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| Davey, Major Christopher & D.Cameron ZANUSSI - transatlantic balloon. | £20.00 |
| Jersey, 1982; 180pp, photos, diags, maps; near fine inc d/w; signed by the balloonists/authors. | |
| BN: 28789 | |
| Deeson A.F.L. AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF AIRSHIPS - Spurbooks, 1973; 22 x 20cm, 132pp, f.illus; ex-lib with stamps on title page only, o/w near vg, | £4.50 |
| BN: 23458 | |
| Dwiggins,Don RIDERS OF THE WINDS - the story of ballooning. | £9.50 |
| Hawthorn, New York, 1973; 180pp, f.illus; fine, vsl torn d/w.Covers all periods; includes chronology, biblio, list of clubs. | |
| BN: 21724 | |
| Eckener, Dr Hugo DIE AMERIKAFAHRT DES GRAF ZEPPELIN - | £30.00 |
| Scherl 1st, 1928; 19 x 14cm, 115pp, 43 photos, flight map; German lang (Gothic script); vg (owner's bookplate on fep).Eckener's account of the 1928 Graf Zeppelin flight to the USA and back (see also Fleffel & Schulzer). | |
| BN: 29912 | |
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Edita Lausanne THE ROMANCE OF BALLOONING - the story of the early aeronauts. Viking Press, New York, 1971; 31 x 26cm, 203pp, f.illus (photos, drgs, col reproductions of paintings, (many tipped-in); notes & biblio; fine, vg d/w. |
£40.00 |
| Excellent pictorial review of the history of ballooning. | |
| BN: 26407 | |
| Eiloart, Arnold & Peter Elstob THE FLIGHT OF THE SMALL WORLD - | £5.00 |
| Quality Book Club edn, from H & S 1st of 1959; 256pp; vg, sl torn d/w.Story of modern ballooning over the Atlantic - and the subsequent boating!. | |
| BN: 25357 | |
| Fergusson, Sir James BALLOON TYTLER - | £8.50 |
| Faber & Faber 1st, 1972; 154pp, 9 illus, biblio; fine, sl torn d/w.Biography of pioneer British aeronaut, who made the first manned balloon ascent in Great Britain (Edinburgh, 1784). | |
| BN: 20919 | |
| Fisher, J. AIRLIFT 1870 - The balloons and pigeons in the siege of Paris. | £15.00 |
| Max Parrish 1st, 1965; 166pp, 11 plates; fine inc d/w. | |
| BN: 22229 | |
| Gardiner, Leslie MAN IN THE CLOUDS - the story of Vincenzo Lunardi. | £16.00 |
| Chambers 1st, 1962; 184pp, 11 plates (paintings), biblio; nr fine, sl torn d/w.Also - Airlife 1984 edn, entitled "Lunardi" - fine, vg d/w - £11.50. | |
| BN: 27991 | |
| Gardiner, Leslie. LUNARDI - The story of Vincenzo Lunardi. | £14.00 |
| Airlife 2nd, 1984; 192pp, 10 plates; fine inc d/w.An account of the social & ballooning life of Lunardi, maker of the first English ascent in l784, which sets the contemporary scene.(First published, 1963, as "Man in the Clouds"). | |
| BN: 22230 | |
| Gibbs-Smith C.H. BALLOONING - | £11.50 |
| Penguin 1st, 1948; 18 x 12cm, 40pp plus 32 plates (some col), repros of drgs & paintings; chronology, biblio, text describing plates; vg (fine int), spine paper sl chipped.Illustrates some of the better-known ballooning paintings, with commentaries on each, and a useful chronology. | |
| BN: 23457 | |
| Glaisher, James, C.Flammarion & G.Tissandier TRAVELS IN THE AIR - | £110.00 |
| Bentley (London) 2nd, 1871 (from 1870 French 1st); 27 x 17cm, 398pp, 6 chromo-lithographs, 12 lithographs, over 100 woodcuts; vg internally (front few pps sl ragged at edges); cloth rubbed & marked. An "average" copy of this now-rare work.One of the classics on 19th Centure ballooning, with remarkable illustrations; 2nd edn contains additional description of the use of balloons at the seige of Paris of 1870/1 with dates & details of each flight. | |
| BN: 28564 | |
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Griehl, Manfred & J.Dressel ZEPPELIN! - The German Airship story. A & A.P. 1st, 1990; 26 x 20cm, 160pp, f.illus, biblio; fine, nr fine d/w. History of German airships (mainly Zeppelin but inc Schutte-Lanz); specs & career history of each individual ship in Appendices. UBN 25886 |
£16.00 |
| Haining, Peter. THE DREAM MACHINES - An eye witness history of Ballooning: | £35.00 |
| New English library, 1972; 35x25cm, 180pp, drgs diags & photos, some col; near fine, vg d/w.A history of ballooning illustrated with reproduced pictures (some col) & cartoons. | |
| BN: 22233 | |
| Hildebrandt, A. BALLOONS AND AIRSHIPS - | £28.00 |
| EP Pub'rs reprint 1973; 361pp, fully illus; fine inc d/w.Facsimile reprint of "Airships Past & Present" of 1908, an important work on the aeronautics of the period. | |
| BN: 22094 | |
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Hodgson, J. E THE HISTORY OF AERONAUTICS IN GREAT BRITAIN - From the earliest times to the latter half of the nineteenth century - OUP 1924, Ltd edn of 1000 copies; 29 x 20cm, 436pp, 150 illus inc some in colour; vg int, cloth sl damp-stained, mainly at rear; ; otherwise a good example. |
£175.00 |
| Celebrated classic history of early ballooning in the UK, with many attractive illustrations. | |
| BN: 24366 | |
| Honour, Alan TEN MILES HIGH, TWO MILES DEEP - the adventures of the Piccards. | £12.00 |
| Brockhampton UK 1st, 1959; 127pp, 12 photos, 2 diags; fine, good d/w.Exploration of the earth's limits, by balloon & bathyscaphe. | |
| BN: 27700 | |
| Horton, Edward THE AGE OF THE AIRSHIP - | £12.00 |
| S & J 1st, 1973; 4to, 128pp, f. illus; vg inc d/w.Good general review, particularly re Zeppelins. | |
| BN: 22236 |