Rare Books The History of Nantucket County, Island, and Town with Genealogies of First Settlers by Alexander Starbuck 1969 Tuttle Publishing
$82.50
This is a very good hardcover with dust jacket. 1960 Charles Tuttle Publishing. Originally, this edition came with dust jacket and accompanying slipcase. This copy DOES NOT include the slipcase but does have dust jacket in protective archival mylar sleeve. This copy is very clean inside and out. NOTE: only mark seen is previous owners name marked out inside front cover (see photo). Rest of pages are still crisp and clean. Tan linen cloth hardcover boards under jacket are also very good with only light shelf wear. The binding is tight and straight, it is a fine sewn binding, not standard glued binding. The cut jacket is very good as protected in mylar sleeve. Standard medium octavo book size or 6.5" x 9.5" with 871 pages including index.
The History of Nantucket County, Island and Town Including Genealogies of First Settlers by Alexander Starbuck is a rich detailed history of Nantucket which was the principle center of the whaling industry and ships. History suggested that the Norsemen were the first to visit the 30,000 acre island south of Cape Cod in the 10th century. More definitively, Bartholomew Gosnold, and Englishman, visited in 1602 and the islands were settled about 1659. Several Quakers were among the original owners of Nantucket and called the "First Purchasers". The history develops over the span of the book which includes several pull-out maps, still intact in the edition. Vintage photos and illustrations accompany the rich and detailed text.
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