The Book of Balloons by Nørgaard. Erik,

Hard back book with colour pictorial dust jacket, 198 pages profusely illustrated on every page with colour and B/W plates.

This book deals with one of the most significant milestones in history-man's first successful device for leaving the ground and travelling in the air, many centuries after he had mastered traveling on the oceans. It is also a tale of failures and unfulfilled expectations.
It is not a technical report. First and foremost, it treats the subject pictorially and is a tale of true adventures. It also deals with the romance and beauty of the balloon and relates stories of daring aeronauts, their triumphs and tragedies.