Bowden (H. Park) Drama in Mid-Air.
£195
Ballooning Adventures
London, John Ouseley, 1908.
First edition. 8vo. Original green pictorial cloth. Dust-jacket, a little chipped at head of spine.
An early dust-jacket, and an uncommon little book of ballooning adventures.
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