Wonderful balloon ascents; or the conquest of the skies. A history of balloons and balloon voyages.
New York: Charles Scribner & Co., 1870. 8vo. xvi, 218, 32, 6 pp. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. With half-title, frontispiece, 16 additional full-page plates, and 20 plates within publisher’s advertisements for the Illustrated Library of Wonders. Half-calf over marbled boards, losses to calf at top right corner of front board..... More



