Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic, The Flight to the South Pole
Signed by R E Byrd and G.P. Putnam’s Sons.

By Byrd, Richard E.

New York: Putnam’s Sons,1930. First Deluxe Edition. Sm4to – 25.1cm. [1], Xvi, 436 Pp. With 74 photographic illustrations and maps including two fold-out maps. In publisher’s ¾ white vellum over blue paper-boards. Taurus 114.

The official account of Byrd’s initial Antarctic expedition, the first American expedition of its kind. The book is named for the base camp “Little America” from which Byrd conducted his expedition, setting up radio towers and airstrips, which revolutionized Arctic exploration. Byrd was perhaps the most famous American polar explorer. Many believe Byrd’s introduction of aerial, snowmobile and radio technologies marked the end of the “heroic age” of Antarctic explorations, which was replaced by the “mechanical age. A near fine copy.

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