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Briggs, Lyman J. (editor and contributor)
U. S. Army Air Corps Stratosphere Flight of 1935 in the Balloon Explorer II - The National Geographic Society
Washington: National geographic Society 1936. Trade Paperback. First Edition. Decent copy of an uncommon title. This copy has some soiling to the paper wrappers, and a repair to the head of the spine panel where a 40 mm flap of the paper had come loose on one side. Base of spine has another 40 mm crack in the rear spine fold. Includes the large foldout photograph taken by Captain Albert W. Stevens taken at 72,395 feet, the highest point ever reached by man at that time (laid in, often missing with this title). Clean internally. Complete title: U. S. Army Air Corps Stratosphere Flight of 1935 in the Balloon Explorer II - The National Geographic Society Good. [Book #8913] |