London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1929. Octavo, blue cloth, vii, 182 pp., frontispiece, illustrated with a diagram and a folding map. One corner of the front board a little bumped, negligible spotting of the page edges, overall a rather nice copy. Written on the threshold of major technological innovation and..... 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: The Bodley Head, 1909. Octavo, dark blue illustrated cloth, xxxix, 238 pp., frontispiece, 45 plates and 11 illustrations including drawings and maps. Head of spine snagged with a small split, inner hinges split and becoming tender (but not detached), scattered foxing throughout, overall a good copy. Published five years..... 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: 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

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