77/ 350 [Photography]. Harry, A. and Cassil, L. Potolok Mira. The Ceiling of the World. Le Plafond du Monde. Die Decke der Welt. (Moscow), Sovetskaya Literatura, 1934, 128,(4)p., photogr. ills. by A. SOROKIN, bookdesign and photomontage endpapers by S. PERIKOV, orig. boards, 4to.

- Binding sl. worn along extremities; backstrip strengthened w. paper.

= Commemorative album of the manned balloon flight of balloon SSSR-1, which reached a height of 19 km. into the stratosphere on 30 September 1933. Karasik, The Soviet Photobook p.334ff: "The endpaper is particularly successful, despite the fact that the photograph of people gazing skywards is to a considerable aspect actually drawn". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE X.