SEA-GIRT NANTUCKET A HAND-BOOK OF HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORANEOUS INFORMATION FOR VISITOR
1902 · Nantucket, Ma.
by Wyer, Henry S.
Nantucket, Ma.: Henry S. Wye, 1902. 204pp. plus errata slip, photographs, and [26]pp. of advertisements. Original green pictorial cloth. Cloth lightly rubbed and worn. Front hinge cracked; first signature loose. Contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper and occasional contemporary marginalia in pencil. Internally clean. Overall, a good copy. Wyer's compendium gives an overview of Nantucket's history and significant figures as well as local architecture, recreation, and daily life. Includes a ten-page chapter on Nantucket whaling by Dr. Benjamin Sharp (Inventory #: WRCAM39643)