Alone by Richard E Byrd: First Edition (34 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Avon ZS124. First Printing (Camelot Edition), January, 1968. Scarce thus. Richard E. Byrd's Alone is the harrowing memoir of his 1934 solo expedition to an Antarctic outpost during the dark winter, detailing his struggle for survival against extreme cold, isolation, and, critically, carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty stove, revealing a profound battle with mental and physical illness as he fought to preserve his sanity in the harshest environment on Earth. Reviews highlight its gripping physical adventure, deep psychological insight, and testament to human endurance, becoming a classic record of courage and the spirit against nature.…

Condition: VG-, NO dj. 1st. 8vo. 405pp. Bookplate and a bried to-from on end papers. Spine lettering on black. cloth practically unreadable, but o/w an OK copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Trade Edition; 1st Printing. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages; Tradesize, Stated First Edition, Book Shows No Wear, Text is clean no markings seen.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Ace Star, 1938. 12mo. Paperback. Book is very good with white out on front cover. Covers have some light shelf wear. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York. …

Paperback. first PB. K-102 near fine, unread historical adventure novel, paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. A rousing story of adventure that was a best-seller in its day. This limited edition is extremely scarce. The embossed cover is chipped, as is the top and bottom of the spine. The pages (acid paper) are lightly browned but clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1938,1st Edition, 3rd Printingbook, binding and text in very good condition, no DJ, blue cloth binding with blue title on front panel and spine cover tight and square, spine cover lightly faded, text clean and unmarked POex-libris on paste down fep, decoration for top of each chapter by Richard E Harrison, news print from 1947 re: Byrd Eats 20-yr-old food tipped in on fly leaf. Richard E Harrison (illustrator).…

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt, xi + 302 pp., VG- (light scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning & soiling & moderate to heavy foxing to pg edges, prev owner's incription to bottom pg edge in blue ink, heavy foxing to prelims/terminals).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket (as issued). First Thus. Illustrated. Clean, bright, and unmarked. *This copy does not match the "stock image" shown.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Pub by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1938, 1st Edition, stated 2nd Impression. NOT exLib. SIGNED by author Richard Byrd on 3rd (blank) page. P/O's signature. very small on ffep, o/w book is complete, intact & unmarked. Near-Fine cond. hardcover now in archival grade Brodart, no dj. Dark blue cloth over bds w/ brighter blue lettering on front cover, & same blue lettering on faded spine. Fore-edge deckled, top edge publisher' blue. Blue pict chapter heads. 296pp. Square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall NF cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Original cloth. Cloth sunned/faded, slight insecting, front hinge starting, spine ends frayed. PO inscription. The DJ in mylar has a large chip with tape mend, sunned spine, chipping, short repaired tears. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good first edition signed by Byrd on blank page preceding the half title page. Binding tight. pages clean and unmarked. Minor discolouration to spine. Slight bumping to ends of spine. Slight wear to edges of front and back cover. Slight age toning to bottom of textblock. Very minor scratches on top and bottom of textblock. Lacking the dust jacket. Overall, still a desriable signed first edition copy by famous polar explorer. Richard E. Harrison (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Byrd, Richard E. Alone. New York. 1938. G.P. Putnam's Sons. 8vo in dark blue publisher's cloth with dust jacket. Signed by author on front flyleaf. Inconspicuous 3 mm diameter "punched" hole at top/outer 60 pages with no loss of text; peculiar (drill bit? see photo). Minor staining on bottom of rear board. Jacket with toning, fading, wear around edges and small tape present on bottom of rear panel. Rare marginalia on FFEP (prior price and date). Otherwise, clean interior and tight binding. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The Book and unclipped ($6.50) dust Jacket are Near Fine. The Dust Jacket is attached by tape to the cover. The DJ has a library sticker on the spine and the book has a number on the copyright page. There are none of the other usual library markers and this book, in fact, looks like it is unread. Please see the pics. The only date given is 1938. First Edition, 20th Impression.…

Condition: Very good. First Edition. ix, 296 pp. Octavo. Blue cloth binding with blue lettering on spine and facade. Blue top edge; deckled fore-edge. Signed by author in blue on front free endpaper. Navy blue text. Fading to spine and minor fading to back board. Internally very clean and tight. A very good condition, signed first edition copy of this 1938 title.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. G.P. Putnam's Sons. New York. 1938. 296 pages. A pristine, fine collectible condition first edition, fourth printing in its original VG DJ with $2.50 price intact on flap. Book is pristine, inside and out. Attractive DJ is VG with rubbing along edges and minor chipping. An autobiographical memoir by Byrd, the Rear Admiral of the U.S. Navy, and first man to reach the North and South Poles by air, during his 1933 stint in Antarctica, alone, for five months. He lived to tell, barely, being found on deaths door, thanks to a slow carbon monoxide leak from a poorly ventilated stove at the meteorological station. Bizarre radio transmissions were the first tip-off, something wasn't right. The only problem was, how quick could a rescue expedition get to the South Pole, in 1933? An exceptional copy of the classic, in fine condition, in a VG DJ.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. single date on title and copyright page and single asterik on the latter. The firsthand memoirs of the first flight across the North Pole. Book is fine and unmarked; jacket very good save for price clipping, a1 1/2" gently closed tear at bottom corner of spine and a small V chip to the top corner and a 1" V chip to rear the top panel edge. Protected by an archival Mylar jacket cover. Scarce. Signed.…

VG+/NONE. SIGNED ON A PAGE TIPPED-IN BEFORE THE HALF-TITLE BOOK HAS A CHRISTMAS INSCRIPTION ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER WITH THE DARK BLUE CLOTH COLORED FADED ON THE SPINE AND A BIT ALONG THE TOP EDGE. A VERY NICE COPY. Illustrated by ILLUS BY RICHARD E HARRISON. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.

octavo, blue boards. First Edition. First Edition. octavo, blue boards. (xii), (298)pp., deckle edge. G.P. Putnam's Sons, With decorations by Richard E. Harrison. An account of Byrd's personal experiences at Advance Base, Latitude 80 degrees 08' South that took him four years to bring himself to begin writing. Signed "R. E. Byrd" on half title. Ex libris inside front cover. Nice, clean copy with fading to cloth along spine. Signed.…

Condition: Very Good-. 296pp, no dustjacket, signed (no inscription) on endpaper, also a name and inscription on endpaper, spine faded, bookplate on front paste-down, otherwise unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, Fourth Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, 296 pages; DJ in fair condition with a few tears on edges, carefully repaired with tape on the inside of DJ. Black cloth covered boards with blue lettering show very little wear. Ex-Libris bookplate on half title page, top edge of text block stained blue; binding, hinges and gutters tight. Decorated throughout by Richard E. Harrison. No other markings or defects noted. Providing superior service since 2001. Dropshippers heartily welcomed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Decorations by Richard E. Harrison, 8.25 x 5.75", blue cloth, 296pp, covers sunned unevenly, former owner's bookplate inside front cover, old photocopied article and catalog description tipped in on rear endpapers, pp toned, but FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (NAP), WITH PAGE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, "R.E. BYRD", INSERTED IN THE FRONT. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover chip, sunned small tears. Richard Harrison (illustrator).

first edition (SIGNED by the author); textblock very good, EXCEPT offset to pages 270 and 271 from newspaper clip; front pastedown has mimeograph biographical info pasted in; ffep (with author's signature) has little gift card tipped in; next blank has prior owner's bookplate; binding good, spine faded, corners bumped, a bit racked; 296 pages; illustrations in text; a classic in polar literature, the commander's report on being isolated away from his base in Antarctica; price reflects condition.…

NF/NONE. SIGNED ON A PAGE TIPPED-IN BEFORE THE HALF-TITLE BOOK IS ABOUT FINE BUT FOR SLIGHT FADING OF THE SPINE CLOTH AND A COUPLE LIGHT SCRATCHES ON THE CLOTH OF THE FRONT AND REAR PANELS. A VERY NICE COPY. Illustrated by ILLUS BY RICHARD E HARRISON. FIRST EDITION.

First Edition. With decorations printed in blue and white by Richard E. Harrison. 8vo, original navy blue cloth, lettered in light blue on the upper cover and spine. ix, 296. A very good and handsome copy, the spine panel just a light bit mellowed. FIRST EDITION of Admiral Byrd's thrilling and emotional account of his months spent all alone at the Bolling Advance Weather Base which he manned during the winter of 1934. He came very near to dying there at the base, about half way in-between Little America and the South Pole. He explains in his preface that it took him 4 years to write this book due to the intensely personal and emotional nature of his experience. It is very much unlike his narratives of former expeditions which were factual and scientific. This work is a simple and objective truth about one man's feelings ALONE with himself in the harshest of imaginable places.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. When Admiral Richard E. Byrd set out on his second Antarctic expedition in 1934, he was already an international hero for having piloted the first flights over the North and South Poles. His plan for this latest adventure was to spend six months alone near the bottom of the world, gathering weather data and indulging his desire to taste peace and quiet long enough to know how good they really are. But early on things went terribly wrong. Isolated in the pervasive polar night with no hope of release until spring, Byrd began suffering inexplicable symptoms of mental and physical illness. By the time he discovered that carbon monoxide from a defective stovepipe was poisoning him, Byrd was already engaged in a monumental struggle to save his life and preserve his sanity. When Alone was first published in 1938, it became an enormous bestseller. This edition keeps alive Byrds unforgettable narrative for new generations of readers. The story of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, who set out on an Antarctic expedition in 1934 with the aim of collating weather data and indulging his desire "to taste peace and quiet long enough to know how good they really are". But things went badly wrong and he was soon engaged in a battle for survival. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

x, 296 pp. Decorations by Richard E. Harrison. 8vo, publisher's cloth. First edition. Old ownership signature on front free endpaper; spine sunned; tight and sound. Signed by Richard E. Byrd on endsheet.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A RARE SIGNED COPY OF THE EXPLORER RICHARD E. BYRD'S BOOK "ALONE". THIS COPY IS SIGNED ON A BLANK FLY SHEET JUST BEFORE THE PRE TITLE PAGE. FIRST EDITION. A VERY GOOD HARD BACK, DUST JACKET HAS A ONE INCH CHIP AT THE HEAD AND A SMALLER CHIP AT THE TAIL, OTHER WISE GOOD. DUST JACKET, NOT PRICED CLIPPED. A NEATLY PENNED FORMER OWNERS NAME ON FIRST BLANK SHEET. WE PACKAGE FOR SAFE SHIPPING. Prescott, az. Signed by Author(s).…

Condition: Good. Hardcover. 8vo (8.125" x 5.75"), blue cloth. 296 pp. Author signature at ffep and presentation inscription at half title. Newspaper clipping laid in, evidently from the Boston Evening Transcript, titled "Prove Byrd Hit the South Pole on Nose."CONDITION: Good, spine sunned, three marks to front cover, top right corner bumped, lacking dj. First edition, third impression. Inscribed by Byrd thus: "To Albert Bumstead with affectionate regard. Dick Byrd." Albert Bumstead (1875-1940) was chief cartographer of the National Geographic Society from 1915 until his death. Prior to that role, he served as cartographer to the 1912-1915 joint Yale and National Geographic expeditions to Machu Picchu, led by Hiram Bingham. A skilled inventor, Bumstead pioneered numerous surveying techniques and instruments that were later widely adopted. Admiral Byrd credited Bumstead with making a critical contribution to the success of his expeditions in the form of his sun compass, which enabled more accurate navigation at the poles. Byrd honored Bumstead by naming a mountain in Antarctica after him. REFERENCES: "Albert Bumstead, Cartographer, 64.Dies.," The New York Times, Jan 10, 1940. Inscribed by Author(s).…