Beardmore, the history of a Scottish industrial giant

by Hume & Moss.

Heinemann, 1979.

384 pages. well illustrated. ISBN 0435325892 .

very good condition hardback in the dust-jacket. owner's details written on front free end-paper.

an excellent history of the great Clydeside engineering and shipbuilding firm, from the mid 19th-century , through the rapid expansion in the late Victorian era, the dominance of armaments production during world war one, the near collapse in the following two decades, and revival in world war two and beyond.