[Rarebooks] fs: Nantucket Arts & Decorative Arts - 5 books

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

A selection of five books on Nantucket Arts->
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Carpenter, Charles & Mary Grace. THE DECORATIVE ARTS AND CRAFTS OF
NANTUCKET. New York; Dodd, Mead & Co.: 1987. A beautifully produced study
of the arts and crafts of this legendary whaling and seaport community.
Scrimshaw, basketry, glass, silver, ceramics, furniture, textiles,
weathervanes and mariners' tools are all illustrated and described here.
The Carpenters also discuss the exotic objects brought back to Nantucket
by her world-traveling mariners, from intricately-carved Chinese boxes to
dramatic Samoan war clubs. A delightful book, well illustrated and
enthusiastically written.   Hardcover. 8.5"x10", 257 pages, color and b/w
illustrations, dj; a near fine copy. [01904] $50.00

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Crosby, Everett U. NINETY FIVE PER CENT PERFECT. Nantucket: 1953. 3rd
edition. Includes Crosby's original "Ninety five percent perfect", a study
of old Nantucket architecture, as well as "The Spoon Primer",
"Silversmiths of Old-Time Nantucket", "Nantucket's Underground Moon", and
"Nantucket's Changing Prosperity, Future Probabilities".  Hardcover.
6"x9", 214 pages, b/w and line illustrations. A little light cover wear,
and a small amount of internal toning. [00749] $125.00

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Crosby, Everett U. SUSAN'S TEETH AND MUCH ABOUT SCRIMSHAW. Nantucket;
Printed at the Tetaukimmo Press for Everett U. Crosby: 1955. A nice copy
of one of the most elusive and sought-after books on scrimshaw. The first
portion of the book deals with that justly fabled small group of teeth
which can be identified as having been carved aboard the Nantucket
whaleship "Susan" in the late 1820s. There follows a lengthy exposition by
Crosby on scrimshaw, followed by three collected articles in the same vein
but each with a unique slant. The numerous illustrations of fine scrimshaw
were taken from Crosby's collection and that of Winthrop Williams.
Crosby's book was one of the first serious studies of this
priorly-neglected subject; copies remain elusive. Author of a number of
books on Nantucket arts and history, Crosby the "Nantucketer" never
disappoints. Hardcover. 7.5"x10", 62 pages of text plus 53 b/w plates; a
nice copy with slightly spotted endpapers (as is often found); very slight
discoloration along the top of the front cover; remains of original
glassine wrapper. [04961] $2500.00

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[Johnson] Crosby, Everett U. EASTMAN JOHNSON AT NANTUCKET. HIS PAINTINGS
AND SKETCHES OF NANTUCKET PEOPLE AND SCENES. Nantucket; Everett U. Crosby:
1944. Limited to 200 copies for private distribution. A very nice copy of
one of the rarest and most desirable books in the bibliography of American
art reference. Johnson worked on Nantucket for some 20 years, and Crosby
was one of the island's most diligent historians. This was an attempt to
document all the paintings and sketches Eastman made of the island.
Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 67 pages, 46 full-page b/w plates, 1 b/w illustration
and a portrait frontispiece of the artist; about as nice a copy as you
will likely ever find- the covers are bright and clean, being still
protected by the remnants of an original brown paper wrap-around jacket
(which is now very chipped and torn); internally there is a bookplate, two
very small ownership stamps of Nina & Victor Spark (the NY art dealer?) on
the front endpapers, and a 1/2" closed tear at the base of the title page.
[04753] $2,000.00

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Seeler, Katherine & Edgar. NANTUCKET LIGHTSHIP BASKETS. Nantucket; The
Deermouse Press: 1972. 2nd edition. The standard study on these popular
baskets. Well illustrated, with large b/w plates. Hardcover. 8"x10", 116
pages, 2 color plates, many b/w illustrations; signed by both authors.
Light soil; a nice copy. [04774] $40.00

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