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Wonderful Balloon Ascents; or, The Conquest of the Skies. A History of Balloons and Balloon Voyages
by Marion, F
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., c.1880. (1st edition). Near Fine. small octavo. orig. dec. cloth viii + 224pp., frontis., illusts., Translated from the French. All edges gilt, nice decorated boards a little worn & spotted o/w a nice copy of a scarce item. PHOTO available
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- Bookseller
- Andrew Barnes Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52588
- Title
- Wonderful Balloon Ascents; or, The Conquest of the Skies. A History of Balloons and Balloon Voyages
- Author
- Marion, F
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- (1st edition)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- c.1880
- Size
- small octavo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil Aviation;
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About the Seller
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MELBOURNE, Victoria
About Andrew Barnes Booksellers
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