LIGHTER THAN AIR, AIRSHIPS, BALLOONS, ZEPPELIN TITLES

AIRSHIP, Abbott, Patrick, Adams & Dart, 1973, f/f, see photo, first round trip trans-Atlantic flight, R.34, July 1919, photos, 163 pgs.

AIRSHIP - A HISTORY, Collier, Basil, , G. P. Putnam, 1974, f/f , see photo, photos 271 pgs.

AIRSHIPS, Jackson, Robert, Doubleday & Co., 1973, F (inked name)/F, see photo, photo sections. 277 pgs.

AIRSHIPS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, Treadwell & Wood, Tempus, 1999, Images of Aviation Series, new, soft cover, many photos, 128 pgs.

AIRSHIP SAGA, Ventry & Kolesnik, Blandford Press, 1982, history of airships by the men who designed, built & flew them, photos, 192 pgs.

AIRSHIPS VC, THE, Rimell, Raymond, Aston, 1989, f/f, see photo, signed by author, Captain William Leefe Robinson of the Royal Flying Corps. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for shooting down the first airship over London on the night of Feb. 3rd September 1916, photos, 128 pgs.

AIRSHIPWRECK, Deighton & Schwartzman, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1978, vg/vg, many photos, 72 pgs.

BALLOONING, Wirth & Young, Random House, 1980, vg/vg, guide to riding the winds, many photos, 168 pgs.

CENTURY OF AIRSHIPS, Van Treuren, Richard, self-published, 2000, new, soft cover, see photo, airships in the motion picture media, 132 pgs.

DISASTER AT THE POLE, Cross, Wilbur, Lyons Press, 2000, new, see photo, crash of the airship Italia, Arctic endurance & survival, photos, 316 pgs.

DOUBLE EAGLE, McCarry, Charles, Little, Brown & Co., 1979, vg/vg, see photo, first balloon flight across the Atlantic, Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson & Larry Newman, color photos, 278 pgs.

DR. ECKENER'S DREAM MACHINE, Botting, Douglas, Henry Holt, 2001, new, see photo, Botting (a London-based journalist and biographer) re-creates the Graf Zeppelin airship's pioneering round-the-world-flight--the first-ever passenger circumnavigation of the globe by air, photos & diagrams, 331 pgs.

EAGLE ALOFT, THE, Crouch, Tom, Smithsonian, 1983, vg/vg, see photo, two centuries of balloon in America, long & thorough history from the initial interest in French experiments illustrations & photos, 770 pgs.

FLYING HOOKERS FOR THE MACON, Hook, Thom, Airsho Publishers, 2001, new, soft cover, see photo, comprehensive Lighter Than Air history including air ships, kite balloons, blimps up to the present day CARGOLIFTER, over 150 photographs, maps, and artwork, includes appendices, index and bibliography, 162 pgs.

GERMAN AIRSHIPS, Nowarra, Heinz, J., Schiffer, 1992, new, soft cover, photos, Parseval, Schutte, Lanz & Zeppelin, 52 pgs.

GOLDEN AGE OF PASSENGER AIRSHIPS - GRAF ZEPPELIN & HINDENBURG, Dick & Robinson,Smitsonian, 1985, new, soft cover, photos & drawings. 226 pgs.

GREAT AIRSHIPS, THE, Flynn, Mike, Carlton, 1999, new, see photo, photographic history of airships, 95 pgs.

GREAT DIRIGIBLES, THE, Toland, John, Dover, 1972, vg, soft cover, their triumphs & disasters, photo section, 352 pgs.

GROSSEN ZEPPELINE, DIE, Kleinheins, Peter, VDI Verlag, 1985, fine condition with dust jacket in slipcase, German text, history if airships before World War II, many photos, plus 2 fold out drawings, 244 pgs

HINDENBURG, Mooney, Michael , Dodd, Mead & Co., 1972, vg/vg (some rubbing), the last flight of the Hindenburg, whose mysterious explosion at Lakehurst, New Jersey has fascinated investigators for years. Michael Mooney has discovered startling new evidence that suggests that the real cause was deliberate sabotage, photos, 278 pgs.

HINDENBURG, Archbold, Rick, 1994, new, oversized, paintings by Ken Marschall, photographic history, 229 pgs.

HINDENBURG, Flynn, Mike, Carlton, 1999, new, see photo, the history of the gracious form of flight, highlights the greatest of all airships, the "Hindenburg," from its inception to its maiden voyage and horrifying conclusion, many photos & illustrations, 95 pgs.

HINDENBURG: THE WRONG PAINT, HYDROGEN, THE RIGHT FUEL, Van Treuren, Richard, self-published, 2001, new, soft cover, see photo, includes thesis of Dr. Addison Bain, many photos & illustrations, 266 pgs.

LIGHTER THAN AIR, Payne, Lee, Orion Books, 1991, new, many photos. 310 pgs.

MAN FLIES, Winters, Nancy, Ecco Press, 1998, f/f (as new, see photo, Santos-Dumont, a pioneer in aviation was thought to have been the first man to fly before the world learnt of the Wright brothers. It is claimed at Louis carier created the first wrist watch for him when he had to use both hands to steer his balloon,many photographs & illustrations, 160 pgs.

MEMOIRS OF AN OLD BALLOONATIC, Hodges, Goderic, William Kimber, 1972, f/f , see photo, trained in observation ballons, photos, 175 pgs.

MILLIONTH CHANCE, Leasor, James, Reynal and Co., 1957, f/f, R-101, photos. 244 pgs.

MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS AND THE INVENTION OF AVIATION, Gillispie, Charles, Princeton University Press, 1983, f/f, see photo, inscribed to Douglas Robinson (author of LTA titles) by author,invention of aviation 1783- 1784, importance of ballooning for the science of heat & the art of building railroads, drawings, 210 pgs.