{"product_id":"little-america-aerial-exploration-in-the-antarctic-the-flight-to-the-south-pole-authors-autograph-edition","title":"Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic; the Flight to the South Pole [Author's Autograph Edition]","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand-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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Byrd, Richard Evelyn; Gould, Laurence McKinley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46055551500546,"sku":"84370.0","price":319.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/4412\/1602\/files\/holder_6_1d7767f8-b6c7-45de-a828-b2dcdab16ffe.jpg?v=1744072345","url":"https:\/\/bibliope.com\/products\/little-america-aerial-exploration-in-the-antarctic-the-flight-to-the-south-pole-authors-autograph-edition","provider":"Bibliope","version":"1.0","type":"link"}