BALLOONING

BY C. H. GIBBS-SMITH

COMPANION ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY

WITH THIRTY-TWO PLATES

PENGUIN BOOKS • LONDON
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THE KING PENGUIN BOOKS

EDITOR: N. B. L. PEVSNER • TECHNICAL EDITOR: R. B. FI SU EN I) E N
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THIS BOOK
FIRST PUBLISHED

1948

TEXT PAGES PRINTED AT THE CURWEN PRESS, PLAISTOW
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AND PRINTED BY BALDING AND MANSELL, WIS BECH , CAMBS
COVER DESIGNED BY MARIAN MAHLER
MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN

Title page and verso of a King Penguin,
1948. The intensely dramatic illustrations
are mostly in colour, but include black-and-
white photographs. Note the care with
which even the verso of the title page has
been designed. Reduced.

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A BOOK OF SCRIPTS

A BOOK OF SCRIPTS
by Alfred Fairbank

A KING PENGUIN

Front cover and title page of a King Penguin,
revised edition, 1955, reduced. The cover was
adapted by Tschichold from a design by Juan
de Yciar of 1547.

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