Pioneering aviator and polar explorer (1888-1957) who claimed that his expeditions had been the first to reach both the North Pole and the South Pole by air. Signed book: Alone. First edition. NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1938. Hardcover, 5.75 x 8.25, 296 pages. Signed on a free end page in fountain pen, "R. E. Byrd." In fine condition, with light sunning to the spine and a gift inscription to front pastedown.
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