Major B. Ballooning as a Sport.

by BADEN-POWELL

£300 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

BADEN-POWELL, Major B. Ballooning as a Sport. London: William Blackwood and Sons. 1907. 8vo. Original illustrated blue cloth; pp. xx, 135, 32 (publisher's catalogue), plates after photographs; cloth a little worn, minor spotting here and there internally; a good copy, inscribed "Presented to the Troops for a prize by the author president of the Troop … by Scoutmaster A. P. Riley" on verso of front fly-leaf, the recipient's rubber stamp on half-title. First edition. Capt. B.F.S. Baden-Powell, brother of Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scout movement, was a flight pioneer and involved in military man lifting kites, as well as a keen balloonist for most of his life. SKU: 2122731

• Binding: Hardcover

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