Book

a- This is a hard cover book entitled "Verbal Notes and Sketches for Marine Engineer Officers, A Manual of Marine Steam Engineering Practice". It is by J.W.M Sothern. It has a red cover with a debossed title, author information, and logo. The back cover is plain. The spine reads, "“VERBAL” // NOTES // AND // SKETCHES // SOTHERN // 15TH EDITION // IN TWO VOLUMES // GREATLY ENLARGED // VOLUME I // A // MANUAL // OF // MARINE // STEAM // ENGINEERING // PRACTICE // JAS. MUNRO & CO. LTD. // GLASGOW" in gold writing. It was published by James Munro & Company Ltd. Glasgow, Scotland. The book contains information and diagrams on steam engines and how to run them. b- This is the first two pages of the book. The first page has two names in pen, "C. PHILIP // LONDON ONT" and "Kristen K // Kingston, Ontario". It also has a label from Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird Ltd of Halifax Nova Scotia. There is also a stamp from the PumpHouse Steam Museum. The other side of that first page is blank. The next page has the title page on the front, and a fold out black and white image of a "Yarrow Type Water Tube Boiler" on the reverse.