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Balloons:

Lyle, Eugene P Jr. SANTOS-DUMOND CIRCLING THE EIFFEL TOWER IN AN AIR SHIP
Washington DC 1902 first edition. GPO. Extracted from Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1901. pp. 575-592 with 10 bw photo plates. no owner marks. In later plain wraps. VG+. (a101792)
$35.00 Maurice, H. . L'EXPEDITION FRANCO-SUEDOISE DE SONDAGES AERIENS A KIRUNA 1907, 1908 ET 1909
Upsala 1913 Akademiska Bokhandeln. Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsaliensis Ser. IV Vol. 3, No. 7. With an introduction by HJ.H. Hildebrandsson. Scientific expedition made with hot air balloon in Kiruna in northern Sweden. In French. 4to., 77pp., one small photo illustration of balloon and spectators, many meteorological charts and voyage log, wraps. VG. (a17839)
$95.00 Andre, S. A. . DEM POL ENTGEGEN
Leipzig 1930 Brockhaus. In German. Octavo, 278pp., 122 abbil., 5 karten, hardcover. VG slight browning in page margins and uneven cover fading, no DJ. (a64879)
$24.00 (hot air ballooning) . DESDE EL MAR DE LAS ALTURAS
Caracas 1985 1st Fundacion Eugenio Mendoza. In Spanish. Hardcover. Square 4to., 105pp., color photo illustrations of hot air ballooning in gorgeous natural landscapes, cloth. Fine in Near Fine DJ. (a71384)
$45.00 Pole, William . A STUDY OF THE PROBLEM OF AERIAL NAVIGATION AS AFFECTED BY RECENT MECHANICAL IMPROVEMENTS
London 1882. Octavo, pp. 369-394, discussion, 1 woodcut text illustration of a man in a hot air balloon, removed from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVII and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a86768)
$60.00. COMPTES RENDUS HEBDOMADAIRES DES SEANCES DE L'ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES - TOME 38, 1854
Paris 1854 first edition. Mallet-Bachelier. Comptes Rendus tome 91, juillet - Decembre 1880. Large 4to. in original binder's wraps with mounted printed spine label. 1142p. Several interesting and important papers in this volume: Louis Pasteur "Sur l'etiologie du charbon" on pp. 86-94 GM #5169; P. Desmarets "Sur les moyens d'obtenir des epreuves photographiques en ballon libre " (early hot air balloon aerial photography) pp. 246-7; Alexander Graham Bell pp. 726-727 "Sur l'application du photophone a l'etude des bruits qui ont lieu a la surface soliare"; "Developpement...de l'electricite polaire dans les cristaux hemiedres a faces inclinees" note by Jacques et Pierre Cure - the discovery of piezoelectricity pn pp. 294-5 and more. Good, cover a bit worn; fraying on all edges but binding secure; text clean; no owner marks. (a97098)
$240.00