Fine Books & Manuscripts

[BALLOONING] Photographs of European and Japanese Dirigibles ca. 1900-1911. A collection of 20 card mounted photographs of early European and other dirigibles, including the Japanese dirigible Yamada, in flight and a crashed, the Spanish Dirigible Le Torres “Quevedo,” Italian PL 17 in flight over the Kaiser’s yacht “Hohenzollern” in Venice, the French Lebaudy dirigible “La Republique,” in flight over Eiffel Tower, the Clement Bayard air cruiser “Adjutant Vincenot,” various Zodiac cruisers, the British military dirigibles “Baby,” and “Willows No. 3, and others. 4 ½ x 6 ½” mounted on 7 x 9” cards. Italian PL 17 measures 9 ¼ x 7”. Good.