Voyage Aboard the Jupiter: The Contemporary Account of the World's First Airmail Flight--Indiana, 1859

Langue : anglais

Edité par Maestro Books, Nappanee, IN, 1967

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One of 100 copies printed. Original publisher's multicolored marbled paper-covered boards backed with red leather. Gilt lettering on spine. Marbled paper on boards feature colors of red, orange, yellow, and blue with some gold-colored speckling. 1 3/4" x 2 1/2." Unpaginated, c. thirty-two pages, complete. Two black-and-white folding plates and a few illustrations, complete. One color stamp (unconfirmed if original or facsimile) tipped in. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for slight age toning along edges. Covers are very clean and intact but have slight rubbing, slight wear to extremities, and some chipping to front and back outer joints. A Very Good copy. A beautiful and charming miniature book containing an account about the historic voyage of The Jupiter, a hot air balloon, on August 17, 1859 from Lafayette, Indiana to Crawfordsville, Indiana. The balloon carried 123 letters and twenty-three circulars on its voyage. This journey of The Jupiter marked the first official airmail delivery by the United States Post Office. The Jupiter was piloted by its owner and designer, John Wise (1808-1879), an American balloonist who contributed many scientific innovations to the field of ballooning. The book includes a brief historical account about Wise, The Jupiter, and artist Austin Briggs by printer James Lamar Weygand; the text of an article that originally appeared in the Lafayette Courier on August 18, 1859; progressive draft illustrations by Briggs for a 7c air stamp commemorating the voyage of The Jupiter; and a tipped-in postage stamp from 1959 (not 1859) commemorating The Jupiter's voyage. Back colophon: "100 copies printed and bound by James Lamar Weygand, Press of the Indiana Kid, Nappanee, Indiana, for Maestro Books, 1967.".…

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Détails bibliographiques

Titre
Voyage Aboard the Jupiter: The Contemporary Account of the World's First Airmail Flight--Indiana, 1859
Auteur
James Lamar Weygand et al.
Éditeur
Maestro Books, Nappanee, IN
Année de publication
1967
État de l'article
Very Good
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
Catalogues du vendeur
Miniature Books, Transportation, Inc. Automobiles, Trains & Ships, Travels and Voyages

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