by Bowen Stilon Mends
John Murray, 1899.
1st edition. ppxvi 378. 8 maps, 3 diagrams, and 35 illustrations.
very good bright condition hardback in the original binding.
much of Admiral Mends' career saw service in the transport ships - latterly he was appointed Director of Transports, and there is a lot of interesting material on the transport service in the Crimean War of the 1850's.
