RNLI Gold Medal Rescues *Paintings by Tim Thompson*

Wake-Walker, Edward (Text); Thompson, Tim (Illustrations)

ISBN 10: 0715399004 / ISBN 13: 9780715399002

Published by David & Charles, 1992

About this Item

A Fine 1st Edition copy of this beautifully illustrated 96pp tribute. The dust wrapper is Very Good+ with only modest traces of surface wear and a small, faint price sticker residue to front cover (not price-clipped). Please see five pictures attached for a closer look.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1742046143534

Bibliographic Details

• Title: RNLI Gold Medal Rescues *Paintings by Tim Thompson*
• Publisher: David & Charles
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0715399004
• ISBN 13: 9780715399002
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution's Gold Medal, known colloquially as the lifeboatman's VC, is presented only for the most outstanding sea rescues. In this book, specially commissioned paintings recreate more than 30 of the most exceptional of these rescues in the Institution's 170-year history. Each painting is accompanied by an account of the rescue and those involved, including eye-witness and contemporary newspaper reports. The accounts are supported by details of the paintings, contemporary engravings and photographs, and the book is completed with a history of the development of the RNLI, to which 50% of the royalties are donated.