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[AVIATION]. Group of 7 Ballooning or Airship - Related Books or Medallions. [V.p., ca. 1889-1929]. Books include: My Life and Balloon Experiences. Second Series. By Henry Coxwell (London: Allen, 1889), 5,000 Miles in a Balloon by Frank Hughes Butler (inscribed by Butler, London: Cox, 1907), All About Airships by Ralph Simmonds (London: Cassell, 1911), Mit Zeppelin Nach Spitzbergen (by A. Miethe and H. Hergesell, 1911), The Story of the Airship by Hugh Allen (7th edition, New York: Goodyear, 1931). All in publisher's cloth (some wear, soiling, several gutters starting). The first two titles with the bookplate of early aeronautics collector William Gerhard. Generally good. VARIOUS EDITIONS. And: commemorative coin: “Dr. Hugo Eckener 1929"; on verso: “Z127 First Around the World". Approximately 1 ½' in diameter. Very good. And: commemorative medallion: “1825-1882 Henry Giffard…" and on verso: “premier aerostat a vapeur experience Ju 25 sept 1852"). Approximately 3" in diameter. Fine.