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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The RCN in Retrospect, 1910-1968, Boutilier, James A. Editor. The University of British Columbia Press. 1982. First Printing. 8vo up to 9½" tall. xxx,373p., with 12 maps, 105 plates and illustrations, 2 charts. Blue cloth boards with gilt spine titles. Volume is in mint condition. Unclipped jacket has light shelf wear. This tribute to a proud service surveys the history of the Royal Canadian Navy from its inception in 1910 to its demise in 1968. Although established as a declaration of Canada's independence from the imperial fleet, the RCN was the child of the Royal Navy. Its first ships were RN cast-offs, and for the next forty years officers trained in the British fleet -- their 'big ship time.' From these modest beginnings, the book deals with such related issues as the problem of imperial defense, the development of a naval service with a Canadian identity, and the evolution of a Canadian naval engineering capacity.