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Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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[EXPLORATION -- POLAR]. BYRD, Richard Evelyn, Jr. (1888-1957). Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930.
8vo. Illustrated with maps. Publisher's blue cloth gilt; original dust jacket (losses, creases).
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED ON HALF TITLE BY ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD. Admiral Richard E. Byrd was a pioneering aviator and polar explorer whose discoveries enthralled the nation; in 1926 he claimed to have been the first man to fly to the North Pole, and the following year would become the second pilot to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean.
[With]: Discovery. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. 8vo. Publisher's pale blue cloth gilt (toning to spine). FIRST EDITION. Provenance: J.S. Breckinridge.
The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto