KING OF ALL BALLOONS
Written by Mark Davies.
Stock no. 1327934
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The complex life of explorer James Sadler, the ups and downs of his amazing career. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 320 pages including index. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781445653082. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Includes an errata slip. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed/creased.

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BALLOONS TO BUCCANEERS: YORKSHIRE'S ROLE IN AVIATION SINCE 1785
Written by Brian Catchpole.
Stock no. 1823307
Published by Maxiprint. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ever since the first aeronauts reached for the skies Yorkshire's role in the history of aviation has been of supreme importance, although too often overlooked. This book redresses this and places the role squarely in the national context of aviation. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 187112512X. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top of spine is lightly worn, base of spine has a narrow band of browning otherwise boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned. Contents are clean. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

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BALLOONS TO BUCCANEERS: YORKSHIRE'S ROLE IN AVIATION SINCE 1785
Written by Brian Catchpole.
Stock no. 1820744
Published by Maxiprint. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Ever since the first aeronauts reached for the skies Yorkshire's role in the history of aviation has been of supreme importance, although too often overlooked. This book redresses this and places the role squarely in the national context of aviation. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 187112512X. Grubby mark to page xiv bleeding through to page xiii and also slightly to page 1. Small amount of surface paper loss to grubby mark.

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AVIATION: ITS PRINCIPLES ITS PRESENT AND FUTURE
Written by Sydney F. Walker.
Stock no. 1819529
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. Circa 1912. Almost very good condition.

'The People's Books'. An endeavour to give an accurate description of the construction and working of balloons and aeroplanes in simple language. Small format. Green cloth boards, dark green titles. B/w diagrams. Spine browned, couple of small marks to front board. Name in ink to free front endpaper. Text block browned.

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AIRMEN AND AIRCRAFT
Written by Henry H. Arnold.
Stock no. 2132180
Published by The Ronald Press Company. Circa 1926. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. An Introduction to Aeronautics. Ronald Aeronautic Library Series. Ex-lib with ink stamps and other markings; small insert pasted to front pastedown. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven browning to covers. Page edge browning; some foxing.q

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AVIATION THE PIONEER YEARS
Written by Ben Mackworth-Praed.
Stock no. 1610485
Published by Studio Editions. 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. With an authoritative chronology of the history of flight to 1939. B/w photos. 320 pages. ISBN: 1851703497. Spine bumped. Wrapper edge rubbed.

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ADVENTURE ABOVE THE CLOUDS
Written by F.V. Monk; H.T. Winter.
Stock no. 1608412
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A summary of mankind's aerial achievements. With Eight Half-tone Plates and Diagrams. Blue cloth boards, black titles. 224 pages. Spine is bumped and faded, with small split / hole at side. Names in ink to front endpapers. Foxing to textblock.

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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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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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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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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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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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