Polar.- Byrd (Richard E.) Discovery: The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, plates, ex-United States Academy Coast Guard Library with labels to front free endpapers, previous owner's ink signature to front pastedown, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, small loss to flap, chipping and small tears to edges, old tape repairs verso, lightly sunned spine, a little rubbed and creased, [Spence 229], New York, 1935; Alone, first edition, half-title, portrait and magazine article of author pasted to pastedowns, previous owner's ink signature to front pastedown, original cloth, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, short tear to spine foot, slight creasing and chipping to edges, [Spence 232], New York, 1938 § H. O. 138: Sailing Directions for Antarctica, plates (some folding), illustrations, August 1947 special supplement loosely inserted, very faint spotting, original cloth, faint spotting, fractional bumping to corners and extremities, Washington D.C., [1943]; 8vo & folio (3).*** Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957) was an American aviator and polar explorer. He claimed that his expeditions had been the first to reach both the North and South Poles by air. His belief that he was the first to reach the North Pole by air is disputed.