Past: Collections of Historic Odessa".Call NumberNK805 .D45aPublisherJournal of the American Institute for ConservationVolume 61, Issue 1 2022
Authordel Hoyo-Melendez, Julio Editor-in-ChiefDescriptionSuitability of unplasticized poly vinyl chloride for showcasesHeat and solvent-set repair tissuesRediscovery of Jan Ruyscher and its consequenceCall NumberN8554 .A53aPublisherReader's Digest Pocket Guide to American Antiques
AuthorEditors of American HeritageDescriptionThis booklet is designed to provide a quick and easy introduction to the most popular styles of American antique furnishings and decorative objects, and also includes explanatory notes on their evolution.Call NumberNK28PublisherThe Care of Fine Books
AuthorGreenfield, JaneDescriptionThorough, readable guide to caring for books of value. From a discussion of the various techniques and materials used in bookbinding to advice on handling and storage.Call NumberZ701.3.F53 G73 2007PublisherISBN9781602390782Recipes from the Personal Cookbook of Thomas Jefferson
DescriptionHis personal collection, preserved by his family and the Library of Congress, features both European sophistication and plantation-style Virginia comfortCall NumberTX715Documents Relating to the History of the Dutch & Swedish Settlements on the Delaware River
AuthorFernow, BertholdDescriptionA history of the Dutch and Swedish Settlements on the Delaware River.Call NumberF146 .P41PublisherThe School of Manners or Rules for Childrens Behaviour: at church, at home, at table, in company, in discourse, at school, abroad, and among boys, with some other short and mixt precepts
DescriptionReprint. Originally published: London : Printed for Tho. Cockrill at the Three Legs and Bible against Grocers-Hall in the Poultrey, 1701Call NumberBJ1877.C5 G37PublisherISBN9780905209364All About Pruning/ created and designed by the editorial staff of Ortho Books
AuthorRoth, Susan EditorDescriptionLatest pruning techniques and tools for formal and informal gardensInstructions for pruning hundreds of trees, shrubs, and vinesPruning methods for evergreens, hedges, foundation plants, and specimensSpecial section on pruning fruit trees and berry viCall NumberSB125 .B88 1989PublisherISBN9780897211987Archival Products News Volume 14 No.4 2007
DescriptionPlanning for Conservation of Archival Scrapbook Collections.Building Compromises: Assessing the Options for Protecting Collections During Construction.Call NumberZ700PublisherIn the Heart of Pennsylvania : Symposium Papers An Oral Tradition Project
AuthorLasansky, Jeannette with Swan, Holstein, & othersCall NumberNK9112 .I52 1986ISBN9780917127014Delaware before the Railroads A Diamond Among the States
AuthorTabler, DavidDescriptionAn illustrated information book about the history of Delaware and its landmarks before the beginningof railroads in 1832. Note the book has been autographed by the author on the opening page, " Acknowledgements".Call NumberF164 .P88Publisher
Delaware History Vol. XXV No. 2 1992
AuthorHistorical Society of DelawareDescriptionThree articles: 1."The Gospel of New Castle": Historic Preservation a Delaware Town"; 2; "The Motion Picture Comes to Wilmington, Part III; 3. " Wilmington's Early Film Stars".Call NumberF161 .D37PublisherAmerican Furniture 2018
AuthorBeckerdite, Luke EditorDescriptionThis book is an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to advancing knowledge of furniture made or used in the Americas from the 17th century to the present. Authors submit articles on any aspect of furniture history, essays, transcript reproductions, etc. It includes book reviews, bibliography and index.Call NumberNK2405 .A6PublisherISBN9780986385742
Narratives of Early PA, West NJ, and DE 1630-1707
AuthorMyers, Albert CookDescriptionNarratives of Early PA, West NJ, and DE 1630-1707Call NumberF106 .M98PublisherABC Book of Early Americana A Sketchbook of Antiquities and American Firsts
AuthorSloan, EricDescriptionSome two hundred objects from eighteenth and nineteenth century United States with the author/artist's own illustrative sketches. Includes an epilogue on the alphabet in early America.Call NumberE161 .S52PublisherISBN080501294X
