the practical introducer of the steam-boat into Great Britain and Ireland.
to which is added, an Historical Sketch of Steam Navigation
by Edward Morris
Glasgow, printed for the author, 1844.
small 8vo. ppvi 175 + 8 page list of subscribers. frontispiece portrait and engraved title-page.
good condition hardback in the original brown cloth binding, just a little faded. light foxing to engraved title and frontispiece.
a very scarce little biography of Henry Bell, the first separately published account of his life, and the only one until Brian Osborne's biography published in 1995.
