Aviation, Aeronautics, Ballooning & Space Flight

Aviation, Aeronautics, Ballooning & Space Flight

As the first kites ascended into the skies of China over 2,000 years ago, the story of human flight began its epic evolution. James Cummins presents an exciting chronicle of the history and legends of aeronautics, from the pioneering balloon flights of the Montgofier Brothers to the Space Age. Highlights include a first edition of H.G. Wells’ The First Men on the Moon, inscribed to his literary mentor, W.E. Henley; a striking,1908, inscribed photograph of Wilbur Wright in flight at dusk; and a handsomely bound first edition of François-Louis Bruel’s, Histoire de L'Aéronautique par les Monuments, Peints, Sculptés, Dessinés et Gravés des Origines à 1830.