London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994. Large quarto, black hardcover with silver letter on over and spine, illustrated endpapers, 230 pp., profusely illustrated in colour and black and white with photographs, drawings, diagrams, and maps. A fine copy in dust jacket. An account of the complete story of the great dirigibles..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1929. Octavo, blue cloth, vii, 182 pp., frontispiece, illustrated with a diagram and a folding map. Slight spot affects the spine yet a very good copy. Written on the threshold of major technological innovation and advancement, this book is a review of what has been..... 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
Sydney: David Mason Printer, circa 1866. Single printed sheet measuring 570 x 445 mm. Backed on linen, slight loss of text due to a split at folds (now repaired), otherwise in good condition. A rare and desirable piece of early Australian aeronautical history, being one of the earliest instances of..... 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
London: John Crowther Publication, 1946. Octavo, original beige cloth, ix, 238 pp., numerous plates. Boards a little bit worn at spine and extremities, small bum at bottom-edge of front board, otherwise a very good copy. The story of aviation from its humble beginnings in the 17th century with ballooning to..... 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: Longmans, Green and Co., 1936. Octavo, red cloth, x, 288 pp., frontispiece, 17 plates. Cloth a bit rubbed and scratched, internally clean, a very good copy. A history of the air raids and air warfare during World War One, with a long and pessimistic prediction of what the next..... 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: The Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, 1910s. Octavo, printed wrappers, 25 pp., illustrated. Wrappers worn and stained, otherwise a near-fine copy. Facsimile. Dr. Hugo Eckener's speech on Modern Zeppelin Airship to the Royal Aeronautical Society in the Royal Society of Arts in London. 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
Stradbroke, Norfolk: Tarquin Publications, 1992. Octavo, printed wrappers, 28 pp., illustrated. Cover slightly creased, overall a near-fine copy. A collection of three famous balloons to cut out and make and a minibook which tells about them and their history. 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: Pantheon, 2013. Octavo, xii, 404 pp., illustrated, 12 photo plates. A fine copy with dust jacket. 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
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
London: Collins, 1982. Octavo, red cloth with gilt spine lettering, xvii, 350 pp., illustrated. Scattered foxing, otherwise an attractive copy. First edition. Some of the book's passengers are Freya Stark and Evelyn Waugh travelling to Paris; Prince Philip and Basil Boothroyd bound for Mexico and William Golding flying across America..... 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
Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co, 1898. Small octavo, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, viii, 306 pp., plates. Internal hinges split and tender, joints and backstrip rubbed, yet a good and attractive copy overall. Salomon August Andree was a Swedish engineer, physicist, aeronaut, and polar explorer who died while attempting to reach..... 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
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1972. Octavo, black papered boards, [iv], 278 pp., 16 double-sided plates. A near fine copy in dust jacket. A minute by minute account of the final flight of the Nazi airship Hindenburg. 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
London: Allen Wingate, 1955. Octavo, blue cloth, xii, 240 pp., frontispiece, seven double-sided plates. A very good copy. An account of Hugo Eckener's life and the Zeppelin company. Ex-libris John Lloyd. 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
London: Andrew Melrose, 1924. Octavo, green cloth, xiii, 268 pp., 10 plates. A little rubbed at spine ends, some preliminary foxing, otherwise a very good copy. Third edition. Introduction by Admiral Sir Percy Scott. The author was commander of the Royal Navy Mobile A. A. Brigade. During the first year..... 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
