Author: MARIOTTI, ANNAMARIA LILLA (AUTHOR) / DE FABIANIS, VALERIA MANFERTO (EDITOR) / PONTING, SARAH (TRANSLATOR)
Title: The World's Greatest Lighthouses
Description: Vercelli, Italy: White Star, 2005. First Edition: Second Printing. Hard Cover. 176 pages: 8 x 15 in.: 3.4: KB#011803: Dustjacket is complete but is lightly creased at edges. Otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "This book is dedicated to the most attractive lighthouses in the world, the lighthouses of our dreams, history, legends, films and novels: the small, slender lighthouses isolated amongst the rollers on a stormy coast, reachable only by boat, visited only by seagulls and inhabited by an old retired sailor who receives his post once a week. Spectacular photographs, during a storm or during the night, and views of the interiors (with the most unusual furniture) accompany the descriptions of the lighthouses over the centuries, their technological development, and the complex psychology of the solitude of their keepers. The book describes the individual characteristics, location and history of these extraordinary coastal monuments, now on the way to extinction.". Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket .
Keywords: Architecture Ships Architecture: : Historic Preservation: : General
Title: The World's Greatest Lighthouses
Description: Vercelli, Italy: White Star, 2005. First Edition: Second Printing. Hard Cover. 176 pages: 8 x 15 in.: 3.4: KB#011803: Dustjacket is complete but is lightly creased at edges. Otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "This book is dedicated to the most attractive lighthouses in the world, the lighthouses of our dreams, history, legends, films and novels: the small, slender lighthouses isolated amongst the rollers on a stormy coast, reachable only by boat, visited only by seagulls and inhabited by an old retired sailor who receives his post once a week. Spectacular photographs, during a storm or during the night, and views of the interiors (with the most unusual furniture) accompany the descriptions of the lighthouses over the centuries, their technological development, and the complex psychology of the solitude of their keepers. The book describes the individual characteristics, location and history of these extraordinary coastal monuments, now on the way to extinction.". Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket .
Keywords: Architecture Ships Architecture: : Historic Preservation: : General
Price: US$ 27.00 Seller: Keener Books & Collectibles
- Book number: 011803
- Book number: 011803