Author: BYRD JR., RICHARD EVELYN
Title: Skyward, Boy's Edition: Man's Mastery of the Air As Shown by the Brilliant Flights of America's Leading Air Explorer
Description: New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1931. Hardcover. A stated twelfth impression, March 1931. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's memoirs of this aviation adventures, especially his flights across the Atlantic, to the Arctic and to Antarctica, are presented in an edition designed to be read by boys. With several plates bearing blue monochrome photos. Includes a foreword by William A. Moffett and an introduction by the author. --- In blue cloth-covered boards with a highly romanticized color image of Admiral Byrd to cover. Volume lacks a dust jacket. Yellow topstain, and blue-toned photos of dogsledding to endpapers. --- A well-preserved copy of this title; but with a little chafing and minor soiling to cloth, discreet New Rochelle bookseller label to front paste-down, some light age-toning to leaves.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xxiv, 359 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

Keywords: >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir >>Travel / Exploration / Adventure >>Juvenile and Children's >>Railroads, Aviation & Transportation