Byrd, Richard E: LITTLE AMERICA: AERIAL EXPLORATION IN THE ANTARCTIC. , New York: G.P. Putnam's,1930.

6th Impression; xvi, 422pp. 74 Illustrations and 4 maps (2 folding). Frontis portrait of Rear Admiral Byrd, drawn by Rebecca Lindon Taylor. Blue covers with gilt titles and device, pictorial endpapers in pictorial dustjacket. Byrd's official narrative of his initial Antarctic expedition. For many it marks the end of the "heroic age" in Antarctic exploration and its replacement by the "mechanical age." SIGNED by author R E Byrd on half title. Spine faded and spotted, dustjacket bumped, faded and creased. Good/Good. (Book ref. 1437)  £25.00

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