{"product_id":"9781782273172","title":"The Right to Fly","description":"\u003cp\u003eA book passionately defending balloon flight for human beings, celebrating the 175th anniversary of The London Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first balloon flight with passengers (a sheep, a duck, and a rooster) took place on 19th September 1783. On 4th October 1863, Nadar's giant balloon \"Le Géant\" had its first ascent; the second (and nearly fatal) was two weeks later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA curiosity both for its content on theories of flight and its author, an important pioneer of French photography and skilled self-publicist, \u003ci\u003eThe Right to Fly\u003c\/i\u003e indicates the interest taken by many at the time in the possibilities of human flight - and the Victorian passion for discoveries and invention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe books in \"Found on the Shelves\" have been chosen to give a fascinating insight into the treasures that can be found while browsing in The London Library. Now celebrating its 175th anniversary, with over seventeen miles of shelving and more than a million books, The London Library has become an unrivalled archive of the modes, manners and thoughts of each generation which has helped to form it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom essays on dieting in the 1860s to instructions for gentlewomen on trout-fishing, from advice on the ill health caused by the \"modern\" craze of bicycling to travelogues from Norway, they are as readable and relevant today as they were more than a century ago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steerforth Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053514342640,"sku":"9781782273172","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781782273172_p0.jpg?v=1763720397","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781782273172","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}