FIRST AIR VOYAGE IN AMERICA: The Times, the Place, and the People of The Blanchard Balloon Voyage of January 9, 1793, Philadelphia to Woodbury; Together with a Facsimile Reprinting of the Journal of My Forty-Fifth Ascension and the First in America
by Frey, Carroll/Blanchard, Jean Pierre/Stevenson, John A. (Preface)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1943. 62+28 pp. Original brown cloth covers, lightly foxed; spine a bit darkened. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper. Typed letter on "The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company" letterhead tipped-in on rear paste-down. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
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- Title
- FIRST AIR VOYAGE IN AMERICA: The Times, the Place, and the People of The Blanchard Balloon Voyage of January 9, 1793, Philadelphia to Woodbury; Together with a Facsimile Reprinting of the Journal of My Forty-Fifth Ascension and the First in America
- Author
- Frey, Carroll/Blanchard, Jean Pierre/Stevenson, John A. (Preface)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- AVIATION HISTORY AIRPLANES AIRCRAFTS BALLOON ASCENSIONS TRAVEL VOYAGES BLANCHARD BALLOON VOYAGE 1793 PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA STATE HISTORY PA LOCAL HISTORY WOODBURY NEW JERSEY NJ FIRST 1ST AIR VOYAGE AMERICA HYDROGEN BALLOON JOURNALS DIARY DIARIES BIOGR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation; Aviation; Autobiography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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