Miller, Francis Trevelyan: BYRD'S GREAT ADVENTURE ONE THOUSAND YEARS OF POLAR EXPLORATION INCLUDING THE HEROIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF ADMIRAL RICHARD EVELYN BIRD. , London: Stanley Paul & Co., 1930.1st Edition; 383pp, illustrated, colour frontispiece, b/w photographs, maps, drawings. Blue covers with gilt lettering, no dustjacket. Previous owners name and address on fep. The story of Rear Admiral Byrd's expeditions to the South and North Poles; and other explorers' attempts to reach the Poles. At the end of the book is a long list of all of the known Arctic and Antarctic explorers from 325 B.C. to 1930. Bumping to covers, slight foxing, browning to prelims, eps, pages age toned as usual, frontispiece splitting down hinge. Good. (Book ref. 103) £25.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Polar Books , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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