Gaston Tissander — Histoire de Mes Ascensions

Paris, Maurice Dreyfous, c1880. Leather. The sixth edition of this fascinating and compelling memoir on the author's ballooning adventures, handsomely bound in quarter morocco. A interesting autobiographical account of the author's ballooning and aviation adventures, comprising of twenty-four aero accounts in total. Written by nineteenth-century French meteorologist, chemist, and aviator, Gaston Tissandier.The sixth edition of this work. Handsomely bound in half morocco with gilt detailing to the spine. Including the frontispiece bound in opposite page one, but lacking the other illustrated plates.Containing a loosely inserted newspaper article about blimps and ballooning, dated 1906. Handsomely bound in quarter morocco with gilt detailing to the spine and cloth covered boards. Externally, smart, with fading to the gilt on the front board, and a small amount of fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age-toned to the extremities, but are otherwise clean throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .