A HISTORY OF THE EXMOUTH LIFEBOATS - Across the Bar.

UK.slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NMINT./FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£19.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy,montage'd b/w+ colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white lettering, lightly sunned/faded(?) red spine/backstrip with white lettering, rear panel of dw/dj also with montage'd colour and sepia photographs; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top +fore-edges bright and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – pristine,appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original,plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/ backstrip and immaculate/clean plain white sets of endpapers.UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-160pp [paginated] includes Foreword by Lord Clinton,author's introduction,16 chapters,profuse historical and contemporary b/w illustration reproductions and biographical,portrait,ships and lifeboats photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,a bibliography: plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a contents list/table with both dedication and acknowledgements to it's reverse. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/ state of preservation and presentation.It is only the faults described that prevent a higher grading. For over two centuries the town of Exmouth has been served by a lifeboat.For over 150 years that service has been provided by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).This highly illustarted book looks at the illustrious part Exmouth has played in lifesaving in South Devon,and provides the reader with a stirring pictorial history of the lifeboats of Exmouth and their crews.
From the launch of the first 'North Country' class purpose-built lifeboat at Exmouth in 1803,the book traces the histoy of the boats, crews and rescues of those who followed in her wake.The town received its first RNLI lifeboat,the 'Victoria',in 1859; the first motor-lifeboat,the 'Catherine Harriet Eaton',being placed on station in 1933.In 199 came the introduction of the Trent Class lifeboat, 'Forward Birmingham'.
The book concludes with the arrival of the Mersey Class 'Margaret Jean and the opening of the new ultra-modern Exmouth Lifeboat Station which now houses the 'Margaret Jean' and the II.B.D66 'George Bearman'. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.
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