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Scottish Lighthouses is the first comprehensive account of the Scottish lighthouse service, told at a period of dramatic change against the background of the peculiar hazards of the Scottish coast and British lighthouse development and management.
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Scottish Lighthouses
Published by
Thule Press, Stornoway Lewis, 1979
ISBN 10: 0906191327
ISBN 13: 9780906191323
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First Edition
Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Clitheroe, LANCA, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. This is a Near Fine Copy of this book in blue cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket with NO chips or tears to the outer extremities of the dust- wrapper.Not Price clipped and this copy has one previous inscription present to the verso of the half title page.Profusely iIllustrated in black and white with photographs,drawings,maps and plans and historical documents that bring to life the history of Scottish Lighthouses and the men that have built them and also lived in them.The book starts with early times with the coal fired lighthouse on the Isle of May in 1636 upto 1976 and it gives a comprehensive account of the Northern Lighthouse Boards founded in 1786 and also the lighting of the estuaries of the Tay,Solway and the Clyde.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness,it's a nice tight square copy.The dust-jacket comes well protected in a removable cover sleeve.Great copy for the collector of the scarce title,8vo 307pp First Edition 1st Impression [1979]. Seller Inventory # 79988
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