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    Reference 1433 (1788)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Byrd, Richard E
    Title LITTLE AMERICA: AERIAL EXPLORATION IN THE ANTARCTIC.
    Publishing Information New York: G.P. Putnam's,1930.
    Description 1st Edition, stated; xvi, 422 pages, illustrated, 74 b/w photos, 4 maps (2 folding). Frontispiece portrait of Rear Admiral Byrd, drawn by Rebecca Lindon Taylor. Original covers, pictorial endpapers in photocopied dust jacket for protection. Shelf wear, spine sunned, contents clean. Byrd's official narrative of his initial Antarctic expedition. For many it marks the end of the "heroic age" in Antarctic exploration and its replacement by the "mechanical age."
    Price £30.00
    Keywords Byrd, expedition, adventure, Polar S1-Ant
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