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WRECK AND RESCUE ROUND THE CORNISH COAST: THE STORY OF THE LAND'S END LIFEBOATS.

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WRECK AND RESCUE ROUND THE CORNISH COAST: THE STORY OF THE LAND'S END LIFEBOATS.

by NAOLL, CYRIL and FARR, GRAHAME:

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UK,8vo s/back,1st edn.NFINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj - as issued. Bright,crisp,clean b/w photographic illlustrated upper wrap,publisher titles to rear wrap; with negligible shelfwear to edges and corners,no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges slightly aged - as usual/normal - but generally clean and bright,contents bright,tight and clean also with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy as there appear to be no spine/backstrip creases also.UK,8vo s/back,1st edn,8-151pp [paginated] includes b/w map frntis,introduction+5 chapters,38 contemporary b/w photographs throughout the text and the book,boat records and service records,b/w maps,plus [unpaginated] half+full-title pages,contents+illus lists/tables. The second volume in the story of wreck and rescue on the Cornish coast covers the 'toe' of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.Rugged granite cliffs keep back the sea from Penwith - the old Cornish name for this peninsula - with only here and there a cove.In fact,from St Ives Bay, round the land to Mount's Bay,there is only one considerable beach,that at Whitesand Bay,Sennen.The Isles of Scilly lie 28 miles out on the fringe of the Atlantic Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

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Bookseller
R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
rja28317
Title
WRECK AND RESCUE ROUND THE CORNISH COAST: THE STORY OF THE LAND'S END LIFEBOATS.
Author
NAOLL, CYRIL and FARR, GRAHAME:
Illustrator
illus with contemporary b/w photographs.
Format/Binding
UK,8vo s/back,1st edn.
Book Condition
Used - Near FINE.
Jacket Condition
No dw/dj,as issued,wraps.
Quantity Available
1
Edition
UK,8vo s/back,1st edn.
Binding
Paperback
Publisher
UK.TRURO,CORNWALL.BRADFORD BARTON LTD.,1965.
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
q52.NAUTICAL.UK,8vo wraps,1st edn.No ISBN.Cornish wrecks_rescue_lifeboats.Lifeboats stations_Port Isaac_Padstow_Newquay_Sennen_Newlyn_Penlee_Porthleven_Mullion_Lizard_Cadwith_Coverack_Porthoustock_Falmouth_Mevagissey_Portloe_Polkerris_Fowey_Looe._St Ives.
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