Commander Richard Byrd (35 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Connecting readers with great books since 1972. Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have condition issues including wear and notes/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Red binding, faded on front cover and spine. Wear on the corners and cover separating a bit at head and tail of spine. Small rip, dampening and yellowing on front free endpaper. Yellowing on rear free endpaper. A good reading book of 25 short aviation accounts by such noted flyers as Eddie Rickenbacker, Commander Richard Byrd, and Jessie Horsfall. Photographs throughout. 284 pgs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Air exploring,North Pole.Book is blue board with gold lettering on front cover and spine.Spine is straight/tight. Spine edges show light wear. Corners are straight with slight fraying at tips. Pages are tight/clean, no tears/folds, writing on front end paper only- gift inscription. Front and back end papers are maps.Only printing with photogravue frontispiece portrait of author with tissue. Front cover shows blue mark across middle, back cover has wear scratches. Great photos. …

hardcover. Condition: Good. Hard copy in good condition. Spine cover slightly faded. Dust jacket worn. Plastic-Kleer Just A Fold Adjustable Book Jacket Cover. 284 clean pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 286 pp. Original red cloth covers, moderately soiled and rubbed. Spine a bit sunned. Mild toning to endpapers. Previous owner's name rubbed off of half-title page. Light scattered foxing. Illust. w/ b/w plates and maps.

paperback. Condition: Fine. A nice copy. Clean text, solid binding. Only a hint of shelf wear. Appears unread.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 284 Pp. BOOK DESCRIPTION: RED CLOTH HARDBOUND, BLACK STAMPED/EMBOSSED TITLE ON FRONT BOARD/SPINE COVER, TEXT ACCOMPANIED BY BLACK/WHITE PHOTOGRAPH PLATES, PICTORAL END PAPERS FEATURING AIRPLANES. DIMENSIONS: 9 1/4" x 7" x 1 1/8." CONDITION: VERY GOOD; SUNNED SPINE/FRONT HINGE AND LOWER EDGE OF FRONT BOARD, STRONG SPINE/HINGES, CLEAN TEXT. (SEE # 000587 & 000622 FOR RELATED TEXT).…

Cloth. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Thus. Red cloth, lettered in black. Mild shelf/handling wear, sunned spine panel, bottom corners rubbed with slight exposure. Firm binding, interior slightly toned by age. [ix],285 pp. Color illus. dust jacket chipped with short closed tears and modest loss along top edge, mildly chipped at heel of spine, sunned along spine panel but overall still presenting well with bright color on both main panels, now in archival mylar. Uncommon in dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Blue Cloth. Condition: Minor Edge and Corner Wear. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Map endpapers. Previous owner's name in ink on front and rear preliminary page. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of the author (point of issue for first printing). "Man's mastery of the air as shown by the brilliant flights of America's leading air explorer. His life, his thrilling adventures, his North Pole and trans=Atlantic flights, together with his plans for conquering the Antarctic by air." A clean copy. 359pp. Size: Large Octavo.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. B&W and Color Photos; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 160 pages; Vol. LII (52) , Number 4: October, 1927. Single issue magazine, complete. Snugly bound and neat in original yellow, black and white title lettered covers. Article byWilliam Morden " By Coolie and Caravan across Central Asia," and pieces on Sicily and Latin America. Profusely illustrated with photos. Just mild shelf evidence to covers. VG or better.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. B&W and Color Photos; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 160 pages; September, 1926. Volume L, No. 3. Single issue magazine, complete. Snugly bound and neat in original yellow, black and white title lettered covers. Includes articles on Byrd's flight to the North Pole, flight over Egypt, the Sinai and Palestine and a travel essay on the Nile. Profusely illustrated with photos. Just milf shelf evidence to covers. VG or better.…

magazine. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. very good condition, SCARCE ORIGINAL VINTAGE ARTICLE These pages, unbound, are neatly trimmed & in mylar with a stiff backing board.; These pages, unbound, are neatly trimmed & in mylar with a stiff backing board.; NOVI005531; pages 6x9-1/2; 20 pages; some pencil underling on a few pages. …

Cardstock./Label/Cloth Spine. Condition: near Fine or Fine. Bound Article. 111 pages. Illustrated article in one of Berrien's typical bindings. Scarce as such. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SKYWARD COMMANDER RICHARD E. BYRD 1928 1ST EDITION/1ST PRINTING VERY GOOD. I feel privileged to be able to offer this iconic book of bravery and heroism, especially in the First Edition/First Printing. Please find: Skyward, by Commander Richard E. Byrd, U.S. Navy (Retired). The subtitle reads: Man s mastery of the air as shown by the brilliant flights of America s leading air explorer. His life, his thrilling adventures, his North Pole and Trans-Atlantic flights, together with his plans for conquering the Antarctic by air. This medium-sized hard cover book (6 x 8 ¾ inches, 359 pages) was published by G. P. Putnam s Sons of New York, dated 1928. There is a note on the copyright page which says: This copy is from the first printing of Skyward and will be the only printing to contain the photogravure frontispiece portrait of the author. The book is bound in sky blue cloth covers with bold gilt titles on the cover and spine. The book is well illustrated with 48 b&w photographs, typically one to a page on glossy paper and each with its explanatory caption. Condition: This book is in very good condition. The hard covers are bright and very presentable, particularly the gilt titles but there has been some minor rubbing to the edges and light bumping to the corners and spine tips. Inside, the book is unmarked except for a neat bookplate of a former owner on the front endpaper. The interior pages and plates are clean and bright throughout, without toning and certainly no foxing. Both hinges are intact, and the binding is tight and sound. This book is not ex-library or a remainder.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 6th Printing. Near fine. Bound in publisher's blue cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. xv, 359 pages, 46 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.

magazine. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. very good condition. Vintage paper items are not returnable scarce vintage article has many illustrations in b/w;; scarce vintage article has many illustrations in b/w;; NOVI009091; 21 pages; beautiful illustrations, These pages, neatly trimmed, are in mylar with a stiff backing board.…

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Contains article between P. 356 and 388 with 20 b/w illustrations: 1 chart, 2 "Hubbard Gold Medals" and 17 photos (11 on full page). Soft covers. Head and foot of spine worn and reinforced. Does not contain the map supplement. Very good. 25.5 x 17.5. Flight of 9th of May 1926 . Other article: Flying over Egypt, Sinaï and Palestione (pages 312 to 355 with 27 b/w illustrations (2 maps and 25 photos) and 23 colour photos), by P.C.R. Groves and J.R. McCrindle.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 7th Impression. Man's mastery of the air as shown by the brilliant flights of Americas leading air explorer. His life, his thrilling adventures, his North Pole and Trans-Atlantic flights, together with his plans for conquering the Antartic by air. 359 pages with numerous monochrome plates. Blue cloth, dull with some marks and faded spine. End paper maps, internally very good throughout.…

Thick Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1928 FIRST EDITION. Ooriginal stiff white card covers, pages printed on quality rag paper, decorated EPs, title block front cover in pale olive green with black lettering. This has printed presentation page (as bound by publisher) with line for name and line for numbering (both still blank for this example). The book measures 258mm tall x 164mm, not paginated [32 pages counting title page and presentation page], two woodblock illustrations, several marginal illustrations, title illustration for part II. Prospectus for Byrd's first Antarctic expedition in two parts: 1) Byrd's mission statement. 2) Russell Owen's description of "Byrd's Base Ship and his Antarctic Village." No indication of total number published. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SKYWARD NORTH POLE FLIGHT BY COMMANDER RICHARD E. BYRD 1928 1ST PRINTING DJ. Please find on offer here a very nice copy of the First Printing (noted on the copyright page to be the only copy to include the Frontispiece photo of the Author) of: Skyward by Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd. The subtitle reads: Man s mastery of the air as shown by the brilliant flights of America s leading air explorer. His life, his thrilling adventures his North Pole and Trans-Atlantic flights together with his plans for conquering the Antarctic by air. This medium-sized hard cover book (6 ¼ x 8 ¾ inches, 359 pages) was published by G.P. Putnam s Sons of New York and London dated 1928 and the First Printing (as noted above). The book is nicely illustrated with 44 b&w photos (it was hard to count them as the Contents pages are all uncut). Condition: This book is in near fine condition. The dust jacket shows some minor edge wear which has been arrested by the addition of a Brodart mylar cover. The deep blue boards and gilt titles on cover and spine are almost perfect. There has been some very faint bumping to the corners and spine tips. Inside the book is unmarked and the pages and photo plates are pristine bright and clean and without any toning or foxing. Both hinges are intact and the binding is tight and sound. This book is not ex-library or a remainder. There is a small bookseller s label (Edgar H. Wells & Co. of New York) on the rear endpaper. Don t dilly-dally; this one won t last.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Very Good Hardcover, no dustjacket, map endpapers, 48 illustrations.

1925. (Hardcover) Very good plus, no dust jacket. 710pp. 6 issues bound together in plain green cloth without the covers and advertisements. Monochrome and color photographs and illustrations, maps, one folding map (of the Arctic Regions. There is much material on the MacMillan expedition. Contributors include Richard E. Byrd, Lieutenant Commander (Flying Over the Arctic), Donald B. MacMillan (The MacMillan Arctic Expedition Returns). (Travel, MacMillan Expedition). …

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. STATED FIRST EDITION. Nice, fresh clean copy! The DJ has light edgewear.