Scottish Lighthouses by Munro, R.W - 1979

Stornoway Lewis: Thule Press. 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the verso of the half title page.Profusely iIllustrated in black and white with photographs,drawings,maps and plans and historical documents that bring to life the history of Scottish Lighthouses and the men that have built them and also lived in them.The book starts with early times with the coal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 andn also the lighting of of the estuaries of the Tay,Solway and the Clyde.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness,it's a nuice 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… Read More

Hardback. Very Good.