Massachusetts Beautiful | Wallace Nutting | 1935 Illustrated Photogravure Volume | New England Architecture & Landscape

A richly illustrated volume, Massachusetts Beautiful by Wallace Nutting offers a romanticized yet historically grounded portrait of New England’s architecture, landscapes, and domestic interiors. Nutting—celebrated photographer, antiquarian, and preservationist—brings together text and image to evoke the enduring charm of early American life.

Published by Garden City Publishing Co. in cooperation with the Old America Company, this edition features numerous photogravures throughout, many full-page, depicting iconic Massachusetts scenes: coastal views, colonial homes, interiors, gardens, and historic towns such as Salem, Gloucester, Nantucket, and the Berkshires. The imagery is atmospheric and finely composed, characteristic of Nutting’s influential work in early American photography and decorative arts.

Bound in a warm tan cloth with a ruled border and central vignette. Binding tight. Brown label to spine with gilt titling and detail. Interior with clean, crisp pages. Minor rubbing to corners.

Condition: Very good. 

Size: 7 1/4” x 10”

For collectors drawn to early 20th-century photography, New England history, or classic Americana aesthetics.