Lighthouse Philosopher Adventures Bill (6 results)

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Other than shelf wear to book jacket, small tears at top and bottom left, book condition is very good. It is the "story of a man's rise from the London slums, the adventures of a very young man entrusted with the difficult and dangerous task of building lighthouses and other navigational aids in England, Africa, on the tiny island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, and all the along the coast and rivers of China. He predicted the fall of China to Communism. This book is also a book of amusing anecdotes about characters who flitted through his life.".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 262 pages; Light wear, short tear, crease base of spine, light scuffing. Dust jacket in Mylar, a tight bright book. "This book tells the story of a man's rise from the London slums, the adventures of a very young man entrusted with the difficult and dangerous task of building lighthouses in England, Africa, and all the along the coast of China. He predicted the fall of China to Communism. This book is also a book of amusing anecdotes about characters who flitted through his life. The author spent over 300 hours interviewing Bill Scott.".

Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 262 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine but for insignificant bumps to spine tips, in jacket with a closed tear and slightest wear to extremities. Signed on title page by both Gould and Scott, and dated in year of publication. Signed by Both Authors.