The Aerial Age: a Thousand Miles By Airship Over the Atlantic Ocean, Airship Voyages Over the Polar Sea; the Past, the Present and the Future of Aerial Naviation
by Wellman, Walter
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About This Item
New York: A.R. Keller & Company, 1911. First Edition. Octavo. Portrait frontispiece, 448 pages. Illustrated with photographic images. The Arctic explorers such as Walter Wellman, Roald Amundsen, and Lincoln Ellsworth, captured the attention of the world at the beginning of the 20th century. His attempt to get above the North Pole was marked by horrendous weather. His next trip to cross the Atlantic in an airship failed. The remains of the failed airship are in the Smithsonian. A very bright copy bound in dark blue pictorial gilt cloth lettered and decorated in light blue, white, dark blue and gilt, student's gift inscription for perfect attendance. Near fine with just a few spots of rubbing.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031501
- Title
- The Aerial Age: a Thousand Miles By Airship Over the Atlantic Ocean, Airship Voyages Over the Polar Sea; the Past, the Present and the Future of Aerial Naviation
- Author
- Wellman, Walter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A.R. Keller & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- Airship Travel; Dirgibels
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration;
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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