by W.J. MacQuorn Rankine
William Blackwood and Sons, 1871.
1st edition. ppviii 79. frontispiece portrait and engraved plate showing Elder's grave.
very good condition hardback in the original brown cloth gilt binding. contemporary owner's name to front free end-paper.
a scarce little memoir of one of the Clyde's pre-eminent shipbuilders of the 19th century, probably commissioned by John Elder's widow, and written by one of the foremost writers on shipbuilding and marine engineering.
