John Fowles.Shipwreck.Photography by the Gibsons of Scilly

Published by Jonathan Cape,London,1974.

The first edition of a book which contains a selection of photographs by the Gibsons of Scilly of shipwrecks on the coasts of the Scilly Isles and West Cornwall.John Fowles in his introduction sets the shipwreck and the ancient Cornish industry of wrecking in its historical perspective.The photographs have accompanying descriptions.Pages not numbered but just under 50 pages.

See pictures for further details.

Measures around 26 cm by 21cm.

First edition,first printing.Hardback.Blue boards lettered in gilt to the spine.Gilt shipwreck motif to the front panel.Square with no lean.Sharp corners.Boards slightly faded.Solidly bound.Internally clean and bright.The dustwrapper has one short tear of around 1cm to the bottom edge of the rear panel,a little tanned.Not price-clipped(£1.95).There are no ownership markings.

A Very Good book in a Very Good dustwrapper.

If anything is unclear please ask via the contact seller link.Thank you for looking.
All images are of the actual item for sale.

Books are securely packed and posted within 2 working days.Posted by Royal Mail.