By Charles Dollfus; Edgar De Geoffrey
Paris   L'Illustration
15.5" by 11.5" xiii, 376pp
A wonderfully illustrated French history of transport concerning trains and motor cars by the pioneer Charles Dollfus.
By Charles Dollfus; Edgar De Geoffrey

1935 Histoire de la Locomotion Terrestre

Paris   L'Illustration
15.5" by 11.5" xiii, 376pp
A wonderfully illustrated French history of transport concerning trains and motor cars by the pioneer Charles Dollfus.
£125.00
: 4kgs / : 790R57

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Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated

Written by aeronaut and prolific historian, Charles Dollfus. He also held several world records in ballooning, including for the first stratospheric flight in France.

In the French language.

Vividly illustrated throughout with in-text illustrations and photographs, monochrome plates and four tipped-in illustrations in colour.

The first edition of this fascinating French history of transport.

Condition

In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally rather worn, with the backstrip near detached from the front joint. Otherwise, some bumping to the extremities. Front pastedown has a tear to the decorative paper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.

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