1041. Wilson, T.G. [Vice-Chairman of the Commissioners of Irish Lights] The Irish Lighthouse Service. Dublin. 1968
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1041. Wilson, T.G. [Vice-Chairman of the Commissioners of Irish Lights] The Irish Lighthouse Service. Dublin. 1968
1041. Wilson, T.G. [Vice-Chairman of the Commissioners of Irish Lights] The Irish Lighthouse Service. The Commissioners of Irish Lights. Dublin. 1968. 149p . DJ. 29 illustrations in the text, 4 Full Color Plates, & 23 black & white photos. Bold ink inscription on frontis: ” To Captain Joseph C. Fox from The Commissioners of Irish Lights 16 March 1977″. (Captain Fox was a US Merchant Marine officer.) This rare title, published by the Commissioners of Irish Lights, commemorates the hundredth anniversary of the Irish Lighthouse Service. The Service dates back in some form to the fifth century. After a brief glance at the lighthouses of antiquity, the author traces the development of methods of illumination from open wooden and coal fires through gas and oil to electricity, and of sound signals from bells to the diaphones, sirens and explosive fog-signals now in use. The author ends with the last hundred years, a time of great expansion in the Irish Lights Service. A rare and sought after account: A search of out of print bookstores in the UK and US in 2010, and on the web revealed only 8 copies available – priced from $334 to $380+. Today ABE lists no copies. Clean, crisp, tight in edge-worn dj. (VG+). $268.