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Leasor, James THE MILLIONTH CHANCE - The story of the R.lOl. H.Hamilton 1st, 1957); 176pp, 15 photos; near fine, good d/w. |
£18.00 |
| The full story of the design, development, trials & fatal flight of the R.101 airship. | |
| BN: 25654 | |
| Lecornu J. LA NAVIGATION AERIENNE - Histoire docomentaire et anecdotique. | £150.00 |
| Lib. Nony (Paris) 1st, 1903; 30 x 22cm, 1/4-leather with marbled boards & eps; 484pp, 358 figs inc photos; vg int, boards rubbed at edges, leather worn. Mostly ballooning except small section on pioneer gliders & aeroplanes (inc Clement Ader, Lillienthal, Maxim, Hargrave, Langley, Tatin & Kress).Also - 6th edn, 1913; 439pp, 1/4-leather binding (rubbed at edges & 2 pages cut at top corner); vg int - £135. | |
| BN: 28575 | |
| Lockwood Marsh, Lt Col W. AERONAUTICAL PRINTS AND DRAWINGS - | £165.00 |
| Halton & Truscott Smith, 1924; No 622 of edn limited to 1,000; 33 x 26cm, 87 plates, some tipped-in colour, plus 36pp commentary on the prints by Lockwood Marsh and a 14pp list showing the text of the inscriptions on the originals.Foreword by Sir F.Sykes; vg except slight foxing to a few pages..Celebrated ballooning work illustrating pictures in national & private collections; important reference to ballooning art and history. | |
| BN: 25865 | |
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Maitland, Air-Comm. E.M THE LOG OF H.M.A. R 34 - Journey to America and back. H & S 1st, 1920; 168pp, 24 photos, fold-out map; ex-library, good-vg (lib marks at rear) |
£30.00 |
| Scarce account of the July 1919 flight from East Fortune to New York and back to Pulham. | |
| BN: 27556 | |
| Marion. F. WONDERFUL BALLOON ASCENTS - or, the conquest of the skies. | £45.00 |
| Cassell c1870; 224pp, many illustrations; some foxing, spinecloth rubbed; "period" Cassell book list.Translated from the French "Les Ballons" of 1869.Also - paper-cover edn in poor (but complete) condition - (job for amateur binder?) - £16 | |
| BN: 24564 | |
| Marion. Fulgence LES BALLONS - et les voyages aeriennes. | £50.00 |
| Hachette 2nd, 1869 (from 1st of 1867); 18 x 12cm, 336pp, 30 gravures; fairly heavy foxing to few pages, front & rear; elsewhere only at edges; "College de Beaune" school prize binding.French lang. descriptions of the early theories and designs and of most of the important balloon flights to date of publication.See also "Wonderful Balloon Ascents". | |
| BN: 29314 | |
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Masefield, Sir Peter G. TO RIDE THE STORM - The story of the Airship R 101. Kimber 1st, 1982; 560pp, 57 photos, appendices; fine, near fine (sl creased) d/w. |
£65.00 |
| Now scarce account, in great detail, of the development, building and the accident at Beauvais, the reasons and consequences. | |
| BN: 31769 | |
| Mason, Monck AERONAUTICA - or sketches illustrative of the theory & practice of Aerostation. | £30.00 |
| Richmond Pub. Co 1972 reprint, from 1838 original; 355pp, 6 plates; near fine, vg d/w."An enlarged account of the late aerial expedition to Germany by Monck Mason". | |
| BN: 28337 | |
| McCarry, Charles DOUBLE EAGLE - | £15.00 |
| W.H.Allen 1st, 1980; 278pp, 22 col photos, ep maps; vg inc d/w.Account of the first trans-Atlantic balloon flight, Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson & Larry Newman in 1978 and of their 1977 failure; fine photographs. | |
| BN: 21580 | |
| McKinty, Alec THE FATHER OF BRITISH AIRSHIPS - a biography of E.T.Willows: Kimber 1st, 1972; 160pp, 31 illus, notes; fine inc d/w. Biography of the British airship pioneer. | £17.50 |
| Biography of the British airship pioneer. | |
| BN: 22237 | |
| Monk F.V. & H.T.Winter ADVENTURE ABOVE THE CLOUDS - | £16.00 |
| Blackie, 1930s; 224pp, 8 illus; vg, fair (scarce!) d/w.Description of high altitude flights with much on ballooning by Coxwell & Glaisher, Tissandier & Piccard. | |
| BN: 25934 | |
| Mooney, Michael M. THE HINDENBURG - | £14.50 |
| Hart-Davis 1st, 1973; 278pp, 19 photos; fine, torn d/w.Also - German language edn, Ingse, 1974; 287pp, 23 photos; near fine, sl torm d/w - £12. | |
| BN: 22238 | |
| Mundell F. STORIES OF ALPINE ADVENTURE AND BALLOON ADVENTURE - | £20.00 |
| Sunday School Union, c1897; two books in one vol; "Balloon adventure" has 158pp & 15 woodcut illustrations. pages browned & endpapers stained, o/w good. | |
| BN: 29007 | |
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Neon THE GREAT DELUSION - A study of aircraft in peace and war. Benn 2nd, 1927; 279pp; vg (ex-library but only one stamp - at rear). |
£18.00 |
| A powerful argument AGAINST the need for air power and the justification for the use of the bombing weapon to destroy morale; also much on the Airship v Aeroplane debate; very controversial! | |
| BN: 21877 | |
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Nisbet (pub'r) HALF HOURS IN AIR & SKY - Marvels of the Universe. Nisbet's Half-hour Library of Travel, Nature & Science series, 1896; 372pp,numerous illus, good decorated boards; vg int, f cover marked, spine faded & torn at top. |
£20.00 |
| Largely meteorological & partly astronomical, with chapter on Glaisher's balloon ascent. | |
| BN: 22240 | |
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Piccard, Prof Auguste IN BALLOON & BATHYSCAPHE - Cassell 1st UK, 1956, from French "Au fond des mers en Bathyscaphe" of 1954;192pp, 28 diags, 22 plates; ex-lib, good-vg. |
£6.00 |
| First chapter describes the statosphere balloon ascents; rest of book submarine. | |
| BN: 23484 | |
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Pratt H.B. COMMERCIAL AIRSHIPS - Nelson, 1920; 235pp, 43 photos & line drgs; good int, spine chipped at top, spinecloth faded, owner's plate inside f. cover. |
£45.00 |
| Extremely scarce study of airship design & construction (inc engines), possible uses, routes etc, operating economics, airship stations etc. Also a diary of the R 34 transatlantic voyages. | |
| BN: 29244 | |
| Proctor, Richard A. THE BORDERLAND OF SCIENCE - | £16.00 |
| Smith, Elder, 1873; 438pp; vg int (sl foxing), spinecloth torn at top, f.cover sl loose, o/w good.Contains reprinted articles from the Cornhill Magazine, largely on astronomical subjects but including a chapter on "Flying & Flying Machines" (28 pages discussing balloons, parachutes etc). | |
| BN: 25871 | |
| Rolt L.T.C. THE AERONAUTS - A history of ballooning, 1783 - 1903. | £24.00 |
| Longmans Green 1st, 1966; 267pp, 55 illus, chronology & biblio; near fine, sl torn d/w.Serious history of ballooning up to l939 (but mostly describing the pioneer period). | |
| BN: 25869 | |
| Rosenkranz, Hans GRAF ZEPPELIN - die geschichte eines abenteuerlichen lebens. | £35.00 |
| Ullstein 1st, 1931; 24 x 18cm, 206pp, 43 photos, drgs; few pps sl edge-damaged, covers sl rubbed.Biog. of the famous constructor and his products to date. | |
| BN: 29916 | |
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Santos-Dumont, Alberto MY AIRSHIPS - The story of my life. Grant Richards 1st, 1904; 328pp, 54 photos; ex-lib but good inside, & covers; lib stamps etc. |
£48.00 |
| Well illustrated description of author's ballooning and airships; scarce. | |
| BN: 23140 |