Books on Cape Cod and The Islands
of Nantucket and Marthas Vineyard.
Arranged alphabetically by author.


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  • Chamberlain, Barbara Blau:  These Fragile Outposts.  Garden City: The Natural Hist. Pr, 1964. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 black cloth and light green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 5". In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket with the spine ends rubbed and lightly worn. 327 pages including an index. A geological examination of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Quite scarce in collectable first edition.
    TB03531  $20.00



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    Chamberlain, Samuel:  Nantucket A Photographic Sketchbook.  New York: Hastings House, (1955). First Edition. Very good in 1/4 orange cloth and decorated paper covered boards with black type on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4 by 7 inches with the light circular stain of a glass on the front board and rubbing to the heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket. 72 pages of black and white photographs.
    TB28647  $10.00



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    Gambee, Robert:  Nantucket Island.  New York: Hastings House, 1973. . Very good+ in stiff, heavy printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. A small quarto measuring 10 1/2" by 9" with a prior owner's address label on the first free end page and with light soiling to the panels with slight curling at the corners. Without a dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author on the first free end page. 176 pages of text and black and white photographic plates.
    TB23834  $10.00




  • McAdam, Roger Williams:  Priscilla of Fall River.  New York: Stephen Daye Press, 1956. Revised Edition. Near fine in light blue cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with map end sheets. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6" In a very good unclipped dust jacket with a 1/4" deep chip from the lower corner of the spine area and with several short closed tears to the edges of the panels. 224 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs.
    TB23854  $18.00



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    Morris, Paul C.:  Maritime Nantucket A Pictoral History Of 'The Little Grey Lady' Of The Sea.  Orleans, Mass.: Lower Cape Publishing, (1996). First Edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto measuring 11 by 8 1/2 inches with map end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket with only hints of wear at the ends of the spine area. Signed by the author on the title page. Laid-in at the front of the book are two newspaper articles regarding the release of this title. 264 pages including an index. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of black and white photographs.
    TB28648  $40.00



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    Philbrick, Nathaniel:  Abram's Eyes The Native American Legacy of Nantucket Island.  Nantucket Island: Mill Hill Press, 1998. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and a gilt decoration on the front board. There is a prior owner's name and address label on the first free end page. In a very near fine unclipped dust jacket with a 1/8" closed tear at the lower fore corner of the front panel. Boldly signed by the author on the title page. 304 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps and several sections of black and white photographs. The author's second book.
    TB22564  $90.00



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    Philbrick, Nathaniel:  Mayflower A story of Courage, Community and War.  New York: Viking, 2006. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in dark green paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches with fading to the paper at the lower edges of the spine and boards. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with slight wear to the lower edges of the panels and spine area. 461 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps, photographs and reproductions from contemporary works of art. A clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB31504  $25.00



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    Philbrick, Thomas (Editor):  Plymouth Plantation Selections from the Narratives of William Bradford and Edward Winslow.  Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 2009. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light green cloth covered boards with bright gilt text on the spine, gilt borders on the front and rear boards with the series logo on the front board, the top edge of the text block is gilt and the end sheets are decorated green paper. A 16mo measuring 6 3/4" by 4 1/4". Without a dust jacket as issued. Still contained within the publisher's shrink wrap. 308 pages containing a list of all Lakeside Classics published prior to the release of this publication. Illustrated with a color frontispiece portrait of Edward Winslow, a two page color map of Cape Cod and Cape Cod Bay and a number of reproductions of contemporary works of art. The 107th volume in the longest running collection of series Americana.
    TB28007  $20.00



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    Published by J. J. Stoner:  Bird's Eye View of the Town of Nantucket State of Massachusetts Looking Southwest 1881.  Madison, Wisc.: J. J. Stoner, 1881. Facsimile Reproduction. A fine bird's eye view map of the town of Nantucket, with an inset of Siasconset, reproduced by Historic Urban Plans of Ithac, New York from the original lithograph in the Library of Congress. The sheet measures 23" by 17" and the image measures roughly 20" by 14". Identified on the map are 41 points or places of interest with street names shown. This image is ready for matting and framing and will be shipped in a reinforced mailing tube.
    TB23431  $35.00



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    Stackpole, Edourard A.:  Nantucket In The American Revolution.  Falmouth, Mass.: The Nantucket Historical Association, 1976. First Edition. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. An octavo measuring 9 by 5 7/8 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. 140 pages of text illustrated with black and white reproductions of earlier works of art. A fine, bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB28649  $25.00




  • Starbuck, Alexander:  The History of Nantucket County, Island, And Town Including Genealogies Of First Settlers.  Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, (1969). First Tuttle Edition, Second Printing. Fine in full tan cloth covered boards with black on burnt orange title blocks on the spine and red text on the front board. A thick octavo measuring 8 7/8 by 5 7/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket Laid-in at the front of the book are a number of newspaper articles relating to archaeological finds on Nantucket. 871 pages including an extensive index. Illustrated with four fold-out maps and numerous black and white photographic reproductions. Originally published in 1924 by C. E. Goodspeed & Company of Boston copies of which are seldom on the open market.
    TB33459  $100.00



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    Thoreau, Henry David:  Cape Cod.  Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1896. First Edition. Both volumes in this two volume set are in near fine condition in decorated olive cloth covered boards with gilt decorations and text stamping on the spines and on the front boards and with the top edges of the text blocks in gilt. The upper ends of purple placement ribbons are sewn-in at the heads of the spines. The hinges and joints for both volumes are tight and strong, the pages are neat and clean and there are no names, dates, or gift inscriptions. The cloth on the spines is very slightly faded to a warm light tan color as are the outside edges of the boards. This is the illustrated edition of Thoreau's classic work with wonderful, small color drawings by Amelia M.Watson in the margins scattered throughout the text of both volumes. The covers of these two volumes represent a fine example of the decorative book cover work performed by Sarah Wyman Whitman (1842-1904). Overall, a very handsome and collectable set of one of Thoreau's most enjoyable works. (BAL 20192; Borst, A5.3)
    TB33117  $275.00






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