[AIRSHIPS]
[AIRSHIPS] Zeppelin-Weltfahrten (Two Volume Set)
Dresden: Bilderstelle Lohse, 1933
Oblong 8vo., 2 vols; black and white photographic card covers, upper with text in red; Vol I housed in the original publisher’s card case; [unpaginated]; containing text, diagrams, full-colour illustrations and maps, along with reproductions of commemorative coins and plaques in gilt, the latter commemorating the airshipmen who died during the war; containing 264 (Vol I) and 156 (Vol II) black and white photographic cigarette cards; photograph frontispiece of Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin to Vol I, and Hermann Göring, Reichminister für Luftfahrt to Vol II, both behind mounted tissue guards; Vol I housed in the original stapled card case (a little rubbed and split at extremities); Vol II with original publisher’s ‘control’ slip loosely tipped in; covers of both volumes a little rubbed and creased; both containing the complete set of cards; a lovely set.
A comprehensive set of books designed to cover the history of German Airships; their development, construction, and the first overseas journey of the LZ127, with the cards collected from two brands of German cigarettes; Club and League. The second volume concentrates on the most important journeys of the Zeppelins, along with a series of war episodes and their respective ship models. It also discusses the possible future developments in construction and design, and reproduces nautical charts used during the war.
The volumes were issued alongside a ‘special viewing device’, which was designed to show the images significantly enlarged and in 3D.
Text in German.
[AIRSHIPS] Zeppelin-Weltfahrten (Two Volume Set)
Dresden: Bilderstelle Lohse, 1933
Oblong 8vo., 2 vols; black and white photographic card covers, upper with text in red; Vol I housed in the original publisher’s card case; [unpaginated]; containing text, diagrams, full-colour illustrations and maps, along with reproductions of commemorative coins and plaques in gilt, the latter commemorating the airshipmen who died during the war; containing 264 (Vol I) and 156 (Vol II) black and white photographic cigarette cards; photograph frontispiece of Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin to Vol I, and Hermann Göring, Reichminister für Luftfahrt to Vol II, both behind mounted tissue guards; Vol I housed in the original stapled card case (a little rubbed and split at extremities); Vol II with original publisher’s ‘control’ slip loosely tipped in; covers of both volumes a little rubbed and creased; both containing the complete set of cards; a lovely set.
A comprehensive set of books designed to cover the history of German Airships; their development, construction, and the first overseas journey of the LZ127, with the cards collected from two brands of German cigarettes; Club and League. The second volume concentrates on the most important journeys of the Zeppelins, along with a series of war episodes and their respective ship models. It also discusses the possible future developments in construction and design, and reproduces nautical charts used during the war.
The volumes were issued alongside a ‘special viewing device’, which was designed to show the images significantly enlarged and in 3D.
Text in German.
[AIRSHIPS] Zeppelin-Weltfahrten (Two Volume Set)
Dresden: Bilderstelle Lohse, 1933
Oblong 8vo., 2 vols; black and white photographic card covers, upper with text in red; Vol I housed in the original publisher’s card case; [unpaginated]; containing text, diagrams, full-colour illustrations and maps, along with reproductions of commemorative coins and plaques in gilt, the latter commemorating the airshipmen who died during the war; containing 264 (Vol I) and 156 (Vol II) black and white photographic cigarette cards; photograph frontispiece of Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin to Vol I, and Hermann Göring, Reichminister für Luftfahrt to Vol II, both behind mounted tissue guards; Vol I housed in the original stapled card case (a little rubbed and split at extremities); Vol II with original publisher’s ‘control’ slip loosely tipped in; covers of both volumes a little rubbed and creased; both containing the complete set of cards; a lovely set.
A comprehensive set of books designed to cover the history of German Airships; their development, construction, and the first overseas journey of the LZ127, with the cards collected from two brands of German cigarettes; Club and League. The second volume concentrates on the most important journeys of the Zeppelins, along with a series of war episodes and their respective ship models. It also discusses the possible future developments in construction and design, and reproduces nautical charts used during the war.
The volumes were issued alongside a ‘special viewing device’, which was designed to show the images significantly enlarged and in 3D.
Text in German.