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first edition of Byrd's official narrative of his initial Antarctic expedition. For many it marks the end of the heroic age in Antarctic exploration
first edition of Byrd's official narrative of his initial Antarctic expedition. For many it marks the end of the heroic age in Antarctic exploration
first edition of Byrd's official narrative of his initial Antarctic expedition. For many it marks the end of the heroic age in Antarctic exploration

author's autograph edition


BYRD, Richard Evelyn.

Little America aerial exploration in the Antarctic the flight to the South Pole.

New York, Putnam's, 1930.

£475.00
£475.00

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'The true first edition of 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". The use of the aeroplane, the aerial camera, the radio and the snowmobile were all brought to bear on Antarctica's vastness' (Taurus).

First edition, author's autograph edition, limited to 1000 copies printed on rag paper, signed by the author and publisher, 8v, etched frontispiece portrait, title vignette, 4 maps (2 folding), 72 photographic illustrations on 55 plates, 17 text vignettes, original parchment backed blue boards gilt, parchment tips, light soiling to spine, a very good copy.

Taurus 114.

Stock code 104632

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first edition of Byrd's official narrative of his initial Antarctic expedition. For many it marks the end of the heroic age in Antarctic exploration

Little America

£475.00
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WEDDELL, James.
A Voyage Towards the South Pole, 1827.
£6,500.00

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MAWSON, Sir Douglas.
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£7,000.00

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SHACKLETON, Sir Ernest Henry.
The Heart of the Antarctic. 1909.
£1,750.00

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ROSS, James.
A Voyage of Discovery and Research 1847.
£4,500.00

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First edition of Scott's The Voyage of the Discovery, one of the iconic publications of polar exploration.

SCOTT, Robert Falcon.
The Voyage of the 'Discovery'. 1905.
£1,500.00

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COOK, Frederick A.
Through the First Antarctic Night. 1898-99. 1900.
£1,500.00

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