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Fatal Call of the Running Tide - Lifeboat Rescues and Sea Dramas. [Author SIGNED copy.]

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Fatal Call of the Running Tide - Lifeboat Rescues and Sea Dramas. [Author SIGNED copy.]

by COCKCROFT**, BARRY:

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ISBN 10
034063524X
ISBN 13
9780340635247
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.FINE+/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's neat,blue ink signature - without dedication - to title page,just below his printed name - and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,wrap-around scenic,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with b/w+colour photographic montage'd rear panel with white+gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj+boards minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing; the majority of the other creasing is to lower edges of the dw/dj.Top+fore-edges very lightly aged/toned but generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly unread? Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,vii-xpp+1-198pp [paginated] includes separate contents+illus lists/tables,a prologue,29 chapters,16pp of contemporary b/w+colour photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp86/7 (colour) and pp150/1 (b/w) respectively,and an index.Plus [unpaginated],half-title page,author SIGNED title page,a dedication and acknowledgements. An uncommon SIGNED edition.
Since the RNLI was founded in 1824,lifeboat stations around the British Isles have been on constant alert to answer the call of the running tide.
Barry Cockcroft has travelled thousands of miles talking to lifeboatmen and fishermen and has produced a stirring testament to the strength and resolve of the men of the sea.
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Bookseller
R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
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Title
Fatal Call of the Running Tide - Lifeboat Rescues and Sea Dramas. [Author SIGNED copy.]
Author
COCKCROFT**, BARRY:
Book Condition
Used - FINE+.
Jacket Condition
FINE.
Quantity Available
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Edition
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
034063524X
ISBN 13
9780340635247
Publisher
LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,1995.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
1995
Keywords
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