Author: Roald Amundsen; Lincoln Ellsworth
Title: The First Flight Across the Polar Sea
Description: London, Hutchinson & Co, 1927. First edition. Cloth. An uncommon work on aerial polar exploration by Amundsen and Ellsworth, the first edition of this illustrated work. The first edition of this uncommon work.A fascinating work on Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth's experiences on their aerial expeditions to the North Pole.The year after this work published, Amundsen went missing whilst on a rescue missions in the Arctic for the airship Italia. Illustrated with a frontispiece, one folding map, and thirty-one plates.Including additional chapters by J. Hover, H. Riiser-Larsen, Gustav Amundsen, Finn Malmgren, and B. L. Gottwaldt.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light rubbing and fading to the spine. A few minor marks. Front hinge is starting but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with some scattered spotting. Frontispiece is detaching. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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