Wonderful Balloon Ascents: or the Conquest of the Skies: A History of Balloons and Balloon Voyages

Undated, 1887 from adverts. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and black lettering to front. All edges gilt. Boards are marked and generally grubby. Corners are bumped, edges are worn. Spine is age darkened with bumping to ends. Age discolouration and fox to endpages. Rear inner hinge is just starting to give at the bottom. B/w frontispiece with tissue protection. Textblock is generally clean but with occasional mild foxing. 224 pp + adverts. Presentation bookplate to fep dated 1888. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 451g.(YBP Ref: 030371:6a)

• Author: MARION , Fulgence
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• Publisher: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co
• Condition: Good
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• Size: 12mo - over 63/4in - 73/4in tall
• Binding: Hardcover
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• Published in: London
• Published Date: 1887
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• Language: English