Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic; the Flight to the South Pole [Author's Autograph Edition]

New York; London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. Octavo with blue paper and vellum-like off white-cloth (leather) backed boards; 422 pp.: frontispiece, plates, portraits, maps (some folded); 24 cm. Minor edge-wear and soiling to boards; spine slightly age-darkened; pages bright and clean; binding tight. Overall a very good(+) to near fine(-) copy. . Hardcover.

Hand-numbered copy 133 of 1,000 "Author's Autograph Edition" signed by Byrd. Also hand-written below printed presentation text on dedication page is "Presentation copy. G.P. Putnams Sons", followed by Byrd's signature. . This copies appears to be presented by the author to the publisher. Unique thus. Contents: Notes from a journal -- The plan: the preparation and the problem -- Through the pack -- We establish a base -- The battle to unload -- Discovery by flight -- Discovery of a new land to the eastward -- Incident of the Rockefeller Mountains -- WInter: birth of a city -- Civilization does not matter -- More plans and preparations -- The start of the southern parties -- The base-laying flight -- Flight to the South Pole -- Eastward beyond the horizon -- Death of a city -- The geological sledge trip. Abstract: Account of United States Antarctic Expedition, leader R.E. Byrd, 1928-30.