Sussex Shipwrecks by Nicholas Thornton - 1988

Paperback. Very Good.

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Countryside Books, 1988-04-13. paperback. Good. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Newbury: Countryside Books. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. 1992. Reprint. Illustrated laminated card cover. 210mm x 150mm (8" x 6"). 128pp. B/w illustrations. .

Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good/N/a. Blue card covers with photo of ship on shore "local people inspect the wreck of the Crumbles in 1886....." Slight edgewear ow vg.

Countryside Books. 1992 Countryside Books revised and reprinted paperback; Very Good clean copy, no inscriptions, appears unread; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Paperback. 1992.

Great Britain: Countryside Books. Paperback. Tiny tippex mark to bottom edge of back cover. The coast of Sussex has proved a graveyard for many fine ships through the centuries. Some have been destroyed in the terrible gales which can blow along its exposed shores. Others have been victims of fire, collision, war, bad luck and bad judgement. This book tells the stories behind some of the most spectacular and unusual of these disasters. Only one sailor managed to reach the shore alive when H.M.S. Brazen broke up on a submerged rock below the cliffs of Newhaven in 1800. A brave attempt top rescue ended in disaster when all 17 crew memnets of the Rye lifeboat Mary Stanford were drowned going to the aid of the steamer Alice. On the lighter side, the wreck of the Indiana in 1901 enabled beachcombers all along the Worthing coast to harvest tens of thousands of oranges and lemons for marmalade as they washed ashore from her cargo. The author brings these and many more shipwrecks vividly to life, recalling… Read More

Great Britain: Countryside Books. Paperback. Sussex Shipwrecks. The coast of Sussex has proved a graveyeard for many fine ships through the centuries. Some have been destroyed in the terrible gales which can blow along its exposed shores. Others have been victims of fire, collision, war, bad luck and bad judgement. The author brings these and many more whipwrecks vividly to life, recalling the courage and heroism of seamen and passengers, and the selfless bravery of those who went to their rescue. Illustrated. 128 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Paperback Edition. 1988.

Countryside Books, 1988-04-14. Paperback. Very Good. 1.1991 in x 20.3845 in x 14.5889 in.

Countryside Books, 1988,. 1988. Soft cover. 0905392973 paperback, 8vo, 128pp, illustrated, clean and tight; Very Good condition. ISBN: 0905392973 .