Nantucket Scraps

Text is clean and unmarked. Binding has slight wear at the corners. Lettering on the spine is faded. Back binding is cracked at the spine but attached. A small inscription dated 1902 is on the front free end paper.

J.R. Osgood and Co,, 1882.. Hardcover. GOOD. Small gray hardcover with brown seashore decorations and gilt lettering, maroon endpapers with seashore life, 354 pages. 1892 publication date; 1893 print date on title page. Cover rather worn but gilt lettering still bright and legible (cover worn through at tips of corners, starting to fray at top & bottom of… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. BEING THE EXPERIENCES OF AN OFF-ISLANDER, IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON, AMONG A PASSING PEOPLE - Very RARE copy of this late 19th century "experiences" on Nantucket - getting there, being there, its graveyards, dionis, the Lisbon Bell, Mrs. McCleve's Museum, a Squantum, Sconset,… Read more about this item

J.R. Osgood and Co, 1883-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover. No DJ. Ex-Library with usual markings. Pages are clean and unmarked. Writing (couple letters and numbers) on top page edge. Covers (green boards with brown lettering/decoration and gilt lettering on spine) show light edge wear with rubbing/light soiling. Bumped corner on front bottom. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100%… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA: Houghton, Mifflin Company. 354pp. Minimal rubbing at book corners. Gift note with doodle on front endpaper. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall F1 . Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing.. 1899.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1893. Book. Good. Hardcover. Later Printing.. Being the experiences of an off-islander, in season and out of season, among a passing people. Wonderful look at Nantucket at the turn of the century with many stories of Sconset. Brown boards with black cover lettering, the gilt spine lettering is faded. Previous owner name in silver ink on the… Read more about this item

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.