1942 "The Story of the Airship (Non-Rigid)" by Hugh Allen

This is a hardcover copy of "The Story of the Airship (Non-Rigid): A Study of One of America's Lesser Known Defense Weapons", by Hugh Allen. It was dedicated to United States Navy Admiral W.A. Moffett, and has some great blimp photographs. The book was printed by the Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelly & Sons of Chicago.

Circa 1942.

74 pages with black-and-white photographs; approximately 9-1/2" in height and 6-1/8" in width and 9/16" in thickness.

Cloth-bound cover, paper.

Glued binding.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE LAKESIDE PRESS, R.R. DONNELLY & SONS COMPANY, CHICAGO.

This is from a civil aviation collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. LEJX5/13 SEJX1/14

7+ (Very Fine+): The book has some small spots of wear to the cover corners and a small white spot on each cover; some minor creasing of page corners on a few pages; a small spot of minor discoloration on the Dedication page; no tears, stains or writing inside.

As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.