London: Heinemann, 1952. Brown cloth, colour endpaper maps. pp 296 + plates; index. Ink name at front, else fine. Dust jacket has chips and tears, just good. Account of the forcible removal by Capt. Charles Wilkes of the U.S.S. San Jacinto of two confederate delegates from the British mail steamer S.S. Trent, an incident which nearly precipitated war between the US and Britain. ; Octavo