Zeppelins (7 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good in original wrappers with some roughness on the disbound edge and a corner chip.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Fine in original wrappers. Complete original issue.

Articles à la une du "Petit Journal" du 24 Mars 1915. Numéro complet 4 pages.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Assez bon. 314 p. Ex-library book (bookplate, stamps -some on edge-, loan sheet, card pocket). A bit wear to publishing binding. Spine reinforced with tape and partially detached.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. A concise description of Zeppelin's early rigid airship design, outlining its structural principles, buoyant chambers, and propulsion, with plates showing the form and engineering arrangement of the vessel. 3 Pages, 2 plates. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Category: Smithsonian Institution; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

8vo. xviii, [2], 158, [2] pp. Photo frontisp., numerous photo plates. Burgudy-coloured publisher's cloth, white lettering front cover & spine (minor chipping & rubbing to lettering, slight bowing to covers, light shelfwear), still VG copy, w/ former ownership markings at gutter margin, and bookseller's stamp on front pastedown. Second edition of this informative work detailing the importance, impact, and details on construction and military capabilities of the 72 Imperial German Zeppelins in World War I. The author questions the decision by the French to not engage in building airships, and degraded capabilities on the battlefield, and in this edition specifically details the casualties and impact of the early German Zeppelin raids on England in 1916. Only 14 of the aircraft survived the War, only to be destroyed afterwards, or turned over to the Allies.

First edition. Oblong quarto. Maps, diagrams and 264 tipped-in silver bromide, cigarette-card size photographs and a metal foil reproduction of commemorative medals. Pictorial card wrappers. The images show the Zeppelins in construction and in flight, as well as many aerial views. Full-page photographic portrait of Graf von Zeppelin.Covers a bit creased and marked. Very good indeed in the original card box which is dusty, marked and splitting.