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AERONAUTICS.  Flight, Origins & Progress. Catalogue No. 70.
L'Art Ancien, Zurich. 1980. 4to, illustrs., throughout, orig. printed wrappers, 276 items.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 12689
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AERONAUTICS.:  Flight, Origins & Progress. Catalogue No. 70.
L'Art Ancien, Zurich. 1980. 4to, illustrs., throughout, orig. printed wrappers, 276 items.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 149
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BALLOONING.  Catalogue of the Well-Known Collection of Ballooning and Aeronautical Prints and Drawings the Property of Col. R.L. Preston.
Sotheby & Co. 1962. 4to, illustrs., thoughout, orig. printed wrappers, 221 lots.
GBP 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 US$ 49.83 | JP¥ 4402] Book number: 9221
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BLANCHARD (JEAN PIERRE)  An Exact and Authentic Narrative of M. Blanchard’s Third Aerial Voyage, from Rouen in Normandy, on the 18th of July, 1784. Accompanied by M. Boby; in which they traversed a space of forty-five miles in two hours and a quarter, inclusive of the time empl
Printed by and for C. Heydinger. 1784. First Edition, 4to, viii,17,[1]pp., engraved frontispiece of the air ship (inner margin cropped, small tear to outer margin, several page numbers shaved, small piece of outer blank margin missing from final leaf, frontis., offset unto title, lightly browned throughout, disbound, purpose-made paper folder. Jean Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809), French aeronaut, together with the American, John Jeffries, made the first aerial crossing of the English Channel, and who also made the first balloon ascent in America. This is an important account of Blanchard’s observations during his third aerial flight, setting out from Rouen and flying for 45 miles in little more than two hours, great speed in the 18th century. ESTC listing two variant editions, this being ESTC T33609.
GBP 875.00 [Appr.: EURO 970.5 US$ 1453.38 | JP¥ 128400] Book number: 25941
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BROCKETT (PAUL)  Bibliography of Aeronautics.
Smithsonian Institute, Washington. 1910. xiv,940pp., orig. printed wrappers, a little chipped and torn, uncut, largely unopened. Still the standard work, Describing 13,487 items on the subject in all languages.
GBP 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.25 US$ 107.97 | JP¥ 9538] Book number: 19564
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AERONAUTICS. MAGGS BROS.  A Descriptive Catalogue of Books, Engravings and Medals Illustrating the Evolution of the Airship and the Aeroplane. Catalogue No. 545.
Maggs Bros. 1930. 4to, [ii],iv,184pp., frontis., 14 plates, illustrs., in the text, orig. wrappers, rebacked, 677 items.
GBP 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 83.25 US$ 124.58 | JP¥ 11006] Book number: 25416
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MAGGS BROS.  The History of Flight. A Descriptive Catalogue of Books, Engravings and Airmail Stamps Illustrating the Evolution of the Airship and the Aeroplane. Catalogue 619.
Maggs Bros. 1936. 4to, frontis., numerous plates and illustrs., including airmail stamps and covers, orig. printed wrappers, soiled, spine broken, 1,684 items.
GBP 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 35.5 US$ 53.15 | JP¥ 4696] Book number: 12714
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DARMON (J.E.)  Dictionnaire des Estampes & Livres Illustrés sur les Ballons & Machines Volantes des Débuts Jusques vers 1880.
H. Barral, Montpellier. 1929. First Edition, large 8vo, 129pp., limited edition, plates, facsimiles, orig. decorated wrappers, unopened, uncut.
GBP 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 105.5 US$ 157.8 | JP¥ 13941] Book number: 14851
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DUHEM (JULES)  Musée Aéronautique avant Montgolfier.
Fernand Sorlot, Paris. 1943. First Edition, 253pp., one of 90 copies, 164 illustrs., orig. printed wrappers, unopened, uncut.
GBP 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 122 US$ 182.71 | JP¥ 16142] Book number: 13756
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