The Overland Launch | Lynmouth, Devon
Hodges, C. Walter
(Book #ID 109775)
Published by George Bell and Sons, Ltd., York House, Portugal Street, London Second Edition 1970. 1970.
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original deep purple cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered white back. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. True story told in fictional form: in January 1899 the Lynmouth, Devon lifeboat crew, unable to launch their boat from Lynmouth, dragged it 13 miles over Exmoor in the teeth of a raging storm and launched it from Porlock, to go to the rescue of a ship in distress in the Bristol Channel. Contains 111 pp with monochrome illustrations throughout by the author. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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