What is Phototypography? a talk given before the 35th Annual Convention of the International Association of Printing House Craftsmen, Inc
by Carl P. Palmer
Delaware: E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. (INC), 1954. 8 pp. Paper booklet with three hole punch, black and white photographs and illustrations. Booklet gives an overview of phototypography; the planning and execution of and who uses it, 16 sample pictures included. 11" x 8 1/2" has some slight staining on cover.
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On Economic Curves
by Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1955. Softcover. VG+, light shelf wear, may have small mark or paperclip impression, interior very clean. Gray wraps with orange and dark blue lettering and device. 17 pp. "A letter reproduced in English translation with the original diagram" -- title page. A reprint of an economic tract from 1774.
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The Uncommon Man: The Individual in the Organization
by GREENEWALT, Crawford H.
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Later printing. 142pp. Pages lightly age-toned, spine slightly cocked, near fine in a good only edgeworn and chipped dustwrapper. The story of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company.
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EDUCATION OF ALFRED VICTOR DU PONT, NINETEENTH CENTURY INDUSTRIALIST
by Wilkinson, Norman B.
1961. stiff paper wrappers. Du Pont, Alfred Victor. 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.
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Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, 1798-1817
by MALONE, Dumas (ed)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good. Rubbing to all edges, corners rubbed, Ex-library copy, 2 small water stains at front top edge not affecting inside.
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CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THOMAS JEFFERSON AND PIERRE SAMUEL DU PONT DE N EMOURS 1798-1817
by Malone, Dumas (editor)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. cloth, paper spine label, dust jacket. Du Pont De Nemours, Pierre Samuel. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label, dust jacket. xxv, 210 pages. Translated by Linwood Lehman. B1-1032. This book contains 60 letters between the two men. Jacket lacking most of spine, else near fine with minor soiling.
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A Du Pont Family Reunion
by REBETSKY, Roger
Du Pont De Nemours Cemetery Company, 2000. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Photographs by Stromber/Gunther Photography. Fine.
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Satires de Juvenal: Tome I.
by Dusaulx, J.
Paris: Didot Jeune, 1796. Third. Hardcover. VG- (Ex-museum lib., bookplate inside front cover; Light foxing to pages; Light wear to extremities). Patterned paper over boards; Brown cloth at spine and corners; Raised bands at spine; Gilt titling. Text in French; Signature to first page " du Pont de Nemours"; A collection of satricial poems written by the Latin author Juvenal, accompanied here by extensive notes; Heavy; Rare.
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Our Pennsylvania: Keys to the Keystone State
by OAKLEY, Amy
Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill Company, 1950. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 467pp. Illustrated by Thornton Oakley. Near fine with a small water mark along the bottom edge of the rear board near the spine, not affecting anything internally, in a very good dustwrapper with wear at the spine ends and corners, a little scuffing along the edges of the spine. Inscribed to Mrs. Alfred I. Du Pont and Signed by the author and the illustrator on limitation. Jessie... Read More
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The Rayon Industry
by AVRAM, Mois H.
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. xxi, 622pp, [1]pp. Illustrated. Dark blue cloth stamped in gilt. Extremities a bit worn, else a very good copy being Manfred Keller's copy with a gift Inscription in pen from "Maggie" [Maggie Du Pont] and Keller's penciled name and address on front fly. Manfred Keller, assistant to the assistant general manager of sales in the textile fibers department at E. I. du Pont de Nemours... Read More
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Hand Book of Explosives for Farmers, Planters, Ranchers. How To: Clear Land of Stumps, Boulders or Trees; Dig Ditches; Grade Roads; Excavate Cellars and Foundation Trenches; Sink Wells; Dig Holes for Poles and Posts; Break up Hardpan or other Hard Soil; Plant and Cultivate Fruit Trees; Start Log James and Ice Gorges with Du Pont Explosives.
by Du Pont Explosives, Numours Powder Co.
Wilmington, Del.: E. I. Du Pont of Nemours Powder Co., 1910. First Edition. Octavo, paperbound (stiff, color illustrated tan wrappers), 117 pp + [iii] pp. Good, with soiling to covers and light edgewear. Index: Bar for Punching Holes; Bigtree Stumps; Blasting Caps; Blasting by Electricity; Blasting Machines; Blasting Powder Kegs; Blasting Supplies; Boulder Blasting; Branch Offices; Burning Out Stumps; Caps: Blasting; Cap Crimpers; Cartridges of High Explosives; Cases of High Explosives; Cedar Stumps: ... Read More
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E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company. A History 1802-1902
by Du Pont, B.G.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. The Riverside Press, 1920. First edition, deluxe issue. Illustrated. [viii], 196 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Vellum spine and blue boards. About fine. First edition, deluxe issue. Illustrated. [viii], 196 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed "To Anne du Pont Peyton with the writer's love September 1920
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The Technical Division of the Rayon Department 1920-1951
by SCHULZE, Ferdinand
Wilmington, Delaware: Textile Fibers Department Patent Division. E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company, 1952. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition revised and enlarged from a manuscript prepared by Roy Soukup. Quarto. 205pp. Illustrated from photographs. Green pebble-grain cloth over flexible boards. Slight smudges on the cloth, else near fine. Combination history and yearbook, with photographs of the various employees. *OCLC* locates three copies.
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Developed Colors Discharged on Cotton and Rayon
by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Dyestuffs Division
Wilmington, Delaware, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. 104p. Original brown cloth. 26cm. Modest cover scuffing. Bookplate (Pond Lily Plant A). Consists of a few pages in introductory text and a few tables followed by numerous pages containing scalloped swatches (in a variety of colors) of dyed cotton and rayon cloth, mounted two to a page.
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La cause des pères, ou, discussion d'un projet de décret relatif aux pères et mères, aïeuls et aïeules des émigrés. Par l'auteur du Cri des familles
by [Morellet, Andre.]
Paris: Du Pont: l'an III, 1795. First edition, 8vo, pp. 111; later white cloth (soiled), black morocco label on spine lettered in gilt; very good. In 1791, Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 1739-1817, French political economist-statesman, emigre to America and father of the founder of one of its greatest industrial empires, established a large printing house in Paris. The printing establishment was finally suppressed by the Jacobins in 1797. The present pamphlet by the French economist and litterateur... Read More
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Letter a un membre de l'Assemblée Nationale Législative, sur l'état du travail de l'aliénation des Domaines nationaux et de la conservation des monumens, bibliothèques, etc, lors de la clôture de l'Assemblée nationale constituante; Par un membre du Comité d'Aliénation
by (French Revolution) La Rochefoucauld d'Enville, Louis Alexandre, Duc de
Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Du Pont, Député de Nemours à l'Assembleé Nationale Constituante, 1791. 8vo. Disbound. 24 pages. 8vo. The report of the state of the Committee of nationalization. M & W III, 19350
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L'ENFANCE ET LA JEUNESSE DE DU PONT DE NEMOURS RACONTEES PAR LUI-MEME
by Du Pont De Nemours, P.S.
Paris: Plon-Nourrit et Cie, 1906. stiff paper wrappers. DuPont. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xii, 294, (2) pages. With a preface by H.A. du Pont de Nemours. The memoirs of P.S. du Pont in France during the French Revolution.
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Collection of 7 Wing Shooting and Hunting Pamphlets
by (Van Winkle, William Mitchell)
Various places, 1948. Various paginations. 1 vols. 8vo and smaller. Wrappers as issued. Generally very good to fine. Some titles with bookplate of William Mitchell Van Winkle. Cloth slipcase. Various paginations. 1 vols. 8vo and smaller. Pamphlets and ephemera from the collection of the great sportsman and collector William M. Van Winkle (1885-1965), comprising: - Brush, Stubble & Marsh. Illustrated. [36] pp. [Wilmington:] E.I. du Pont de Nemours, [N.d., ca. 1900]. Embossed wrappers. OCLC: 39393904 (3 locations).... Read More
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L'enfance et la jeunesse de Du Pont de Nemours
by Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel
Paris: Typographie Plon-Nourrit et Cie, 1906. Softcover. VG+, in original printed wraps and untrimmed, unopened and unread. Slightly cocked from storage. Printed publishers glued wraps. [2], VIII, [4], 294, [2] pages. Preface signed: H.-A. du Pont de Nemours and dated 1904. Text is in French. Memoirs dated September, 1792. Worldcat locates 3 copies, quite scarce. No finer copy to be found.
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PHILOSOPHIE DE L'UNIVERS
by Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel
Paris: Goujon Fils, 1799. Troisieme Edition. Portrait engraved by L.J. Cathelin. This excellent work represents the third and final edition of Dupont's respected treatise aimed at stating a philosophy of life. Here its core concept of providential laws that govern the entire universe is in keeping with the natural law underpinnings of Physiocratic doctrine, of which Du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) was a major proponent. One of the central tenets of this ideology is that nothing is done by... Read More
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The Dyeing of Paper
by DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. E.I
1924. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. E.I. The Dyeing of Paper. 200 pp. with 1128 mounted paper samples. 8vo, 224 x 145 mm, original cloth-backed boards. Wilmington, Delaware: E.I. du Pont de Nemours, [1924]. A handsome work on the dyeing of paper made invaluable by the vast quantity of tipped-in coloured paper samples. An immaculate copy.
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Du Pont Dyes for Leather [COMPLETE WITH ALL ITS MOUNTED LEATHER SAMPLES]
by n/a
Wilmington, Delaware: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Quarto. [6], 25, [1], G-1 to G-5, [1], G-I to G-X, H-1 to H-7, [1], H-I to H-X, A-1to A-6, A-I to A-X, B-1 to B-8, X, C-1 to C-4, X, D-1 to D-3, Xpp. Original full black morocco 20-ring binder, with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Title page in red and black lettering. "This book is for... Read More
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Examen du livre de M. Malthus sur le Principe de population : auquel on a joint la traduction de quatre chapitres de ce livre supprimes dans l'edition francaise : et une lettre a M. Say sur son Traite d'economie politique
by Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel
Philadelphia: P. M. Lafourcade, 1817. Softcover. VG, light foxing spots on title-page in an excellent state of preservation. Original publishers plain wraps. [4], 159 pp. untrimmed and uncut. Du Pont de Nemours responds here to the book and hypothesis put forth by Malthus in his treatise Essay on the Principle of Population (1798), which was revised in a second edition published in 1803. The letter to M. Say was written April 22, 1814 aboard the ship Fingal and... Read More
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