The Wreck of the Racehorse, by Brian King

From the rear side cover: Two hundred years ago the Royal Navy sloop of war, Racehorse, smashed to pieces on a rocky reef off the coast of the Isle of Man. The efforts of the Manxmen of Castletown to save those on board proved to be a catalyst in the founding of what became the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, the RNLI. One hundred and fifty years later a group of volunteer divers from the Isle of Man rediscovered the wreck and began the slow process of excavation. This book tells the story of how HMS Racehorse was lost - and found...

The condition of the book is generally very good. The covers are clean and bright, the spine is intact, and all pages are clean, intact, unblemished and tightly bound.