Signed book: Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic, the Flight to the South Pole. Author's autograph edition, numbered 6/1000, marked as a "Presentation Copy." NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. Hardcover, 6.5 x 9.75, 436 pages. Signed on the colophon in fountain pen, "R. E. Byrd," and lengthily signed and inscribed on the half-title page to newspaper publisher and patron of the expedition Paul Block, "To my friend Paul Block, the salt of the Earth, I present this volume with everlasting appreciation for his inestimable service to our expedition; and with affectionate regard, Dick Byrd, Dec. 25, 1930." In fine condition, with light sunning and soiling to the spine, and a small split at the gutter of the half-title page.
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