(Ballooning, Aviation, Montgolfier Brothers etc.) Barthelemy...

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(Ballooning, Aviation, Montgolfier Brothers etc.) Barthelemy Faujas de Saint-Fond: 'Description des Expériences de la Machine Aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier', Paris & Brussels, B. Le Francq, 1784, 3rd edition, 9 engraved plates as called for, folding table, xxix, 204pp, contemporary paper wraps, printed paper label to spine; J. Glaisher, Camille Flammarion, W. de Fonvieille & Gaston Tissandier: 'Voyages Aériens', Paris, Hachette, 1870, 1st edition, 6 colour lithograph plates + 117 wood engraved plates as called for, pp383-400 with slight damage at lower margin not affecting text/plates, original quarter calf gilt, all edges gilt, Camille Flammarion: 'Mes Voyages Aériens Impressions at études Journal de Bord de Douze Voyages Scientifiques en Ballon', Paris, C. Marpon et E. Flammarion, 1883, 3rd edition, signed & inscribed by the author on half title "A mon chez ami Bernard. Petit souvenir de voyageur aérien. Camille Flammarion 12 Mars 1884", 390pp, contemporary quarter calf gilt, bookplate of Bernard Barbery to front pastedown, Griffith Brewer and Patrick Y. Alexander: 'Aeronautics: An Abridgment of Aeronautical Specifications Filed at the Patent Office from A.D. 1815 to A.D. 1891', London, Taylor and Francis, 1893, 1st edition, b/w engraved ills. of balloons, early flying machines etc. throughout, 160pp + [16]pp blank leaves at end with printed heading "Aeronautical Notes", original cloth gilt, Lanchester: 'The Flying Machine from an Engineering Standpoint', L, Constable, 1916, contemporary Cinque Port Flying Club pass for access to Lympne airport, Kent, signed by the Director, loosely inserted, ownership signatures/inscriptions at front "J.C. Bottrell. Wheeler. A.G.C. 022414 118 Cpy...September 15/17 Abbeville France", viii,135,[3]pp, diagrams including 1 folding, original cloth; plus 4 others early aviation (9)