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Voyage aboard the Jupiter : [the contemporary account of the world’s first airmail flight, Indiana, 1859]. James Lamar Weygand printer

Anyone still waiting for packages? Have you considered trying getting them shipped via hot air balloon? Since the balloon, Jupiter, in this story got loose by accident at least once, perhaps it would not be the most efficient method.

Binding: Bound in fancy marbled paper boards with navy leather spine with gilt details and spine title.
Article from the Lafayette, Indiana Daily Courier, August 18, 1859, with commentary by J.L. Weygand.
Illustrations include a 1959 U.S. postage stamp commemorating the event.
“100 copies printed and bound by James Lamar Weygand”–Colophon.
Title page printed in blue, red, and black.
References: Bradbury, R.C. 20th cent. U.S. miniature books, 3014 –Catalog

–Diane R., Special Collections Graduate Student

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