The Architecture of Historic Nantucket (1972, 1st edition) - by Clay Lancaster
An in depth study in Nantucket architectural styles. Since the collapse of the whaling industry, Nantucket has remained more or less intact as one of the best preserved communites in the United States and a living architectural museum with about 800 buildings dating from before the time of the Civil...
Old Houses on Nantucket (1986, signed copy) - by Kenneth Duprey
Signed by author "With Best Wishes, Kenneth Duprey." This photographic tour, essentially an informal study of Nantucket architecture, is also a lesson in interior decoration for living. Written for, professionals and amateurs alike, who are interested in restoration of old houses, particularly the...
Early Nantucket and Its Whale Houses (1991) - by Henry Chandlee Forman
This is the story of the rise of that unique nautical island people who were to become masters of the whaling capital of the world - Nantucket. It tells of the humble beginnings of those who pioneered "with love and skillets" and were said to have salt water in their veins and whale oil in their jo...
