Item #23570 The Airship Panorama Book. Ernest Nister.
The Airship Panorama Book
The Airship Panorama Book
The Airship Panorama Book

The Airship Panorama Book

London, New York: Ernest Nister; E. P. Dutton Co., n.d., ca 1910. Only edition. Hardcover. Fine. Item #23570

Square 4to. (12)pp. Glazed pictorial paper over boards. Stories of airships told in verse, featuring four full color pop-up scenes; each scene with a pop-up airship on a color background drawing. Upper cover with a color drawing of an army airship rounding St. Paul's Cathedral in London and titles printed in red. A fine copy.

Conjectural date range is based on the year of first flight of airship Le Republique, illustrated on page [12], in 1908, and date of inscription on front flyleaf. "No. 3521" on title-page. "Printed in Bavaria" on page [12]. Illustrated with 4 color pop-up pages, each a different blimp or balloon that pops-up as the page is turned. Pictorial cover.

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Price: $2,500.00

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