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The Record of an Aeronaut, Being the Life of John M. Bacon
by Gertrude Bacon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Long, 1907 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. The first edition of Gertrude Bacon's biography of her father, pioneer aeronaut John M. Bacon. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece, and sixty-two photographs on forty plates. Collated, complete.Gertrude details the life of her father. He had been interested in aeronautics since his boyhood, and his first ascent in a balloon took place from Crystal Palace on the 20th August 1888. Whilst on these ascents, Bacon also did meteorological researching.In 1888, Bacon became a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. He underwent his ballooning and meteorological experiments with the help of his daughter, Gertrude, who paved the way for women in the aeronautical field. In the publisher's original cloth binding. A touch of shelf wear to spine tail, otherwise externally excellent. Significant spotting to fore edge of text block. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 898F56
- Title
- The Record of an Aeronaut, Being the Life of John M. Bacon
- Author
- Gertrude Bacon
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Long
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Size
- 9.5" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- The Record of an Aeronaut John M. Bacon aviation airship John M. Bacon
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
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- Fore Edge
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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