[Rarebooks] OFFER: EARLY AMERICAN BALLOON VOYAGE W/IMAGE AND POEM.

[Laderman]

ANON. MR. DURANT'S ASCENSION FROM BOSTON IN 1834: Salem, Mass., Ives 
& Jewitt [1834?] 1 v. (unpaged) 22 cm blank book with neat 
calligraphy lessons on some pages. Illustrated t.p shows the 
ascension in a wood engraving Approx. 16 x 18 cm. probably from a 
drawing, as too early for a Daguerrotype or Talbotype. Includes a 
poem on the back cover: Mr. Durants address, upon his ascension from 
Boston Common, July, 1834 , 6 stanzas of 4 verse lines, each. 
OCLC/RLIN, 1 paper loc. at Brown (Hay Harris 76 DU726m), and 14 
microfilm copies in major US research libraries. Not at AAS, Hollis, 
Wright State U.; American Air Academy Lib. [McDermott Lib.]; 
Smithsonian Lib, [Nat. Air and Space Museum]; YUS. Fine copy. $500.00

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