Coastlines & Harbours

Lighthouses

Heather Henson
Publisher: Running Press

Ref: BKS000211

This beautiful Miniature Edition™ is an international celebration of lighthouses told through evocative photographs, historical factoids, relevant quotes from literature and other sources, and fascinating trivia about lighthouses throughout America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Scandinavia.
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Price: £3.50

Lighthouses

Publisher: Running Press

Ref: BKS000210

Few things are more hauntingly beautiful than the sight of a lighthouse, misted in fog, and rooted in a chalky cliff or jagged outcropping. Lighthouses date back to the time of Homer's Odyssey, and this elegiac book sings their hymn in beautiful photography and poetically expressed history. It's a journey to every shore in every age to celebrate the light we keep coming back to century after century. Lighthouses captures all the mystery and romance of the sea and those who sail out of the safe harbor.
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Price: £6.99

Offshore - An Artist's View of Britain's Islands

Peter Collyer
Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical

Ref: BKS000014

Peter Collyer invites us to share, via his paintings, the many breathtaking sights and enjoy the fascinating stories he uncovers during his visits.
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Price: £27.99

Fifty Places to Sail Before You Die: Sailing Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations

Chris Santella
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang

Ref: BKS000073

Mankind has plied the waves of the ocean since the dawn of recorded time, seeking sustenance, riches and adventure. "Fifty Places To Sail Before You Die" maps out some of the world's great sailing venues, as shared by both champion racers and celebrated adventurers. Venues range from clubby New England ports like Newport to the hair-raising passage around Cape Horn to idyllic island retreats like Mopelia. In addition to colourful descriptions of the sailing spots and anecdotes from some of the world's greatest sailors, "Fifty Places To Sail Before You Die" will include brilliant photographs and enough information to help would-be sailors chart their own adventure in these areas.
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Price: £14.95

Smeaton's Tower

Christopher Severn
Publisher: Seafarer Books

Ref: BKS000101

In 1755 the Eddystone Lighthouse was consumed by fire, but still the general opinion was that Nothing but WOOD will last upon the Eddystone ...
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Price: £13.95

South by SouthWest - Painting the Channel Islands

Peter Collyer
Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical

Ref: BKS000016

If you have ever sailed these waters, you will appreciate Peter Collyer's anecdotes and images.
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Price: £27.50

Eddystome: the finger of light

Mike Palmer
Publisher: Seafarer Books

Ref: BKS000099

An authoritative and well researched account of the extraordinary achievement of construction of lighthouses on the savage Eddystone Rocks.
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Price: £13.95

The Book of the Solent

Ed. Maldwin Drummond Ed. Robin McInnes
Publisher: Thomas Reed Publications

Ref: BKS000093

Ed. Maldwin Drummond Ed. Robin McInnes
Publisher: Thomas Reed Publications

Ref: BKS000093
The Solent is one of the most famous sailing areas in the world - its yachting history and photography, and as it is today.
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Price: £26.00

Coastline UK

Photographs by Richard Cooke
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Ref: BKS000186

The great swirls of a turquoise sea and tracts of golden sand are not those of a Mediterranean island but are, in fact, the true form of the shoreline of Britain. Mudflats, dunes and scrubland are the source of strange, exotic hues and patterns when viewed from above. Small harbours yield complex herring-bone arrangements of boats, and busy commercial ports become semi-abstract, multi-coloured assemblages.
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Price: £24.95

Cotes D'Armor

Philip Plisson and Dominique Le Brun
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang

Ref: BKS000194

The coasts of Goele, Penthievre and Emeraude are among the main attractions for holiday-makers in Brittany. They are the object of Philip Plisson's lense in this book, including photographs taken both on foot and by air. Plisson reveals long sandy beaches ending in granite cliffs, the medieval chateau at Fort-la-Latte, the gothic ruins of the abbey at Beauport, and the different faces and colours of the sea.
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Price: £12.95

Philip Plisson's Celtic Coastlines

Patrick Mahe and Philip Plisson
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Ref: BKS000195

In this lavish collection, renowned marine photographer Philip Plisson turns his lens to the rugged coastlines of the Celtic world, from the western coasts of Ireland to the towering cliffs of Galicia. This magnificent volume includes over 100 new and unpublished images, beautifully reproduced in a unique panoramic format.
Status: Not yet published
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Price: £29.95

Lighthouses of the Atlantic

Charles Daniel, Philip Plisson and Guillaume Plisson
Publisher: Cassell Illustrated

Ref: BKS000205

Lighthouses exert a special fascination: to mariners they are a constant reminder of the perils of the sea; for the rest of us they are places of romantic isolation. This comprehensive study traces the history and development of the lighthouse from the birth in Alexandria and relates the fascinating myths and legends surrounding them.
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Price: £30.00

Scotland

Philip Plisson and Patrick Mahé
Publisher: Hachette Illustrated

Ref: BKS000197

Capturing the land and sea in photographs is the art and dream of Philip Plisson and here the Celtic Sea is his domain.

In these images there is everything from the austere beauty of the highlands; the mountains and valleys; from salmon rivers to whisky; to the village pubs which hug the winding rivers and streams. Here are the haunting bagpipes, the games and sports of fishing, hunting and golf which make up the heritage of Scotland.
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Price: £20.00

The Wapping Group of Artists - Painting Outdoors along London's River

WGA
Publisher: Seafarer Books

Ref: BKS000107

Originally founded in 1946-setting a pattern for the future, in a pub-to record the working life of London's dockland, this artist's society has been hard at work ever since.
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Price: £19.95

Lighthouses

Philip Plisson
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

Ref: BKS000192

Beacons of safety shining in the night, alerting sailors to dangers at sea, lighthouses have been a part of the coastal landscape for thousands of years. From the earliest towers, which burned coal and wood to produce fiery signals, to today's computer-automated structures, the world's vast network of lighthouses continues to provide a vital link to safety for those men and women who travel at sea.
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Price: £9.95

Ireland

Philip Plisson and Patrick Mahé
Publisher: Hachette Illustrated

Ref: BKS000196

At the start of their voyage around Ireland, photographer Philip Plisson and Patrick Mahé wanted to find the ancient and traditional spirits of Ireland, as well as the magic that is today. In these images of the coasts and hills the beauty of Ireland emerges. The book journeys around the coast – from Dublin to the West, up the northern coast and around to the eastern shores pounded by the Irish Sea.
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Price: £20.00