Byrd, Richard Evelyn

Little America. Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic. The Flight to the South Pole. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930, AUTHOR'S AUTOGRAPH EDITION, NUMBER 348 OF 1000 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 8vo (245 x 155mm.), half-title, portrait frontispiece, 4 maps (2 folding), 55 plates, original blue boards with cream spine, newspaper clippings mounted on front flyleaf, a few preliminary leaves becoming detached, binding lightly stained
Discovery. The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1935, LIMITED EDITION, ONE OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 8vo (243 x 160mm.), half-title, photogravure portrait frontispiece, numerous plates printed on cream laid bifolia, double-page map, original cream boards with blue spine, unopened, original decorative slipcase, [Henry Sotheran Ltd., bookseller's ticket], spine with small areas of discoloration, slipcase worn and repaired
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Taurus Collection 114 and 118

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On 29 November 1929, Byrd became the first to fly over the South Pole.