Photos by Plisson, Text by D. Charles

A truly beautiful collection of full colour lighthouse photography. Authoritative text gives details and histories of the major lights in each region.

Hardback 240pp

by Mike Palmer

The first Eddystone lighthouse, built in 1696, was soon washed away, to be replaced by a succession of increasingly ingenious structures. Mike Palmer's richly illustrated account is a story of courage, engineering brilliance, fraud and horror. The definitive book on the world's definitive lighthouse.

Paperback, illustrated.

By P. Gumbrell

This book records the memories of Harold Hall who entered permanent service with Trinity House in 1922 and served for 44 years. It also details the service of his ancestors and to complete the picture, his daughter Patricia recounts her own experiences of this way of life. A fascinating account of three families and covering 200 years of lightkeeping.

240x170mm 192p Pb illustrations.

By C. Payton

Looking at lighthouses leads to questions about them;– who, when, where, how? These do not simply refer to their construction, but also to who used and operated them – the mariners and keepers and their families.

Charles Payton tells the story of lighthouses, focusing on those that belong to the National Trust or stand on National Trust land.

96p 180x180mm Hb

By R. Woodman

A celebration of British lighthouses in words and pictures - fabulous photographs and fascinating old drawings reproduced from the archives. Not just the buildings - also the men who ran them, their lonely and sometimes frightening lives.

Hb 256pp 297x233mm full colour

RRP £35.00 OUR PRICE £28.00

By M. Arzur
2008
This book is a beautifully presented panorama of over 150 lighthouses from 56 countries all around the world, all of which are accessible and many of which can be visited.

From lighthouses boldly beaming their lights from clifftops, to those clinging to the edge of cliff faces, this is a spectacular and unusual celebration of lighthouses from every continent.

This is a wonderful gift book in original packaging and a novel format which is just perfect for presenting lighthouses in all their glory.

Hb. 240pp 340x160mm Colour photos throughout.

RRP £19.99 OUR PRICE £15.99

By T. Chance and P. Williams

The Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace in 1851 saw James Chance showcasing a new lens that would revolutionise lighthouse production.

The true-life story that follows is of one man and his family’s unexpected role in an exciting race to perfect this technology, against European rivals and colleagues, as they strive to regain for Britain the leadership position she had lost to the French in the 1820s. With support from such illustrious personages as Sir David Brewster and Michael Faraday, Chance Brothers’ lenses helped light shores around the globe – from the Clipper path in the Far East to the New World emigrant route. This fascinating story places James Chance and the Chance Brothers firm against the backdrop of a stage on which lighthouse manufacture was transformed from a craft into a scientific, high-precision industry.

Hb. 288pp 215x135mm 18 colour photos.

A History of the Old Light and Fog Station.
By M. Ternstrom

The intriguing story of Lundy's Old Light, which is set into the context of the island as a whole, has been vividly brought to life with photographs, drawings, maps, plans and newspaper extracts
Set atop the rocky plateau of Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel, the Old Light stands proudly - a monument to the skill of its builder, Joseph Nelson. It is of a pleasing construction, both solid and graceful, and when built in 1820 it had two lights - an upper and a lower, and was the highest lighthouse in the country.

Pb. 160pp 240x170mm illus.

By I. Cassells

A humerous and entertaining account of the authors 1,100 mile walk around the manned lighthouses on mainland Scotland.

234x156mm 160p Pb

By A. renton

A number of lighthouses are visited at different times over the past 130 years, telling the story of the development of the coastal fog signal. How it came about, how the machinery worked, and for the mariner and keeper, what it sounded like.

240x170mm 224p numerous illus. Pb

by Ian Cassells

Ian Cassells best selling account of his years as a paraffin-oiler - the old nickname for a Scottish lightkeeper. Includes detail about the lighthouses and their construction. Highly readable book includes numerous photos highlighting the stunning location of the lighthouses.

240x170mm 120p 70 photos. Pb

By B. MacAlindin

A chain of true stories from around the world about crews of lightships who spent the bulk of their working lives compelled to scan the same stretch of water and coastline.

240x170mm 160p Pb numerous illus.

By C. Nicholson

A new edition of a classic book telling the real life adventures tracing the construction and history of Britain's most dramatic rock lighthouses and the heroic keepers who manned them in utter isolation. Dramatic photos and beautiful 19th century plans in full colour.

224pp, 297x210mm, 150 illus. colour throughout, Hardback, 2006.

by Christopher Severn

Based on Smeaton's own account, and illustrated with Smeaton's engravings and the author's dramatic drawings, Smeaton's Tower tells the true story of how the third Eddystone Lighthouse was built, and describes in detail the scale of the achievement. Interwoven with the historical story is a fictional tale of mystery, revenge and love.

Paperback, illustrated

By A. Elliott

Set in the Outer Hebrides in 1900, this is based on the true story of the disappearance of the Flannan Isles lighthouse keepers. What exactly happened to them? This gripping story interweaves fact and fiction...

198x256mm 256p

By A. J. Lane

A lively and sometimes hilarious first hand account of a lighthouse keeper's life in the traditional years before the introduction of helicopter reliefs and automation.

240x170mm 192p Pb

By S. Krauskopf

The true story of how the American author learns about crofting, the ways and beauty of nature on the Shetland Islands, movie making, Amateur radio broadcasting, coping with isolation from her family in a time of crisis.

240x170mm 232p Pb colour photos.

The Folklore, history and beauty of Ireland's coastal beacons.

Located in some of the most unspoiled and picturesque places, the lighthouses are surrounded by tales of danger, heroism, romance and mystery.

Hookhead Lighthouse, Lightships, Ballycotton Lighthouse, Fastnet, Bull, Calf Roack, Skellig Islands, Tory Island, Maidens, Roches Point, Baily.

96 minutes