Airships and Zeppelins Books - a fine collection of books an...

Hammer

£220

Airships and Zeppelins Books - a fine collection of books and other publications concerning airships and zeppelins. Included are rare pamphlets issued by the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1929: 'Handling and Mooring of Airships'; 'The Machinery Installation of Airship R101' - the British Airship that tragically crashed in France killing all on board - and 'Safety from Fire in Airships'. The collection also includes: a modern reprint of the original 1929 guide to Barnes Wallis' R100, 'Airships in Peace and War' first edition 1934, 'The German Air Raids on Great Britain 1914-1918', first edition; 'The Zeppelins', first edition; 'Zeppelins over England', first edition; 'The Zeppelin Story', first edition; 'Zeppelin Adventures', first edition; Jane's Pocket Book 7 -Airship Development, first edition; and a modern reprint of the story of USS Shenandoah, and a few other titles. 19 titles in all. A fine collection which also includes some contemporaneous press cuttings including the report on the Hindenburg Disaster.