Nantucket Island [SIGNED]

Gambee, Robert

Published by W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 1986

About this Item

Fine unread condition heavy oversized lavendar cloth boards with gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition color photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Introduction and Index. Profusely illustrated with over 450 color photographs. Signed by the author/photographer with blue pen on the blank first free front endpaper. "With over 430 photographs plus a complete text and captions, this is the most comprehensive portrait of Nantucket ever published. Mr. Gambee's photographs speak magic, but he has also included extensive historical information on all aspects of the island. You can open this book to almost any page and find something you may not have known before. This will be an important visual and historical reference book for many years." -- from the inner front jacket flap. ABOUT THE AUTHOR/PHOTOGRAPHER: " Robert Gambee has been summering on Nantucket for four decades and has been doing free-lance photography for the past twenty years. He has worked on speical assignments for a variety of companies, foundations, and foreign governments, and his photographs are part of the permanent collections of museums in New York, Boston, Washington and elsewhere." - from the rear jacket flap. Seller Inventory # 007276

Bibliographic Details

Title: Nantucket Island [SIGNED]

Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, New York

Publication Date: 1986

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Gambee, Robert (photography); Schuman, Jackie (jacket design)

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)