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Hard cover unique book fully illustrated about the romance of ballooning.
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This oversized coffee-table book is an archival treasure trove: a collection of primary source materialsācontemporary articles, letters, broadsheets, and other rare materialāarranged chronologically and packed with line drawings and spectacular full-color plates. The author lets the painstakingly harvested entries speak for themselves, with little comment or imposed context beyond the archival images, and the result is a rich tribute to the art of ballooning and its practitioners. Beautifully curated and visually dazzling, this is a browserās delight.
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