[Rarebooks] FS: Eastman Johnson at Nantucket - Rare 1944 Crosby

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

"Eastman Johnson at Nantucket. His Paintings and Sketches of Nantucket 
People and Scenes”

By Everett U. Crosby.
Published on Nantucket by Everett Crosby in 1944.
Edition limited to 200 copies "printed for private distribution".

A very nice copy of one of the rarest and most desirable books in the 
bibliography of American art reference, and Nantucket history. 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 Johnson made of the island.

Everett Umberto Crosby [1871-1960] was a longtime Nantucket historian 
and the author of half a dozen or more books and pamphlets about the art 
and history of the island. a director of the Nantucket Foundation, in 
1945 he helped to found and organize the Artists Association of 
Nantucket. In their sweeping study 'The Decorative Arts & Crafts of 
Nantucket' Charles & Mary Carpenter note- "The books of Everett U. 
Crosby were important contributions to Nantucket history. His 
'Ninety-five Per Cent Perfect' was the catalyst for the formation of 
Nantucket's Historic District designation in the 1950s."

Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 67 pages, 46 full-page black & white plates, 1 
black & white illustration and a portrait frontispiece of the artist. A 
little wear to the covers, a penciled note is taped to the endpaper 
stating "For Bobbie from the author's son".  $2,000-

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