Steam, Politics and Patronage : The Transformation of the Royal Navy, 1815-54
256pp, central section of black and white photographic plates. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket sun faded, price unclipped. 8vo. Important new interpretation of the complete transformation of the Royal Navy which took place in the years between the Napoleonic and Russian Wars.
