All her Glories Past, The Zetland Lifeboat

David Phillipson: 1994 UK, softcover 125 pages, illustrated. The Zetland Lifeboat traces the two-century story of Redcar’s Zetland, widely regarded as the world’s oldest surviving lifeboat, highlighting her heroic rescues, community guardianship, and eventual preservation as a maritime icon. The book situates the Zetland within lifeboat innovation from Henry Greathead’s designs and recounts landmark services and tragedies that cemented her place in coastal memory and museum heritage. ISBN 9781858250243 In very good condition