Airships Book
Airships Book
Design for greatness, the illustrated history
Airships book is a splendid tribute to 100 years of airships achieved through innovative graphics, extremely detailed tables, and scientific-informative texts.
Bilingual: Italian and English.
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editions
Museum Edition
A wonderful tribute to 100 years of Airships, featuring innovative graphics, highly detailed illustrations, and scientifically informative texts. This edition has been designed for museums and libraries, and shares the same page count as the Collector’s and Limited editions, differing only in its cover and top-quality paper.
Bilingual: Italian and English.
North Pole Quest ed.
“Airships | North Pole Edition” is a special version of the book “Airships – Design for Greatness, The Illustrated History.”
It features a dedicated section on the aerial race to the North Pole, recounting several remarkable adventures: the expedition of Andrée’s balloon Eagle and that of the airship America; from failed attempts to the success of the Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile Norge flight (1926); the tragedy of the N-4 Italia; the Arctic cruise of the Graf Zeppelin; the crash of the V6 Osoaviakhim (1937); and the flight of the ZPG-2 Snow Bird (1958).
Limited Edition
140 € + shipping
Only 200 prints, sold-out a long time ago as well as the others. Same volume es the Limited version, printed with different techniques on different paper types, without its unique box, nowadays the books belong to collectors, writers, artists, entrepreneurs, musicians and amateurs from across 28 countries.
An extremely precious object.
Collectors Edition
240 € + shipping
The first and most luxorious edition of the book Airships, a limited batch of 20 numbered pieces plus 5 non numbered. A walnut wood veneered laser engraved box encloses the book, introduced on a page that guarantees its uniqueness. Aimed towards collectors and amateurs, it went sold- out in a matter of just a few weeks. But Max saved 4 pieces…
Overview
overview
114 oversize
panoramic pages
(45x28cm / 17,7” x 11”)
Printed on fine art paper
24 Historically accurate
and detailed Airships profiles
1:400 & 1:700 scale
Extensive infographic
full-color plates
(Routes, performances,
timeline, Hangars,
dimensions, sections,
Masts, bases)
Original photographs,
renderings, and
hand-drawn portraits.
Imperial and metric
Measurements and data.
Concept and coordination
Max Pinucci
Artworks and art direction
Max Pinucci
Scientific advisor
Gregory Alegi
technical advisor
Andreas Horn
Historical advisor
Dan Grossman
Authors
Gregory Alegi
Sergei Bendin
Basilio di Martino
Dan Grossman
Andreas Horn
Carl-Oscar Lawaczeck
Thibault Proux
Max Pinucci
Alastair Reid
foreword
Bruce Dickinson
This book is truly unique. The history of airships comes to life through specially created images, designed to revive the technology, design, scale, and performance of these fascinating machines forgotten over time. Airships were not just means of transportation—they were ships built to sail the skies. These incredible vessels are sure to captivate anyone who believes in the power of technology and human dreams!
Welcome to the world of the most famous airships in history.
Max Pinucci
The infographics, specially designed for this book, present data in a visual and comparative way: scales, maps and bar charts that make it easier to understand the features and performance of these giants of the sky—machines built to challenge the ultimate frontier of human ambition: the sky itself.
The volume is rich in meticulously researched texts and finely crafted illustrations that tell the story of these forgotten flying giants—not only their technological achievements, records, and tragedies, but also their sheer size and the unusual beauty that set them apart.
In short, this is a one-of-a-kind project—a fresh, compelling take on a century of airships. Also, the book is the result of a collaborative effort by an international team of experts from countries including Italy, Switzerland, the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, Sweden and France.
