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2315. Renton, Alan. LOST SOUNDS. Scotland. 2001.
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20135. [stereo view – light-house exhibit] THE ARMSTRONG TROPHY AND NAVAL EXHIBIT. The International Exhibition of 1862
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DM-5. Majdalany, Fred. THE EDDYSTONE LIGHT. Cambridge, MA. 1960
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DM-46. Long, Bill. Long, Bill. BRIGHT LIGHT, WHITE WATER: THE STORY OF IRISH LIGHTHOUSES AND THEIR PEOPLE. 1997. Dublin,
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2360. [medallion] Shipwrecked Mariners Society
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8348. [Life-Saving Medal] Royal Life Saving Society. c.1929.
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23185. Trachtenberg, David & Thomas Keith. Mauchline Ware: A Collector’s Guide. 2002. Antique Collector’s Club.
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I-03. [lithograph print] c.1908. Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat Pulling to Ship.
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515. (large fold out plates) [from] Jenkins, Lieut. Thornton A. and Richard Bache. A REPORT RELATIVE TO THE LIGHT-HOUSE SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES. [H. R. Doc. No. 222]. August 6, 1846.
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8493. [set 8] W.D. & H.O. Wills Tobacco Company, Lighthouse Series Cigarette Cards.c.1926
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2050. Assistant Engineer Hamilton, U. S. Lightship Portland. Life Magazine. November 15, 1937
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33001. na. 500 Years of the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond 1514 – 2014. Text by Neil Jones. 2014. Corporation of Trinity House.
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806. Henry Greathead’s Lifeboat. 1803.
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2314. Cassells, Ian. NO MORE PARAFFIN-OILERS. Scotland. 2000.
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2313. Krauskopf, Sharma. A YEAR AT THE LIGHTHOUSE. Scotland. 2002.
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1020. (painting) Packet Ship Blackball Line in Storm in the Style of John Hughes (British 1806-1880)
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2356. [engraving] SOUTH-WALL LIGHT-HOUSE. By W. H. Bartlett [Great Britain]. c.1850’s
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23115. (portfolio) Trinity House Central Office of Information. TRINITY HOUSE. Century of Progress. nd.
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8126b. Board of Trade. INSTRUCTIONS RELATING TO THE ROCKET APPARATUS FOR SAVING LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK. London. 1904.
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21323. Rousmaniere, John. “FASTNET, FORCE 10”. New York. 1980
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8103. [Annual Report] ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. Annual Report of the Committee for 1857. London. 1857
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8365. Shairer, Gerda and Egon Jameson. HEROES OF BRITISH LIFEBOATS. London. 1938
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8171. Jolly, Cyrl. S.O.S. – The Story of the Life-boat Service. London. 1961
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7195. Blampied, Guy. MAYDAY ! MAYDAY ! A History of the Gurnsey Lifeboat Station 1803 – 1982. UK. 1984.
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818. Gilding, Laurence F., The Book of Sea Rescue. London. 1964.
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6256g. Beaver, Patrick. A HISTORY OF LIGHTHOUSES. London. 1971.
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2523. [lot] British lightships and lighthouses
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28305. (journal) LAMP Issue 30. Newsletter of the Association of Lighthouse Keepers. England. March 30, 1996
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918. House of Commons. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. London. 1897.
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7141e. Parker, Tony. LIGHTHOUSE. New York. 1976
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PC-155. Tarrant, Michael. CORNWALL’S LIGHTHOUSE HERITAGE. Cornwall. 1990.
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32171a,b. Boyle, Martin. LIGHTHOUSES to Light Their Way. 1996. B&T. Southampton.
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26215. Roberts, Elizabeth G. THEY ALL LIVED IN LIGHTHOUSES. Denbigh. 1984.
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24315. na. ENGLAND’S EYES AND ARMS. A Child’s Book of Familiar Things. c.1912.
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L-61. Imray, James & Son., SAILING DIRECTIONS TO ACCOMPANY THE CHART ENTITLED SOUTH PART OF THE NORTH SEA…. London. 1876
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24308. Tuleja, Thaddeus V., TWILIGHT OF THE SEA GODS – The Men, Ships and Battles of the German Navy in World War 2. New York. 1958.
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21221. Boddington, Jack. A MEDALLIC HISTORY OF THE ROYAL LIFE SAVING SOCIETY. c.1983.
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A-149. Royal National Life-boat Institution. THE STORY OF THE LIFE-BOAT. London. 1968
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9264. Bathurst, Bella. THE LIGHTHOUSE STEVENSONS. New York. 1999.
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23513. Lord, Walter. THE NIGHT LIVES ON – New Thoughts, Theories, and Revelations About the Titanic. New York. 1986.
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1591b. STEVENGRAPH VICTORIAN SILK PORTRAIT “Called to the Rescue (A Life Boat Scene)” c. 1879-84.
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2399b. Evans, Clayton. RESCUE AT SEA – An International History of Lifesaving, Coastal Rescue Craft and Organizations. Annapolis. 2003
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31051. (copy photo) N&Z Lifeboat Life-Saver with Boat Holland c.1920. View.
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3028. [engraving] INSIDE A LIGHTHOUSE – CLEANING THE SILVER REFLECTORS. Scientific American Supplement, No. 429. March 22, 1884
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6112. SKETCHES OF THE LIFE-SAVING SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES – THE LIFE-SAVERS OF AMERICA AND ENGLAND
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22190. Campbell, J. M. [Assistant Lightkeeper, Bell Rock Lighthouse], NOTES ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BELL ROCK
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6477m. Stevenson, Robert Louis. [A FAMILY OF ENGINEERS] THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
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21508. Krauskopf, Sharma. SCOTTISH LIGHTHOUSES. Guilford. 2001.
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21507. Krauskopf, Sharma. IRISH LIGHTHOUSES
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7205e. Naish, John. SEAMARKS – THEIR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT. London. 1985.
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2228. Smiles, Samuel. LIVES OF THE ENGINEERS – SMEATON AND RENNIE
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23453. Boyle, Martin. LIGHTHOUSES OF ENGLAND AND WALES. Southampton. 1999
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24251. na. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF HER BRITANIC MAJESTY’S COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE CONDITION AND MANAGEMENT OF LIGHTS, BUOYS, AND BEACONS
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901L. [engraving] Wolf’s Rock Lighthouse
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23274. “LIFE SAVING APPARATUS AT WORK ON THE NORFOLK COAST – The Wreck of the Norwegian Ship “Esras”
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901aa. [engraving] SMEATON’S EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE
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901aa. [engraving] SMEATON’S EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE
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711b. DABOLL’S FOG-TRUMPET IN THE BRITISH CHANNEL. Harper’s Weekly. January 16, 1864
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5456r. A VISIT TO A LIGHT-HOUSE. Harper’s Weekly. January 15, 1876.
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22190. Campbell, J. M. [Assistant Lightkeeper, Bell Rock Lighthouse], NOTES ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BELL ROCK
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23180, W-03. Cassells, Ian. A LIGHT WALK. Scotland. 1997.
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11375. Gattie, George Byng. Memorials of the Goodwin Sands, and their Surroundings, Legendary and Historical. London. 1904.
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5250c. Senate 619. July 20, 1840 . 12pp. Report of Captain M.C. Perry, in relation to Light-houses of England and France
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7293b. na. The Eddystone Lighthouse. The Penny Magazine
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21261. ed. The Earl of Sandwich . BRITISH AND FOREIGN MEDALS RELATING TO NAVAL AND MARITIME AFFAIRS. Greenwich. 1950
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2106b. Hague, Douglas B. LIGHTHOUSE OF WALES – THEIR ARCHITECTURE, HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY. Mid Wales Litho, Ltd., Wales . 1st. 1994.
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8124. Patterson, J. E., A HERO OF THE SEA: Some Thrilling Experiences in Life-Saving Done by Lieutenant John O. Williams, R.N., Chevalier du Devoir. London. 1910.
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826b. Warner, Oliver. THE LIFE-BOAT SERVICE – A History of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution 1824-1974. London. 1974.
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8518. Cox, Barry. LIFEBOAT GALLANTRY – R. N. L. I. MEDALS AND HOW THEY WERE WON. London. 1998.
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2307. na. ANASTATIC DRAWINGS OF GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS, PRESENTED BY SOVEREIGNS AND PUBLIC BODIES TO CAPT. GEORGE WILLIAM MANBY, F.R.S. FOR SERVICES RENDERED IN THE SAVING OF LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM SHIPWRECK: TO WHICH ARE ATTACHED A FEW OBSERVATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEPOSITING OF THESE MEMORIALS. 1852.
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28337. (patent No. 26,475) Rey, Jean Alexandre and Chance Brothers and Company. Improvements in the Lanterns of Lighthouses and the Like. c.1910
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25352. na. CHAINS, ANCHORS AND MOORING GEAR. HANDBOOK CONTAINING SKETCHES AND USEFUL TABLES. c.1907
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BR-116. Wolf, Virginia. To The Lighthouse. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Modern Classic. 1990.
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6373. na. THE STORY OF JOHN SMEATON AND THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE. London. 1877, 1879, 1893
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2312. MacAlindin, Bob. NO PORT IN A STORM. Scotland . 2000
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28105. (photo lot) Abandoned Lightship ?.
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28272. (photo) Royal Sovereign Lightship. January 10, 1927.
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26146. Royal Navy Commissioning Pennant. c.1940-70’s
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1187. Leach, Nicholas. The Waveney Lifeboats. Portishead. 2001.
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5288. Daunt, Achilles. OUR SEA-COAST HEROES or Stories of Wreck and of Rescue by the Lifeboat and Rocket. London. Nd. c.1900
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7109. Ballantyne, R. M. THE LIFEBOAT – A Tale of Our Coast Heroes. NY. 1864
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1418. Fry, Eric C. Life-Boat Design & Development. David & Charles. 1975
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13451. (photo) Crew of R.N.L.I. Life Boat Mary Stanford Heads Out for Fatal Rescue Attempt c.1928.
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26349. Boyer, Marie-France. SPIRIT OF THE SEA. New York. 2003.
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27171. Hall, Thomas. THE T.W. LAWSON: THE FATE OF THE WORLD’S ONLY SEVEN-MASTED SCHOONER. Charlestown. 2006.
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28196. Hill, Peter. Stargazing – Memoirs of a Young Lighthouse Keeper. Knopf. 2004.
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29173. Chance, Toby and Peter Williams. Lighthouses – The Race to Illuminate the World. London. 2008
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10509. Medlicott, Gordon. An Illuminating Experience. Whittles. 2009.
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10507. Morrison-Low, A. D. Northern Lights: The Age of Scottish Lighthouses. National Museum of Scotland. 2010
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10155. (film strip) The Story of Lighthouses, Lightships and Lifeboats.
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22347. Hart-Davis, Adam and Emily Troscianko. HENRY WINSTANLEY AND THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE. Sutton. 2002
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6233. EDDYSTONE LIGHT-HOUSES, PAST AND PRESENT. Harper’s Weekly. September 13, 1879.
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978. [engraving] THE EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE. Scientific American Supplement, No. 157. January 4, 1879
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1041. Wilson, T.G. [Vice-Chairman of the Commissioners of Irish Lights] The Irish Lighthouse Service. Dublin. 1968
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28306. (cabinet photo) Smeaton’s Eddystone Lighthouse Tower, Plymouth, England c1890-1900.
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857d. THE MANUSCRIPTS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON’S RECORDS OF A FAMILY OF ENGINEERS. The Unfinished Chapters. Chicago. 1929.
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11445. na. Special Instructions for the Coast Guard Service. 1875. London.
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379. Methley, Noel T., THE LIFE-BOAT AND ITS STORY. London. 1912.
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22461. “A Catalogue of the Civil and Mechanical Engineering Designs,1741-1792 of James Smeaton, F.R.S. preserved in the Library of The Royal Society ” London. 1950
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6597. Witney, Dudley. THE LIGHTHOUSE. Boston. 1975.
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13213. Potts, Annie. Last Lights – The Hand-Wound Lighthouses of the Bahama Islands. Fish House Press. 2011.
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13200. Wake-Walker, Edward. Lost Photographs of the RNLI. Sutton. 2004.
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13218. (photo) Wireless Operator Jack Binns, RMS Republic c.1909 view.
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28238. Bathurst, Bella. The Wreckers – A Story of Killing Seas and Plundered Shipwreck, from the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day. Boston. 2005.
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13168. (photo) Steamer Benmohr Aground at Prawle Point, Devon, Breeches Buoy Rescue c.1931.
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14104. (lot 2 stereoviews) Engine House, Lizzard Light Station, Cornwall, England c.1910.
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14222. Woodman, Richard and Andrew Adams. ‘Light Upon the Waters’ – The History of Trinity House. London. 2013.
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8218d. Cobb, James F., THE WATCHERS ON THE LONGSHIPS. London. 1878
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15254. Leslie, Jean and Paxton Roland. Bright Lights: The Stevenson Engineers 1752-1971. Edinburgh. 1999.
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15276. Wilkinson, D. and M. Boyle. Lighthouses: Photographic Memories. Frith Book Co. 2004.
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1647. Clarke, Liam. Light in the Darkness: A History of Lightships and the People Who Served on Them. Amberley. 2016.
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28151b. [life-saving certificate] Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society. c.1910.
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6639c. Lamb, Sir John Cameron [Deputy-Chairman Royal National Life-Boat Institution]. THE LIFE-BOAT AND ITS WORK. London. 1911.
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7143e. Edwards, E. Price. OUR SEAMARKS; Plain Account of the LIGHTHOUSES, LIGHTSHIPS, BEACONS, BUOYS, AND FOG-SIGNALS MAINTAINED ON OUR COASTS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF MARINERS. London. 1884.
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1829. Collin, David R. Life and Death on Little Ross: The Story of an Island, a Lighthouse and its Keepers. Whittles. 2017
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3011. Conway, Brendan Patrick Eoin. The Boy Who Built Lighthouses: Memoirs of a Travelling Lighthouse Keeper. 2017
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3009. (photo) Wolf Rock Lighthouse, Penzance, England c.1948.
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2229, 2178. Nicholson, Christopher. ROCK LIGHTHOUSES OF BRITAIN. Cambridge. 1983.
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20136b. CDV [Carte De Visite format] Grace Darling c.1883.
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3025. Larson, Erik. The Splendid and the Vile – A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz. Crown Pub. 2020.
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23439. Lane. Anthony. GUIDING LIGHTS – The Design & Development of the British Lightvessel from 1732. Charleston. 2001.
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22523. [Parliamentary Paper] REPORT OF THE TRINITY BOARD CORPORATION ON ALL EXPERIMENTS MADE WITH A VIEW OF TESTING THE DIFFERENT PLANS FOR FOG SIGNALS….. House of Commons. March 14, 1864.
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1826. Grant, R. G. Sentinels of the Sea: A Miscellany of Lighthouses Past. Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2018
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3025. Larson, Erik. The Splendid and the Vile – A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz. Crown Pub. 2020
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379. Methley, Noel T., THE LIFE-BOAT AND ITS STORY. London. 1912.
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23118. Bowen, Frank C., SHIPS FOR ALL. London. nd. c.1930
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20436d. Chadwick, Lee. LIGHTHOUSES & LIGHTSHIPS. London. 1971
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24225. CHALLENGER – THE LIFE OF A SURVEY SHIP. New York. 1958.
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957-7. [lightship model] Trinity House South Goodwin Lightship.
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22111. Jones, Tristan. HEART OF OAK. NY. 1984
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1788. Gilmore, Rev. John. Storm Warriors or Life-Boat Work on The Goodwin Sands. London. 1885