PAUL A. SIPLE, ANTARCTIC EXPLORER AND EAGLE SCOUT

1931 Postal History - Autograph Battle Creek Michigan Welcomes Eagle Scout

Battle Creek, Michigan, 1931. Manuscript, 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Autographed cover by Paul A. Siple (1908-1968) American Antarctic explorer and geographer who took part in six Antarctic expeditions, including the two Byrd expeditions of 1928-1930 and 1933-1935, having first gone representing the Boy Scouts of America as an Eagle Scout. Siple was also a Sea Scout. His first and third books covered these adventures. Siple and Charles F. Passel developed the wind-chill factor. From 1963-66 he served as the first U.S. Scientific Attache to Australia and New Zealand. Antarctic features Siple Coast and Siple Island were named in his honor. VERY ATTRACTIVE 1931 special cover Battle Creek, Michigan Welcomes Eagle Scout Paul A. Siple. Signed by Siple. Stamp addressed but doesn't detract. Very Fine. Autograph.

-- M. Benjamin Katz, Fine Books/Rare Manuscripts

Book number: 00MV73

Catalogue: 20th Century Manuscript

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SIPLE, PAUL,

90 South (90 Degrees South): The Story of the American South Pole Conquest.

New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. 1st. Hardcover., G Cloth Boards, No Dj. Wear, Soil to Boards. Binding Tight. Pages: 384. Underlining in Spots.

-- Vintage Books

Book number: MASTER194300I

Catalogue: Arctic & Antarctic

SIPLE, PAUL.

90 South: The Story of the American South Pole Conquest.

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1959. First Edition, 8vo. Cloth. . Very Good/No Jacket.

-- John Lord's Books

Book number: J09602

Catalogue: Polar-Arctic-Antarctic

Keywords: Polar, Antarctic, Exploration.

PAUL SIPLE

90 Degrees South

G. P. Putnam's Sons 1959 Hardcover, 384pp. Fair.

-- Book Haven

Book number: 214269

Catalogue: General

Keywords: "Non-Fiction, Travel"

SIPLE, PAUL

A Boy Scout with Byrd

NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1937. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ tall. Ill.: With 33 Illustrations from Photographs By the Author. IN NEAR FINE CONDITION, with a Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition, protected in a mylar cover. "An American boy's own story of his great adventure as the only Junior Member of Admiral Byrd's Antarctic Expedition, with which he spent eighteen exciting months in "Little America" doing a man's sized job". Ownership on the back side of the frontis. Dust jacket shows edge wear/tear. YOUNG ADULT AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

-- Monroe Bridge Books

Book number: 004477

Catalogue: Travel, Adventure & Mountaineering

Keywords: Juvenile Young Adult Travel Adventure Boy Scouts Antarctic Polar CHILDREN'S BOOKS With 33 Illustrations from Photographs By the Author

SIPLE, PAUL UND PAUL BERAN:

Mit Byrd zum Südpol Was Jungens erzählen ; Bd. 15 1 Auflage

Zürich ; Leipzig : Orell Füssli Verl., 1933. O-Titel: A Boy Scout with Byrd Mit 22 photogr. Aufn. u. Skizzen d. Verf.., 1.-6. Tsd., 270 S., 8 EA Lw. Leinen, Abbildungen, guter Zustand

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Book number: 168336

Catalogue: Varia