Author: BYRD JR., RICHARD EVELYN
Title: Skyward: 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 eleventh impression, February 1931. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's memoirs of this aviation adventures, especially his flights across the Atlantic, to the Arctic and to Antarctica, in a Blue Ribbon Books reprint edition. With several plates bearing black & white photos. Includes a foreword by William A. Moffett and an introduction by the author. --- In blue cloth-covered boards with cover and spine titling in darker blue. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- With mild sunning to spine, small tears to cloth at spine ends and prior owner's dated signature to front free endpaper, else a tightly-bound, sturdy copy.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xvi, 359 pages. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

Keywords: >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir >>Travel / Exploration / Adventure >>Railroads, Aviation & Transportation