[Rarebooks] FS: 1922 Zeppelin book, photos, signed by author

[Bob Petrilla]

Vissering, Harry.  ZEPPELIN: THE STORY OF A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT.  [Chicago]:
[Printed by Wells & Company], 1922.  First Edition.  pp: (vii) + 59
numbered leaves (59 plates from photographs and 59pp of facing text).
Bound in green wove cloth, gilt zeppelin and lettering on cover.  9.5" x
7.25".  Very Good condition.

Inscribed and signed on the blank flyleaf: "With my compliments / Harry
Vissering / Chicago 10-28-22."

>From the Foreword: "... The large Zeppelin Airship supplies the demand for
a much faster, more luxurious, more comfortable, and more safe long
distance transportation. It is not restricted by the geographical
limitations of the railway and the steamship. A Zeppelin can go anywhere,
in fact the cruising radius of a Zeppelin is only limited by the size of
the ship and the amount of fuel it can carry. ... The U.S. Navy are
building at Lakehurst, N.J., the ZR-1 modeled after the Zeppelin L-49....."
  $100.00

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