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Second Edition, 8vo. 6 x 8.75 inches. xii + 432 pp. Bound in the original blue cloth, gilt, with the scarce original pictorial dust-wrapper. A very good copy. Illustrated with 34 pp. of 102 photographic plates. A comprehensive survey of all steamships that operated in the British and Irish railway fleets, arranged by region, including Lakeland shipping, and those operated by continental copies. It includes detailed fleet lists at the end. First published in 1948, this second edition records the end of the steam turbine era and the beginning of the motor vessel and is still the best work on the railway steamers.