SOUVENIRS ET RÉCITS D'UN AÉROSTIER MILITAIRE DE L'ARMÉE DE LA LOIRE 1870-1871; AVEC UNE LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE DU GÉNÉRAL CHANZY
by Tissandier, Gaston
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Maurice Dreyfous, Éditeur, 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. English translation of the French title; "Memories and Stories of a Military Balloonist, Army of Loire, 1870-1871." Aerial operations and balloon ascensions during the Franco-Prussian War. 356 pages with numerous woodcuts. Bound in original brown pebbled cloth with shield and lettering stamped in gilt and borders stamped in blind. A very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39782
- Title
- SOUVENIRS ET RÉCITS D'UN AÉROSTIER MILITAIRE DE L'ARMÉE DE LA LOIRE 1870-1871; AVEC UNE LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE DU GÉNÉRAL CHANZY
- Author
- Tissandier, Gaston
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Maurice Dreyfous, Éditeur
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- military, balloons, lta
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Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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Talent, Oregon
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- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...