By Byrd, Admiral Richard E.

New York: G.P. Putnam,1938. First Edition, First Printing. Deluxe Edition. 8vo – 21.4cm. [ix], 296pp. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full navy-blue Morocco, bright gilt titles and decoration to spine in gilt, five raised bands, double lined gilt rule bordering boards, marbled endpapers with decorative gilt ruling, original blue silk ribbon page-marker, top page edges gilt, text in dark navy-blue ink. Decorations by Richard E. Harrison. Signed by R.E. Byrd. — this being numbered copy #120 of 225. A fine copy. Scarce

A finely produced deluxe edition of the narrative that is arguably Byrd’s most important work – an intensely personal account of his isolation and near death through an Antarctic winter in a small hut at Latitude 80° 08’ South – located 160km south of Little America on the Ross Ice Shelf. Alone is a first-person account of human endurance while experiencing long term isolation under extreme conditions. This is a very elegant publication, well-written and a very good read. —Taurus 120.

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