THE STORY OF THE LIFE-BOAT - 1958.

UK,slim 8vo original stapled paper wraps,1st edn.VG. No owner inscrptn,and absence of published price. Bright,clean paper covers: front cover a pale green with a colour pictorial illustration of a slip-way'ed life-boat and capitalised white-lettered title and black 1958 year date,rusted stapled spine,rear cover with a London shipping company (F.T. Everard & Sons, Limited advert with colour painting illustration of S.B. "VERONICA" crossing the line, winning the Thames Sailing Barge Race,1956, painted by Frank H. Mason, R.I. Negligible shelf-wear to lower edges,front cover's fore-edge with a couple of tiny tears,splits and miniscule paper loss,lower corner minus its tip,rear cover complete without loss or damage.Top+fore-edges inevitably aged/toned; but contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - possibly an unread copy? UK, slim 8vo original paper wraps,1st edn,1-79pp [paginated] includes pasted-in perforated Donation+ Bequest Life-boat Appeal forms in situ and unused,to first page of 16pp of contemporary b/w photographic and b/w illustrated shipping lines/companies advertisements,title page with b/w portrait photographic frntis of HRH Duchess of Kent - President of the RNLI to its reverse,a contents list/table,11 chapters with contemporary b/w photographs and other contemporary b/w adverts interspersed, and a further block of 21pp shipping/nautical-related advertisements at the rear. Factual articles amongst others,include a rescue from an American steamer,Forty-five hours on the Goodwins, Skill and gallantry in North Wales, Seven men rescued from sinking Lightvessel, a rescue from a Danish Auxiliary Schooner, a Last minute rescue from sinking ship, the rescue from the "Wimbledon" and a rescue from a Swedish vessel near cliffs. This 1958 edition of " The Story of the Life-boat" takes the form of a brief history of the Life-boat Service since the end of the last war. When the war came to an end the Life-boat Service was faced with a huge task of reconstruction.Building of new life-boats had been brought to a standstill; many of the former members of life-boat crews had left their homes; new and important devices had been invented; and the country was under-going something of a social revolution. The booklet describes the manner in which these difficulties have been overcome; how more than half the fleet of life-boats has been replaced; how new tractors,carriages,boat-houses and radio equipment have been introduced; and how the work which life-boat crews are called upon to perform has steadily increased. A number of the outstanding services by life-boats since the war are described in detail. English,Scottish and Welsh editions are published,each priced l/6d. The Scottish and Welsh editions concentrate on services carried out by the Scottish and Welsh life-boats. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded, after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **