Balloons. With an introduction and notes
Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith (1909-1981)
Category
Books
Date
1956
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 3128133
Summary
This is a folio size book with 12 coloured full-page plates of famous European balloon ascensions preceded by explanatory text. Book gifted by: June Churchill and daughter Arabella Churchill [second wife of Randolph Churchill (son of WSC and CSC) Book Inscription Signature: June Churchill Book Inscription: June and Arabella
Bibliographic description
xvp.,12 col.plates : ill. ; 41cm. Provenance: Inscribed "June and Arabella" [i.e. June Churchill and daughter Arabella Churchill]. Binding: publisher's paper covers.
Makers and roles
Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith (1909-1981)