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20436d. Chadwick, Lee. LIGHTHOUSES & LIGHTSHIPS. London. 1971

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20436d. Chadwick, Lee. LIGHTHOUSES & LIGHTSHIPS. London. 1971

20436d. Chadwick, Lee. LIGHTHOUSES & LIGHTSHIPS. London. 1971. 165p. DJ. The story of warning lights at sea and the people who build and tend them. The author traces the continual search for improved lighting, reviving many of the individual heroic episodes in lighthouse history. The working of lights and construction techniques are outlined and their principles explained, with first-hand accounts of life at various lights and lightships. Nicely illustrated with photographs. Very nice condition, near fine. (F-). $56.