MORRIS, Alan.

The Balloonatics.

(London): Jarrolds, (1970),

First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xii), 212pp. Jarrolds, Item #31929

Foreword by Air Vice-Marshal W.F. MacNeece Foster. Story of the kite-balloon units that were raised and operated during WWI. Their duty was to spy on enemy movements and to direct artillery by telephone while staked out hostile airplanes and anti-aircraft guns. With photographic illustrations and maps including endpaper map. Slight wear and scuffing to extremities of jacket. Jacket not price clipped.

Price: $35.00