Toby Chance Peter Williams (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Lighthouses: The Race to Illuminate the World This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Ex-library book with stamps on the first page, it is also likely to have a small shelf number sticker on the spine.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. Secondhand. Very good book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition First Printing. Numbers are printed inside, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. The first printing of the first edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Light wear to the dust jacket. Orders received by 3pm Sent from the UK that weekday in recyclable card packaging.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Lighthouses have always fascinated people for the often incredible feats of engineering and building skill involved in their construction, the romance of their association with shipwrecks, disaster and tales of heroism, the loneliness and dedication of the lighthouse keepers, and the beauty of their locations. But writers and historians have hitherto neglected the story of the very reason for their existence - the bright light that guides mariners and travellers alike to safety. In this book, Toby Chance and Peter Williams explain how, in the enthusiasm and ambition of the Victorian age, great steps forward were made by men with the vision, technical skill and scientific ability to take on the English lighthouse authorities and drag lighthouse illumination out of the dark ages. Theirs is a story of self-confidence and prejudice, competition and collaboration, trial and error. It is peopled by rivals, friends, mavericks and innovators, as well as authorities that were resistant to change and reluctant to adopt new technologies. In a time when globalization became a reality for local firms across the world and empires opened up new corners of the globe to Western consciousness, lighthouses were an indispensable tool, ensuring the safe transport of goods and people. James Chance, together with his family firm Chance Brothers, was at the centre of that expanding world. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 272 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. in archive acetate film protection. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine. red cloth; illustrated by b/w. drawings with colour & b/w. photo's. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Ships & the Sea; Science & Technology; Engineering, Industrial, Trade; History. ISBN: 1847731740. ISBN/EAN: 9781847731746. Inventory No: 3477.…

Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 272 pages. tidy ex reference library-d/j plastic protected.

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original coral paper covers, silver title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 5½''. Contains [xvi] 300 printed pages of text with colour and monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout, duck egg end papers. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781847731746 LIGHTHOUSES.…