Published by New York : Viking Press, 1971, 1971
ISBN 10: 0670603988 ISBN 13: 9780670603985
Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 197 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm. ; ISBN: 0670603988; 9780670603985 LCCN: 78-164993 ; LC: TL616; Q629.1332 R; Dewey: 629.133/22/09 ; OCLC: 403165 ; orange cloth with gold designs, in color pictorial dustjacket ; name on front endpaper ; "The stories are taken from eyewitness accounts, newspaper stories, reports to scientific bodies, from log-books, memoirs and letters. Eighteenth-century engravers, watercolourists, painters, and nineteenth- and twentieth-century photographers all contribute a wealth of dramatic illustration, much of which has never been published before.The last chapter of this book contains practical information about balloons. Fred Dolder, veteran balloon pilot, explains the construction of a modern balloon and the technique of flying it." ; numerous tipped-in color plates ; small dig on back cover of dustjacket, else FINE/VG. Book.