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Toys & Games
AuthorKetchum, William C., Jr.DescriptionThe Smithsonian Illustrated Library of AntiquesCall NumberGV1218.5 .K45PublisherBeyond Necessity Art in the Folk Tradition
AuthorAmes, Kenneth L.Descriptionan exhibition from the collections of Winterthur Museum at the Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 17 September-16 November, 1977 / Kenneth L. Ames.Call NumberNK805 .A69ISBN9780912724058Bruton Parish Church A Brief History With a Map and Key List of Tombstones in the Church and Yard
Call NumberP234.W7 B7PublisherAmerican Antiques from Israel Sack Collection Vol 5
AuthorHennage, Joseph H.DescriptionBrochure 26 to 29Call NumberNK805 .A64Publisher
Chinese Export Porcelain: Standard patterns and forms, 1780 to 1880
AuthorSchiffer, Herbert, Peter and NancyCall NumberNK4565.5 .S34PublisherOriginal Land Titles in DE, Commonly Known as the Duke of York Record 1646-1679
DescriptionOriginal land titles in Delaware commonly known as the Duke of York record, being an authorized transcript from the official archives of the state of Delaware,Call NumberF167 .D31PublisherISBN806346973Museum Registration Methods 3 ed. Revised
AuthorDorothy H. Dudley, Irma Bezold Wilkinson, and othersCall NumberAM139 .D8PublisherDiscover the Historic Houses of Odessa
AuthorPulinka, Steven M.Call NumberF174.O34 P85ISBN091272448XMaryland's African-American Heritage Travel Guide
Call NumberE441PublisherArchival 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 NumberZ700PublisherTimeless Masterpiece American Brass Dial Clocks
AuthorHohmann, Frank L.DescriptionPays homage to American clock makers and convincingly demonstrates how a fine clock gives the owner status and sophistication.Call NumberTS540PublisherISBN0978968915
St. Paul's Methodist Church 1851 1991 Odessa, Delaware
AuthorLoven, Marjorie K.Call NumberBX8201The chronological history of the Negro in America, by Peter M. Bergman, assisted by a staff of compilers under the direction of Mort N. Bergman.
AuthorBergman, Peter M.DescriptionThis is a one volume factual handbook for students and the general reader that comprises a history of the Negro American. It is a record of 500 years and is arranged chronological by year from 1441 to 1968 when 1702 Negroes held elective or appointed positions in government below the federal level. The book also contains short notations about Negro cultural and historical events, and more interesting information.Call NumberE185 .B46PublisherAmerican Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works January 2012Vol. 37, No. 2
DescriptionGetting Greener and Creating the Optimal: The State of Sustainability Research and the Preservation EnvironmentCall NumberN8554 .A53aAmerican Antiques: The Hennage Collection, Williamsburg, Virginia
AuthorStillinger, ElizabethDescriptionThe most complete account of the Hennages' collecting journeyCall NumberNK406PublisherISBN9780879350802
Complete Price Guide to Watches 38th Edition
AuthorGilbert, Richard M.,Engle, Tom,Planes,PeterCall NumberNK7492 .C65New Castle County DE Land Records 1749-1752
AuthorGarrett, Carol J.DescriptionNew Castle County DE Land Records 1749-1752Call NumberF172.N5 G39 1998PublisherBayard Taylor - Brandywine Valley Artist
AuthorBerndt, DavidDescriptionA book containing the paintings of Bayard Taylor Berndt with test.Call NumberND237.B47 B47 2012PublisherISBN9780985486303
Philadelphia Furniture & Its Makers
AuthorSnyder, John Jr. EditorDescriptionArticles from the May 1924-May 1975 issues of Antiques Magazine including bibliographical references and indexCall NumberNK2438.P5 P35PublisherISBN9780876632505
Early Architecture of the Mid-Atlantic: Looking at Buildings and Landscapes
AuthorLanier, Gabrielle M.Herman, Bernard L.DescriptionExplores the character of pre-1940 domestic and agricultural buildings in the towns and rural landscapes of southern New Jersey, Delaware, and coastal Maryland and Virginia.Call NumberNA717PublisherISBN9780801853258
Washington in his own words American History Special Collector's Edition
Call NumberE312PublisherOld Domestic Base-metal Candlesticks from the 13th Century to the 19th
AuthorMichaelis, Ronald FrederickDescriptionRecords the development of the candlestick from the 13th to the 19th century.Call NumberNK6443 .M52PublisherISBN9780902028272
Le Mont Saint Michel
AuthorPernoud, Regine & Courault, Patrick (photographs)Call NumberBX2615.M62Japanese Papermaking Traditions, Tools, and Techniques
AuthorBarrett, TimothyDescriptionA new, deeper understandingof the Japanese craft of making paper by hand.Call NumberTS1130 .B37 1983PublisherISBN083480185XEnglish Handwriting 1540 1853: An Illustrated survey based on material in the National Art Library, V & A Museum
AuthorWhalley, Joyce IreneCall NumberP301The Antiques Treasury of Furniture and Other Decorative Arts in Winterthur, Williamsburg, Sturbridge, Ford Museum, Cooperstown, Deerfield, Shelburnes
AuthorWinchester, Alice Editor and the staff of Antiques magazine.DescriptionCovers Winterthur, Williamsburg, Sturbridge, Ford Museum, Cooperstown, Deefrield and ShelburneCall NumberNK806 .A57PublisherISBN9780525056133
Silver: an American Art: the Milo M. Naeve collection of American silver at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
AuthorGervais, ChristineDescriptionPublished to coincide with the exhibition, Silver : An American Art, Selections from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, held August 30, 2014- February 15, 2015.Call NumberNK7112 .M87 2014PublisherISBN9780890901823
The American Revolution: Three Views
DescriptionKristol, Irving American Revolution as a successful revolution; Diamond, Martin Revolution of sober expectations; Nutter, G. Warren Freedom in a revolutionary economyCall NumberE208 .A44PublisherExperiencing Architecture
AuthorRasmussen, Steen EilerDescriptionTranslation from Danish by Eve WendtCall NumberNA2550 .R313PublisherOld Buildings Gardens and Furniture in Tidewater Maryland
AuthorForeman, Henry ChandleeDescriptionEndpapers are a diagram of a 17th century garden with an 18th century garden superimposed : Wye House. The book has nearly 600 photographs and drawings.Call NumberNA730.M3 F58PublisherISBN9780870330759
Pills, Pen & Politics: The Story of General Leon Jastremski
AuthorPinkowski, EdwardCall NumberF375 .P575ISBN9780960081417Peach Cookbook: beverages, breakfast treats, appetizers, soups, salads, sides, entrÈes, and desserts
AuthorBrodeur, MimiDescriptionHow versatile a peach can be.Call NumberTX813.P4 B76PublisherISBN9780811704731What Clothes Reveal: The Language of Clothing in colonial and Federal America
AuthorBaumgarten, LindaDescriptionMines the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation collection of clothing, acquired over the last seven decades, initially to accessorize the buildings but eventually to display them as objects of interest in their own right.†Call NumberGT607 .B38 2002PublisherISBN9780300095807
American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works September 2012Vol. 37, No. 5
DescriptionReproducing Conservators: Health and Safety for Preconception, Pregnancy, and BeyondCall NumberN8554 .A53aThe Kindig Collection of Important American furniture, Paintings, Silver & Decorative Arts
AuthorSotheby'sDescriptionone of the most distinguished assemblages of early American antiques, built over a century by the renowned Joe Kindig Jr. and his descendantsCall NumberNK1Publisher
Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the olden time : being a collection of memoirs, anecdote, and incidents of the city and inhabitants, and of the earliest settlements of the Inland part of Pennsylvania, from the days of the founders, intended to preserve the recollections of olden time, and to exhibit society in its changes of manners and customs, and the city and country in their local changes and improvements Vol I, II, III
AuthorWatson, John FanningDescriptionThis 163 year old book, originally bound in brown embossed paper over a hard cardboard is an excellent resource for information on mid-nineteenth century Philadelphia. It contains black and white reproductions of famous painting of historical events in the founding of the city. It has an extensive section of appendices on miscellaneous topics that could be of interest to reader of the city's history or a local historian.Call NumberF158.3 .W595Publisher
Care and Repair of Antiques Refinishing
AuthorOrmsbee, Thomas H.DescriptionA comprehensive guide for antique collectors and enthusiasts. The book provides valuable insights into the art of repairing and restoring antiques to their former glory. It covers a wide range of topics including the different types of antiques, their history, and the materials used in their construction.Call NumberNK28PublisherISBN9781258220402Not My Dad, Edward Loper, Jr.'s Creative Odessay
AuthorBauman, Marilyn A.Call NumberND
