Around the World in 20 Days: The Story of Our History-Making Balloon Flight by Piccard, Bertrand & Jones, Brian - 1999

New York: John Wiley & Sons. Fine (small date stamped on upper closed edge) in unclipped pictorial jacket. No names or markings, Illustrated w/color photos on coated stock, Dedication and Acknowledgments, Diagrams of the Breitling Orbiter 3, Appendix, Technical Terms, 307 crisp, clean & solid pp. . Fine. Hardcover. 1999.

Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hard Back The remarkable story of the record-breaking, first ever around the world, balloon flight in March, 1999, by the pilots of the Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon. Color photography. COLLECTIBLE. First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket AS NEW. Archival protective cover. Blue cloth binding with white titles, very clean and unmarked; tight, solid, square volume. 306 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 1999, John Wiley & Sons Inc, Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A. BALLOONISTS-SWITZERLAND, GREAT BRITAIN; BALLOON FLIGHTS.

John Wiley, 1999. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover..

New York:: John Wiley & Sons , Inc., 2000.. First edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (corner slightly bumped). . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) An account of this historic round-the-world balloon flight told by the pilots themselves. The pilots took off in the Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon in Switzerland on March 1, 1999 and 20 days and 29,000 miles later landed in Egypt. 281 pp.

U.S.A.: John Wiley & Sons, 1999. viii, + 306pp., plus 3 x 8 page, colour, photographically-illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Plain blue boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket negligibly edge-creased at head. From the jacket flap: 'In this dramatic and inspiring account, Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, the pilots of the Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon, tell the remarkable story of their record-breaking, first-ever-around-the-world balloon flight in March, 1999, one of the great feats of human endurance . . . " Book weight approx. 675g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1999. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 25 cm, 306 pages. Illus. (some color), maps, appendix, technical terms. Signed by the co-author (Jones). Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, the pilots of the Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon, tell the remarkable story of their record-breaking, first-ever around the world balloon flight in March 1999.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1999. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Paul A. Duffy (Map Illustrations). 25 cm. viii, [2], 306 pages. Illustrations (some color). Maps. Appendix on Round-the-World Attempts. Technical terms. Signed by both authors on title pages (each under their printed names). DJ has slight wear and soiling and is price clipped. Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, the pilots of the Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon, tell the remarkable story of their record-breaking, first-ever around the world balloon flight in March 1999. Bertrand Piccard was a medical doctor specializing in psychiatry. He came from an explorer family; his grandfather was the first man to reach the stratosphere in a balloon. His father set depth records in a bathyscaphe. Brian Jones was a veteran of the Royal Air Force and became the United Kingdom's chief flying instructor. The two pilots of Breitling Orbiter 3 tell the remarkable story of their record-breaking, first-ever… Read More

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1999. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 25 cm. 306 pages. Illus. (some color), maps, appendix, technical terms, Inscribed on the half-title page to Dr. J. Dennis O'Connor signed by both authors. This may be the same O'Connor who joined the Smithsonian Institution in December 1995 as the Institution's first Provost. He was responsible for planning, integration and oversight of research, exhibitions, and education for the 16 museums and 6 research centers. Bertrand Piccard FRSGS (born 1 March 1958) is a Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist. Along with Brian Jones, he was the first to complete a non-stop balloon flight around the globe, in a balloon named Breitling Orbiter 3. He was the initiator, chairman, and co-pilot, with André Borschberg, of Solar Impulse, the first successful round-the-world solar powered flight. Brian Jones (born 27 March 1947 in Bristol, England) is an English balloonist. Brian Jones, along with Bertrand… Read More

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1999. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 25 cm, 306 pages. Illus. (some color), maps, appendix, technical terms. Signed by both authors (signed bookplate showing balloon ins front bd) Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, the pilots of the Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon, tell the remarkable story of their record-breaking, first-ever around the world balloon flight in March 1999.