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1875 Scarce First Edition - Grace Darling, the Heroine of the Farne Islands Lighthouse by Eva Hope.

1875 Scarce First Edition - Grace Darling, the Heroine of the Farne Islands Lighthouse by Eva Hope.

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Author: Eva Hope.
Title: Grace Darling, the Heroine of the Farne Islands: her life and its lessons.
Publisher: London, Adam & Co., 1875. First edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7.5 " X 5 ".
Pages: 312 pages.
Binding: Attractive and good original gilt decorated full calf leather binding (hinges partly cracked but still tight, overall scuffed and worn - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt. A rare find in this leather variant!
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown). 
Illustrations: Complete with the 6 announced full-page illustrations.

The book: Scarce and attractive First Edition of this book on Grace Horsley Darling (24 November 1815 – 20 October 1842) -- an English lighthouse keeper's daughter. Her participation in the rescue of survivors from the shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838 brought her national fame. The paddle steamer ran aground on the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland in northeast England; nine members of the crew were saved.  A rare find in any condition!