London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1931. Tall octavo, red cloth, spine and cover embossed with gilt lettering, xx, 472 pp., frontispiece, illustrated throughout with numerous black-and-white plates (five black-and-white plates, 35 double-sided black-and-white-plates), three fold-out maps and three diagrams included. A section with a reproduction of Andrée's diary includes..... More

London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1905. Octavo, original attractive illustrated cloth, 124 pp., quaint vignettes throughout. Endpapers are foxed and front free endpaper clipped at top-edge; the text-block itself has been bumped resulting in some creased corners. Otherwise a most attractive copy. A most readable account of ballooning from the..... More

London: The Royal Engineers Journal, 1952. Octavo, half bound with gilt lettering on spine,56 pp., frontispiece, eight double-sided plates. Boards slightly thumbed, spine ends a bit rubbed, otherwise a very good copy. Reprint. The history of British aeronautics witch sections on ballooning establishment at Woolwich and Chatham 1878-1891, balloon units..... More

Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2011. Small quarto, printed wrappers, 80 pp., profusely illustrated in colour and black and white. A fine copy. A detailed and authoritative analysis of the Zeppelin Raids on London and other major British towns and cities with first-hand accounts, period photographs, maps and various artwork. More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1978. Quarto, papered boards, illustrated endpapers, 74 pp., illustrated with photographs, a map and a diagram. A near-fine copy in dust jacket. A history of commercial airship stretching over a period of twenty-five years through a collection of photographs. More

London: Carlton Books, 1999. Quarto, hardcover, 96 pp., illustrated. A fine copy. An account of early types of aircraft from Leonardo da Vinci's many designs for a flying machine to the first hydrogen balloon to the the Hindenburg. From the aviation collection of David Marshall. More

London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers, 1978. Octavo, brown cloth hardcover, dust-jacket, 190 pp., 24 double-sided black-and-white illustrated plates. A fine copy. Anti-Aircraft is a history of gun defences as well as fighter aircraft, balloons, rockets, missiles, warning systems and many other activities that make up air defence systems, beginning with..... More

London: William Collins, 2013. Octavo, printed wrappers, xii, 404 pp., illustrated, 12 photo plates. A fine copy. From ambitious scientists rising above the clouds to test the air, brave generals floating over enemy lines to watch troop movements, this wonderful book offers a seamless fusion of history, art, science, biography..... More

Friedrichshafen, Germany: Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH, 1976. Octavo, printed wrappers, 190 pp., profusely illustrated in black and white. Wrappers slightly worn and scratched, otherwise a near-fine copy. "The economic and political relations of Germany and the U.S.A. after World War One were influenced and co-determined by the airship construction company Luftschiffbau..... More

London: William Kimber, 1970. Octavo, brown papered boards, 240 pp., eight double-sided plates. A near-fine copy in dust jacket. In the history of the airship no other flyer can have had a richer record of experience than Captain Meager; his association with them spans the decision of the British Admiralty..... More

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., circa 1930. Octavo, dark burgundy cloth, xii, 306 pp., with an additional 16 pp. of publisher's advertisements; frontispiece map, five folding maps and 16 plates. A few bumps on corners and along edges of the boards, inner hinges split and tender (but still holding)..... More

Leipzig: Teubner, 1911. Octavo, original cloth with black lettering and pictorial onlay; x, 224 pp., publisher's advertisements bound in, diagrams throughout. An attractive near-fine copy with slight wear to extremities. A detailed and informative handbook on zeppelin design and theory. The first edition, also published by Teubner, appeared in 1909..... More

Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing, 2006. Octavo, printed wrappers, 268 pp., 16 double-sided illustrated plates. A near fine copy. This new edition of L.T.C Rolt's classic book is a complete history of balloons and the intrepid men and women who flew in them, from the first flights until 1903, when the Wright..... More