9780060194277 - The Lighthouse Stevensons: The Extraordinary Story of the Building of the Scottish Lighthouses by the Ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson von Bathurst, Bella; Harpe... (16 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First edition. 6 x 9 in. Paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; Corners and spine ends bumped, remaiunder mark on lower edge, else very good. DJ is VERY GOOD ; not clipped, very clean. Bio. Stax.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($24.00 price intact). Published by Harper Collins, 1999. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Printing [Stated]. xxiv, [2], 278 pages. Genealogical table. Map. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Minor damp staining noted at bottom of book toward the back. Minor rippling at top of several back pages. Bella Bathurst is a fiction and non-fiction writer, and photographer, born in London and living in Scotland. Her journalism has also appeared in a variety of major publications, including the Washington Post and the Sunday Times. Her first published book was The Lighthouse Stevensons (1999), an account of the construction of the Scottish lighthouses by the ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson, and named one of the List Magazine's '100 Best Scottish Books of all time'. Her second book was a novel, Special (2002), the story of a group of semi-feral teenage girls; and her most recent books include The Wreckers (2005), a history of shipwrecking and maritime skullduggery around the coast of Britain and The Bicycle Book (2011), a journey through cycling's best stories and strangest incarnations. For centuries mariners faced natural shipwreck and infamous wreckers around the hazardous and stormy coasts of Scotland, added to which press gangs and privateers were also constant threats. In 1786 the Northern Lighthouse Trust was established and a few years later Robert Stevenson was appointed Chief Engineer. Thus began almost two centuries of family connection which saw the construction of the Bell Rock light, Skerryvore, Muckle Flugga, and in all, ninety-seven lights dotted around the Scottish coast in addition to harbors, roads, bridges and railways. Robert Louis Stevenson also trained as an engineer but was to find his fame in literature. The author traces the remarkable careers of the Stevensons from the first Scottish lights to the last of their keepers. This is the biography of an extraordinary family; a story of high endeavor and remarkable ingenuity, and of men pushed to the limit and beyond. Robert Louis Stevenson may have been the most famous of the Stevensons but he was not the most productive. All four generations of the Lighthouse Stevensons devoted themselves to the seemingly impossible task of illuminating the dangerous seas around Scotland. This is the story of their visionary quest and their astonishing feats as they battled terrifying conditions, personal demons and political pitfalls to light the seafarers' way.

Hardback. Zustand: As New. 1st US Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White plates. 278 pages. How a single family virtually defined the Scottish coast by designing and building lighthouses in the 18th and 19th centuries. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.