Signed by R E Byrd and G P Putnam’s Sons

By Byrd, Richard E.

New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1928. With a foreword by William A. Moffett. Octavo – 25.0 cm., [2], xv, [1, blank], 348 pp. Ten photogravure plates, with descriptive tissue guards, and forty-six photographic plates on twenty-three leaves (58 illustrations total); fold-out map at end. Publisher’s ¾ blue cloth with bright gilt ruling on boards with spine stamped in bright gilt. Edges untrimmed. A Near Fine copy. Mounted on the front pastedown endpaper is a portion of the fabric (showing both sides) which covered the plane ‘Josephine Ford’ on her historic flight over the North Pole on May 9th, 1926. Arctic Bibliography 2592

One of five hundred hand-numbered copies signed by R E Byrd and G P Putnam’s Sons — this being copy #6. In excellent condition exterior and interior; hinges tight and pages unmarked and crisp.

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