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LA CONQUETE DE L'AIR
Written by L. Sazerac De Forge.
Stock no. 630519
Published by Berger-Levrault.
1st
1907.
Very good condition.
Le Probleme de la locomotion aerienne les dirigeables et l'aviation - leurs applications. The conquest of the Air. Text in French. Modern three-quarter brown calf leather binding with gilt title and raised bands to spine, brown cloth boards. Green marbled endpapers. B/w illustrations, plates and fold-out diagram. One tiny mark to boards else binding in beautiful condition. Bookplate to front pastedown. Original paperwraps bound in. A few margin marks and corner creases to contents. A very nice copy. Reduced from £125.
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- LEATHER BINDING
- ANTIQUARIAN
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- FRENCH
LE BALLON LIBRE
No author listed.
Stock no. 630520
Published by Librairie Aeronautique.
1st
1911.
Very good condition.
Theory and practical. Captain du Genie DO. Hot air balloons. Modern three-quarter calf leather binding with gilt title and raised bands to spine, brown cloth boards. Green marbled endpapers. viii and 506 pages plus adverts to rear. B/w illustrations and photos. Binding is beautiful. Bookplate to front pastedown. Light page browning and a few grubby marks. Couple of ink stamps to prelims and top margin of one page. Just a few annotations mostly in pencil to margins.
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- ANTIQUARIAN
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LES ZEPPELINS
Written by Georges Besancon.
Stock no. 818897
Published by Bloud Et Gay.
1915.
Slightly better than very good condition.
No. 24 "Pages actuelles" 1914-1915. Zeppelins. Text in French. Small paperwraps format. B/w illustrations. 43 pages. A few marks and light creasing to covers. Light page browning else contents fine.
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- AVIATION
- AIRSHIPS
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
L'AEROPHILE
No author listed.
Stock no. 818876
1902.
Very good condition.
Six copies of 'L'Aerophile' magazine bound in red cloth with gilt title to spine. Includes 10th Year issue 1 Janvier 1902, 10th Year issue 6 Juin 1902, 10th Year issue 10 Octobre 1902, 10th Year Issue 11 Novembre 1902, 12th Year Issue 10 Octobre 1904, and 13th Year Issue 11 Novembre 1905. Text in French. Binding is clean and sound. Contents have a few paper repairs, scattered foxspots and a few margin marks. A few pencil annotations.
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- AVIATION
- MAGAZINE
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
LES ZEPPELINS AU COMBAT
Written by H. Von Buttlar.
Stock no. 818627
Published by Payot.
1st
1932.
Slightly better than good condition.
Collection of memories, studies and documents during World War I. Grey paperwraps, blue titles. 10 b/w photos. Text in French. Spine browned, covers a little grubby. Small split to top front edge of spine. Front joint broken and backstrip becoming unglued. Contents clean.
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- AVIATION
- AIRSHIPS
- WORLD WAR I
- MILITARY
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
VOYAGES AERIENS
Written by Camille Flammarion.
Stock no. 818628
1881.
Almost very good condition.
Second Edition. Air Voyages. Impressions and Studies. Log Book of Twelve Scientific Voyages by Hot Air Balloon. Yellow paperwraps. Text in French. Cover edges worn and slightly chipped. Scattered foxing throughout else contents clean. A nice presentable copy of a scarce work.
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- AVIATION
- HOT AIR BALLOONS
- ANTIQUARIAN
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
HISTOIRE DE MES ASCENSIONS
Written by Gaston Tissandier.
Stock no. 818623
Circa
1888.
Very good condition.
Account of 24 air voyages. 6th Edition. Three-quarter brown leather binding, gilt title to spine. Brown marbled paper boards. Marble paper endpapers. B/w illustrations. Text in French. Leather corners of binding missing leaving just slight marks on marbled paper boards. Front board has surface paper loss not really detracting from the beauty of the book. Front hinge pulled. Some scattered foxing but generally a very nice copy of an antiquarian book. REDUCED FROM £120.
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- FRENCH
- ANTIQUARIAN
VOYAGES AERIENS
Written by J. Glaisher; Camille Flammarion; Wilfrid De Fonvielle; Gaston Tissandier.
Illustrated by Eugene Ciceri; Adrien Marie; Albert Tissandier.
Stock no. 818588
Published by Librairie De L. Hachette Et Cie..
1st
1870.
Almost very good condition.
Hot air balloon voyages. Half-leather binding. Black cloth boards, Dark green leather spine with raised bands, gilt titles and vignettes. All edges gilt. 6 tissue-guarded chromoliths. 117 b/w wood engravings plus 15 diagrams or charts. 612 pages. Text in French. Leather spine is nice and bright with small spot of damage to lower half. Covers a little scuffed. Binding is tight. Original paperwraps bound in. Scattered foxing throughout. Pages 277-382 have a light damp stain to lower margin inside edge. Text block gilt lovely and bright. Reduced from £200.
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- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
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- FRENCH
KATALOG DER BALLONHISTORISCHEN SAMMLUNG OBERST V. BRUG IN DER BIBLIOTHEK DES DEUTSCHEN MUSEUMS
No author listed.
Stock no. 818595
1985.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Catalogue of the Historical Hot Air Balloon Collection of Colonel V. Brug in the Library of the German Museum. Large format. Text in German. Blue cloth, light blue title label to spine with gilt title and small vignette, white title to front. Colour & b/w illustrations. A very nice, clean copy.
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- AVIATION
- HOT AIR BALLOONS
- COLLECTING
- ANTIQUES
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- GERMAN
ADVENTURE ABOVE THE CLOUDS
Written by F.V. Monk; H.T. Winter.
Stock no. 816509
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
1936.
Very good condition.
A summary of mankind's aerial achievements. With Eight Half-tone Plates and Diagrams. Red cloth boards, black titles. 224 pages. Top corner of front cover has a diagonal crease. Bookplate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean.
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SOME MILESTONES IN AVIATION
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 810251
Published by John Hamilton.
1st
1935.
Very good condition.
Blue cloth, black title to spine. No catalogue to rear. 32 numbered illustrations/photos. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Some foxing to outer page edges and a few pages internally. All photo plates/illustrations are present.
A COMPENDIUM OF AVIATION AND AEROSTATION
Written by H. Hoernes; J.H. Ledeboer.
Stock no. 809859
Published by Charles Griffin & Co. Ltd..
1st
1911.
Almost very good condition.
Balloons, Dirigibles and Flying-Machines. 54 b/w plates. Small format. Grey cloth, white title to front cover. Scratched inscription on verso of frontis else contents very good. Corners bumped and rubbed. Title to front cover lightly rubbed. REDUCED from £200.
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- AIRSHIPS