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LA CONQUETE DE L'AIR
Written by L. Sazerac De Forge.
Stock no. 630519
Published by Berger-Levrault.
1st
1907.
Very good condition.
Le Probleme de la locomotion aerienne les dirigeables et l'aviation - leurs applications. The conquest of the Air. Text in French. Modern three-quarter brown calf leather binding with gilt title and raised bands to spine, brown cloth boards. Green marbled endpapers. B/w illustrations, plates and fold-out diagram. One tiny mark to boards else binding in beautiful condition. Bookplate to front pastedown. Original paperwraps bound in. A few margin marks and corner creases to contents. A very nice copy. Reduced from £125.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- AIRSHIPS
- LEATHER BINDING
- ANTIQUARIAN
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
LES ZEPPELINS
Written by Georges Besancon.
Stock no. 818897
Published by Bloud Et Gay.
1915.
Very good condition.
No. 24 "Pages actuelles" 1914-1915. Zeppelins. Text in French. Small paperwraps format. B/w illustrations. 43 pages. A few marks and light creasing to covers. Light page browning else contents fine.
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- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- AIRSHIPS
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
LES ZEPPELINS AU COMBAT
Written by H. Von Buttlar.
Stock no. 818627
Published by Payot.
1st
1932.
Slightly better than good condition.
Collection of memories, studies and documents during World War I. Grey paperwraps, blue titles. 10 b/w photos. Text in French. Spine browned, covers a little grubby. Small split to top front edge of spine. Front joint broken and backstrip becoming unglued. Contents clean.
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- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- AIRSHIPS
- WORLD WAR I
- MILITARY
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
VOYAGES AERIENS
Written by Camille Flammarion.
Stock no. 818628
1881.
Almost very good condition.
Second Edition. Air Voyages. Impressions and Studies. Log Book of Twelve Scientific Voyages by Hot Air Balloon. Yellow paperwraps. Text in French. Cover edges worn and slightly chipped. Scattered foxing throughout else contents clean. A nice presentable copy of a scarce work.
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- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- HOT AIR BALLOONS
- ANTIQUARIAN
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
HISTOIRE DE MES ASCENSIONS
Written by Gaston Tissandier.
Stock no. 818623
Circa
1888.
Very good condition.
Account of 24 air voyages. 6th Edition. Three-quarter brown leather binding, gilt title to spine. Brown marbled paper boards. Marble paper endpapers. B/w illustrations. Text in French. Leather corners of binding missing leaving just slight marks on marbled paper boards. Front board has surface paper loss not really detracting from the beauty of the book. Front hinge pulled. Some scattered foxing but generally a very nice copy of an antiquarian book. REDUCED FROM £120.
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- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- HOT AIR BALLOONS
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
- ANTIQUARIAN
MANUEL DES MARINS OU EXPLICATION DES TERMES DE MARINE TOME I & II
Written by Bourde.
Stock no. 818625
1773.
Almost very good condition.
Sailors Handbook, explanation of the nautical terms. Two volumes bound as one. Calf leather binding, raised bands to spine, brown title label with gilt title to top of spine, gilt decoration between bands of spine. Marbled endpapers. Text in French. Leather boards marked, edges worn exposing board. Front and rear hinge pulled. Some annotation to verso of half-title page and index page. Text block a little marked. Some scattered foxing and margin marks as to be expected in a book almost 250 years old. A very nice copy of a scarce antiquarian book. Text in French.
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- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- ANTIQUARIAN
- LEATHER BINDING
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
KATALOG DER BALLONHISTORISCHEN SAMMLUNG OBERST V. BRUG IN DER BIBLIOTHEK DES DEUTSCHEN MUSEUMS
No author listed.
Stock no. 818595
1985.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Catalogue of the Historical Hot Air Balloon Collection of Colonel V. Brug in the Library of the German Museum. Large format. Text in German. Blue cloth, light blue title label to spine with gilt title and small vignette, white title to front. Colour & b/w illustrations. A very nice, clean copy.
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- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- HOT AIR BALLOONS
- COLLECTING
- ANTIQUES
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- GERMAN
COLLECTION GEORG HIRTH II ABTHEILUNG
No author listed.
Stock no. 818376
Circa
1898.
Very good condition.
Large format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. II. Abthelung: Kunstgewerbe - Oelgemalde - Graphische Kunste etc. Text in GERMAN. Photographs of antiques. Plus approximately 90 b/w plates. Deals with No. 801 to 2086 of collection. Edges worn.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ANTIQUES
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- GERMAN
OEUVRES COMPLETES DE VICTOR HUGO
Written by Victor Hugo.
Stock no. 817790
Published by Societe Typographique Belge.
1837.
Good condition.
2 Volume Set. Nouvelle Edition. Volume I has 6 b/w plates (including frontis). Volume 2 has 3 b/w plates. 3/4 marbled boards with leather spines. Edges and corners are very worn. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Some foxing throughout. 1 plate is a bit dampstained. Volume 1 frontis is nearly detached. Some creasing/chipping to page edges. Volume 2 has tissue-guard present at page 45 - but believed should have been bound in next to frontis. Reduced from £120.
- Categorised in:
- LITERATURE
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
ANALYSIS 2
Written by Otto Forster.
Stock no. 817409
Published by Friedrich Vieweg.
Circa
1986.
Nearly fine condition.
Differentialrechnung im Rn Gewohnliche Differentialgleichungen. Small format. Blue cardwraps with yellow titles. Text in German. IV and 164 pages. ISBN: 3528372311. One small circular blind stamp to title page else contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- MATHS
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- GERMAN
DICTIONARY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND ELECTRONICS
Written by Peter-Klaus Budig.
Stock no. 629949
Published by Elsevier.
1st
1985.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
German to English translation only! Devoted to the specialist vocabulary of an essential field of modern industry, namely electrical engineering and electronics. Red cloth boards, yellow titles. ISBN: 0444995943. Dustwrapper has a crease to top of spine and is lightly scuffed. Else a nice, clean copy. Contained in original cardboard slipcase.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ELECTRONICS
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- GERMAN
- DICTIONARIES
WAHRSCHEINLICHKEITSTHEORIE
Written by Heinz Bauer.
Stock no. 816251
Published by Walter De Gruyter.
1991.
Nearly fine condition.
4th Edition. Probability Theory. Text in German. Blue cardwraps. ISBN: 3110121913. Couple of small circular blind stamps to prelims else contents fine.
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- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- MATHS
- STATISTICS
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- GERMAN