Lighter than air
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| Simons,Lt Col David G. & D.A.Schlanche MAN HIGH - 24 hours on the edge of space. | £15.00 |
| S & J UK edn of USA 1st (both 1960); 262pp; fine, vg d/w.The experience of space balloon flight, 19 miles up, as part of space research programme. | |
| BN: 21450 | |
| Smith, Anthony THE DANGEROUS SORT - the story of a balloon. | £9.00 |
| A & U 1st, 1970; 25 x 19cm, 158pp, f.illus (some col); vg inc d/w.Ballooning memoirs, including flights over the Alps. | |
| BN: 27877 | |
| Stehling, Kurt R. BAGS UP! - Great Balloon Adventures. | £11.50 |
| Playboy Press 1st, 1975; 23 x 20cm, 254pp, photos, drgs, biblio; nr fine, torn d/w.Accounts from all periods. | |
| BN: 25656 | |
| Straub, Heinz NOBILE, DER POL-PIONIER - Die Italia-Katastrophe in der Arktis. | £16.00 |
| SV International, Zurich, 1985; 239pp, 27 photos, 5 maps, sectioned drg; German lang; nr fine inc d/w (owner's plate).Modern history of the Italia expedition. | |
| BN: 29914 | |
| Sundman, Per Olof INGENIEUR ANDREES LUFTFAHRT - | £9.00 |
| Benziger Verlag, 1969, from 1967 Swedish original; German lang, 409pp; near fine, vg d/w (owner's bookplate).(2 different versions).Fictionalised account of the Andree polar balloon expedition of 1897. | |
| BN: 29960 | |
| Toland, John SHIPS IN THE SKY - | £10.00 |
| Muller 1st, 1957; 260pp, 26 photos; lib bdg, photo-copied title page, o/w vg.Describes 11 famous airship disasters. Also German language edn "Die Grosse Zeit der Luftschiffe" (Luebbe, 1972) - vg - £12. | |
| BN: 23401 | |
| Vaeth, J.Gordon GRAF ZEPPELIN - The adventures of an aerial globetrotter. | £20.00 |
| Muller 1st, 1959; 250pp, 27 illus, ep maps; fine, vg d/w. "The life story of one of the most famous airships ever built & of its great commander, Dr Hugo Eckener" - story of 590 flights and 1,053,000 miles ofsuccessful flying, 1928 to 1937. | |
| BN: 22244 | |
| Ventry, Lord & E.M.Kolesnik AIRSHIP SAGA - the history of airships. | £16.00 |
| Blandford Press 1st, 1982; 28 x 23cm, 192pp, f.illus; glossary, biblio; fine inc d/w."The history of airships seen through the eyes of the men who designed, built & flew them" | |
| BN: 25972 | |
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Von Schiller, Hans & Ernst E Haberkorn IM ZEPPELIN UEBER DER SCHWEIZ - Orell Fuessli, Zurich, 1930; 19 x 13cm, 53pp, pictorial (55 photos by Haberkorn), picture boards, vg. |
£16.00 |
| Mountain photos, some with Zeppelins; intro bt von Schiller, description of a voyage in Switzerland by Dr Eugen Dietschl. | |
| BN: 31759 | |
| Von Schiller, Kapitaen Hans ZEPPELIN - wegbereiter des weltluftverkehrs. | £20.00 |
| Kirschbaum, 1966; 24 x 17cm, 198pp, 62 photos, ep flight maps, appendices & detailed notes; German lang; fine (owner's plate), vg d/w.Illustrated biography of Count Zeppelin. | |
| BN: 29917 | |
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Walmsley, Nick le Neve R-101 - A PICTORIAL HISTORY - Sutton 1st, 2000; 27 x 20cm, 142pp, pictorial; fine inc d/w. |
£15.00 |
| Good photograph collection, inc many less common. | |
| BN: 30017 | |
| Whale, George BRITISH AIRSHIPS PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE - | £55.00 |
| J Lane 1st, 1919; 244pp, 24 illus; vg, signed in Jan 1930 by a previous Petty Officer RNAS (Airships) 1915/1918. Scarce book, largely on British airships. | |
| BN: 22245 | |
| Wirth, Dick & Dick Francis BALLOONING - the complete guide to riding the winds. | £10.00 |
| Orbis 1st, 1980; 26 x 26cm, 168pp; f.illus (mostly col); fine, vg d/w.Mainly a description of modern ballooning and its techniques but with a brief historical introduction. | |
| BN: 30441 | |
| Wittemann A. DIE AMERIKA-FAHRT DES Z.R.III - | £30.00 |
| Amsel, Wiesbaden, 1925; 19 x 14cm, 119pp, 34 photos; German lang; vg+Account of the flight to the USA of Zeppelin Z.R.III (LZ 126, later "Los Angeles")), built for the US Navy & completed & delivered in 1924, the flight lasting 81 hours. | |
| BN: 27732 | |
| Woodman, Jim NAZCA - The flight of Condor 1. | £12.50 |
| J.Murray 1980 (from 1977 1st); 158pp, 30 photos (some col); fine, vg d/w.Describes the reconstruction of a balloon based on ancient drawings in Peruvian Nazca graves. | |
| BN: 27086 | |
| Yeatman, Jonathan DAFFODIL AND GOLDEN EAGLE - the saga of two balloons crossing the Sahara. | £9.50 |
| Ellis 1st, 1972; 165pp, good colour photos, ep maps; near fine, vg d/w. | |
| BN: 21175 |