rear admiral richard byrd (36 risultati)

Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Without dust jacket as issued. First Edition thus. Originally published by Putnam in 1928. Duodecimo, 6 7/8" tall, xliii + 388 pages, brown cloth with gilt titles and top edge gilt; b&w photographs and fold-out map. A fine, clean, hardcover copy with minimal shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper white. No dust jacket as published.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 8vo . We specialize in fine books in collectible condition. Orders are professionaly packaged and shipped promptly. M35.

Volume CX, No.2, August 1956. 141-286 PP. Contains article from P.141 to 180 with 3 maps, 8 b/w and 32 colour photos. Soft cover. Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 160 pages. Illustrated. Our Navy Explores Antarctica by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, The Society's New Map of the Caribbean Area, and Guatemala Revisited. COKE ad on back cover.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Eleventh Printing. Lower front cover corner bumped, threaded, with other corners threaded. Cloth covering boards is worn on all edges . Solid hinges. Interior pp with foxing.

Volume 112, No.1, July 1957. Contains articles from P.1 to 48 with 3 maps, 27 b/w and 23 colour photos. Soft cover. Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Fine fancy Easton Press full-leather edition with gilt decorations, including raised spine bands and compartments, satin bookmark, all edges gilt and etc. This has an Easton Publisher bookplate mounted on the blank end paper: "Leather Bound Nautical Library" with no name in the space provided there waiting for a new owner.

Condizione: Near fine. 8vo.

8vo (22.8x18.5cm), stapled wrapper, unpaginated (around 48pp, including adverts). Missing first /title page. General wear, creased, lightly chipped, white rear cover grubby, pages a little aged. With b&w photographs. Pictures available on request.

hardcover. Condizione: Very 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!.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. photographs and maps (illustratore). 1st Edition. The first edition of the jacket spine( stated ) published by G. P. Putnam's in 1930. Bound in publisher's blue cloth. With maps and seventy four illustrations. A near fine example of the book ( prior owner's bookplate ) Dust jacket very good with a section of paper loss to upper portion of rear panel ( one and a quarter inch deep, two inches across ) the loss extends along the top of the spine and for a half inch on to the front panel. Additional smaller chips to extremities.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Harrison, Richard E. (Decorations) (illustratore). First Edition. 1938 at title and copyright dates; no other dates, indications. Navy cloth boards, blue metallic cover and spine titles, light shelf wear. Deckled pages very good, clean; lt. fox at endps. Antiquarian name pencilled inside cover. Bind fine;hinges intact. Illustrated throughout w/intriguing header and tailpiece decoration by Richard Harrison. Sharp, near fine first printing. 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 book keeps alive Byrd's unforgettable narrative for generations of readers. 296 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

First Edition. - - Ecellent work of one of the most active and successful arctic explorers ever. Byrd flew to the North Pole in 1926 and he flew over the South Pole in 1929 - - Contents - Notes from a Journal - The Plan - The Preparation and the Problem - Through the Pack - We Establish a Base - The Battle to Unload - Discovery By Flight - Discovery Of a New Land to the Eastward - Incident on the Rockefeller Mountains - Winter - Blrth of a Clty - Cvilization Does Not Matter - More Plans and Preparations - The Start of the Southern Parties - The Base-Laying Flight - Flight To The South Pole - Eastward Beyond the Horizon - Death of a City - The Geological Sledge Trip - Appendix - Index 422 p. with 74 illustrations and maps very good condition, some corners slightly bumped Original blue cloth binding with goden lettering.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. Stated first edition. Published, Autumn, 1930. Blue full-cloth (buckram) boards, gilt embossed cover and spine titles, design, slight shelf wear, sharp. Thick, deckled pages fine. Antiquarian signature at half-title page: "Chas. H. Woodruff, 12-25-30". Several fold-out maps and photo plates throughout. Pictorial endpapers. Crisp, dk. blue top edge. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Admiral Byrd, 41 at time of this printing, details his latest exploration and flight over Antarctica. Here, in Little America, is the story of the Byrd Antarctic expedition told for the first time. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd left the States on October 13, 1928, aboard the C.A. Larsen, headed for New Zealand. The Bolling, City of New York, and James Clark Ross ships, all loaded with the necessary planes, dogs, men and equipment, and had been dispatched previously. When all of the ships reached New Zealand, they condensed the load to only two ships, the Bolling and the City of New York. The expedition ultimately would reach the Ross Ice Shelf on December 28, 1928. Days of laborious unloading and building shelters followed the Expedition's arrival in Antarctica, resulting in a complete village that Byrd named "Little America." Aside from an administration building and bunk house, the complex included three radio antenna towers, a mess hall, hangars for the airplanes, storage sheds and a machine shop that contained the first generator of electricity in Antarctica. Includes detailed index. Set and Printed by The Knickerbocker Press. Made in the USA. 422 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Stated first edition. Blue full-cloth (buckram) boards, gilt embossed cover and spine titles, design, moderate shelf wear. Thick, deckled pages very good, no writing. Several fold-out maps and photo plates throughout. Pictorial endpapers. Bind good; hinges intact. Dj moderate wear, rub, some chip; unclipped 5.00, protected in new clear sleeve. Admiral Byrd, 41 at time of this printing, details his latest exploration and flight over Antarctica. Here, in Little America, is the story of the Byrd Antarctic expedition told for the first time. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd left the States on October 13, 1928, aboard the C.A. Larsen, headed for New Zealand. The Bolling, City of New York, and James Clark Ross ships, all loaded with the necessary planes, dogs, men and equipment, and had been dispatched previously. When all of the ships reached New Zealand, they condensed the load to only two ships, the Bolling and the City of New York. The expedition ultimately would reach the Ross Ice Shelf on December 28, 1928. Days of laborious unloading and building shelters followed the Expedition's arrival in Antarctica, resulting in a complete village that Byrd named "Little America." Aside from an administration building and bunk house, the complex included three radio antenna towers, a mess hall, hangars for the airplanes, storage sheds and a machine shop that contained the first generator of electricity in Antarctica. Includes detailed index. 422 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.

Condizione: Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 1.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is a copy of the Highlights of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition by former US Navy Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd. Byrd led multiple expeditions to Antarctica, and this pamphlet provides information and photos (provided by the New York TImes and St. Louis Post Dispatch) about his 1928 expedition, the first he did. The book is in very good condition and is covered by a mylar dust jacket.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First edition, third printing. Original cloth, no jacket. Signed by the author on the second leaf, a blank. With: National Geographic, July, 1957, featuring Admiral Byrd's "last article", and an extensive article on the scientists living at Little America in 1957. Edges lightly rubbed, spine darkened, both endpapers cracking, a Very Good copy.

Condizione: Very Good. Beautifully signed Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Co. bank check w/classic insignia. Draft is, rather remarkably considering his polar expeditions, made out to the Boston Ice Company for $8.50 and dated February 18, 1932. Insured post. Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., was an American naval officer who specialized in feats of exploration. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd's expeditions were the first to reach both the North and South Pole by air. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

First edition. Quarto. Frontispiece portrait of Byrd, vi, 385, [1] pp. Copiously illustrated with photographs, charts, maps and a list of Byrd's exploratory flights over the Antarctic. Publisher printed buff wrappers. Some chips to outer edge of front wrapper and a small split long the lower rear joun. Tight and clean.The first official United States government expedition to Antarctica is probably the least well known of Rear Admirable Richard E. Byrd's many voyages. It was a quickly put-together expedition due to the fact that WWII was going on. In started in 1939 and ended with a hurried evacuation in 1941 afer which all the active service members, including Byrd, were sent to the Pacific theater. While conducting various scientific tasks they built two bases; one called West Base and the other on Stonington Island called East Bay. " Its main objectives were outlined in an order from President Franklin D. Roosevelt dated November 25, 1939. They were instructed to establish two field bases from which staff would collect and document the geography of the coast between Cape Eielson and the Luitpold Coast. Bases were established at the Bay of Whales and Neny Bay. A total of 125 men departed from the United States in two ships. The USS Bear and the USMS North Star were supplied to transport the expedition force to Antarctic. The group consisted of military and civilian personnel. Scientific staff taking part in the expedition included ornithologist Carl Eklund, biologist Jack E. Perkins, ornithologist M. J. Lobell, biologist Herwil McClure Bryant, meteorologist Herbert Dorsey, and geologist Paul Knowles. Specimen collecting documented marine biology, botany, ornithology, and zoology. The specimens taken in reside in the holdings the US National Museum. Byrd used aircraft and an aerial camera to further explore areas of the Walgreen Coast, Thurston Peninsula and Seraph Bay in a series of flights. Another set of three flights was made over Alexander I Island and, in late December 1940, the entire length of George VI Sound was traversed. The use of planes allowed for several important discoveries including the Shackleton Glacier. With international tensions on the rise, the two established bases were evacuated and the groups set sail for the U.S. The North Star arrived in Boston on May 5 and the Bear on May 18" (Smithsonian),

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. G.P. Putnam's Sons. New York. 1930. 422 pages. First edition stated, first printing. First state with original Byrd Prize Letter Contest insert. Original DJ with $5.00 price intact on flap. Blue cloth stamped in gold. Darkened topstain. Book is about fine; faint scratch on rear panel. DJ in lesser condition with open chips along edges with rubbing on folds. Large open chip to top third of DJ spine. A tight, bright and clean copy with its original contest insert. A good only DJ housing a near fine book.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Good. Hurd, Peter (illustratore). First Edition. Rare original material. Inside cover: "Entire contents of this book copyrighted 1930 by the Tide Water Oil Company. Photographs courtesy of the New York Times and the St. Louis Post Dispatch". Includes original typed and signed letter from Edward L. Shea dated July 1, 1930. Shea presents this photographic guide to the Byrd expedition on behalf, and as vice president, of Tide Water Associated Oil Company, 17 Battery Place, New York. Pictorial textured wraps, some cover, corner, edge wear, rub. Front, back covers feature minimalist monochromatic designs of planes and landscapes. Pages good; paperclip mark at first few. Saddle-stitch bind, good. Large 8 3/4" x 11 3/4" design. Near very good rarity and time capsule. A photographic and ephemeral collection of images with captions documenting the amazing exploration of Antarctica. Dramatic and intriguing photos throughout with captions and a summary text. Filled with key details and information. Presented here is the graphic story in word and pictures of the Byrd Antarctic expedition told for the first time. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd left the States on October 13, 1928, aboard the C.A. Larsen, headed for New Zealand. The Bolling, City of New York, and, James Clark Ross ships, all loaded with the necessary planes, dogs, men and equipment, had been dispatched previously. When all of the ships reached New Zealand, they combined the load to two ships, the Bolling and the City of New York. The expedition ultimately would reach the Ross Ice Shelf on December 28, 1928. Days of laborious unloading and building shelters followed the Expedition's arrival in Antarctica, resulting in a complete village that Byrd named "Little America." Aside from an administration building and bunk house, the complex included radio antenna towers, a mess hall, hangars for the airplanes, storage sheds and a machine shop that contained the first generator of electricity in Antarctica. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Apprx. 32 pages. Printed in the U. S. A. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine in Fine. This is a First Edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR Rear Admiral Richard Byrd. Dust Wrapper in archival cover. Back from the twilight of an ice age Admiral Byrd has come with a story of sights that men have hardly dreamed of, sights that no human eye has ever witnessed before- an account of difficulties met and overcome in the "loveliest and most unforgiving of continents." Using the most primitive means and the most modern, pushing on by ship, dog team and by plane, Admiral Byrd and his men penetrated to the very heart of the Antarctic. There, with the latest scientific instruments, they coaxed from the age-old ice secrets that have been locked there since the world was young. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. Taylor, Rebecca Lindon (Frontispiece Portrait) (illustratore). First Edition. Beautifully signed by Admiral Byrd and publishers and numbered in red at limitation page: "Author's Autograph Edition. Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic by Richard Evelyn Byrd, Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy. This edition limited to one thousand copies, signed by the author, of which this is Number '614', 'G. P. Putnam's Sons', 'R. E. byrd'." Textured sky blue boards, gilt spine titles, cream leather spine wrap and corners, some shelf wear, rub, discoloration. Thick, deckled pages good, clean, no writing; moderate page roll. Classic sepia frontispiece profile illustration by Rebecca Lindon Taylor of the Admiral w/red captioned wax page guard. Two fold-out maps and photo plates of ice wall, camp, etc.; seventy-four illustrations throughout. Icy blue endpapers. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Solid limited Author's Autograph edition. Here, in Little America, is the story of the Byrd Antarctic expedition told for the first time. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd left the States on October 13, 1928, aboard the C.A. Larsen, headed for New Zealand. The Bolling, City of New York, and James Clark Ross ships, all loaded with the necessary planes, dogs, men and equipment, and had been dispatched previously. When all of the ships reached New Zealand, they condensed the load to only two ships, the Bolling and the City of New York. The expedition ultimately would reach the Ross Ice Shelf on December 28, 1928. Days of laborious unloading and building shelters followed the Expedition's arrival in Antarctica, resulting in a complete village that Byrd named "Little America." Aside from an administration building and bunk house, the complex included three radio antenna towers, a mess hall, hangars for the airplanes, storage sheds and a machine shop that contained the first generator of electricity in Antarctica. Includes detailed index. Set and Printed by The Knickerbocker Press. Made in the U. S. A. 436 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Signed by Author.

Condizione: Fine. Beautiful letter twice signed by Admiral Byrd, light wear w/standard letter crease. Includes original fine envelope w/3 cent Thomas Jefferson stamp. Includes signed Letter of Authenticity from authentication expert Herman Darvick. In this correspondence, dated December 21, 1954, Admiral Byrd cordially corresponds to "new friend" Woodward and wishes a Merry Christmas. Typed on Byrd's personal stationary printed in Polar Ice blue: "Byrd Polar Expeditions, 9 Brimmer Street, Boston, Massachussetts" Addressed simply to: "Mr. W. S. Woodward, Clinton, New York". "Dear Mr. Woodward: We rejoice that we have made a new and loyal friend this year, and so we want to drop that friend a note wishing him and his the best Christmas and New Year ever, and the expression of hope that we will meet during the New Year. Sincerely, Richard E. Byrd". "P. S. I am back to normal now having gained quite a few pounds. R. E. B." Very attractive. As shown. Insured post. Byrd's first Antarctic expedition, the largest that had ever set out for the southernmost lands, sailed in October, 1928. The Little America base was built on the face of the Ross Ice Shelf. Flights were made from this base and a range of high mountains, named the Rockefeller Mountains, was discovered. A large tract of unknown territory beyond the mountains was named Marie Byrd Land, after his wife. On November 29, 1929, Byrd, as navigator, and three companions made the first flight over the South Pole, flying from Little America to the Pole and back in nineteen hours without incident. Byrd was promoted to rear admiral for this exciting feat of bravery. In 193335 the second Byrd expedition visited Little America with the aim of mapping and claiming land; he extended the exploration of Marie Byrd Land and continued his scientific observations. During the southern winter of 1934 (March to August), Byrd spent five months alone in a hut at a weather station. At Bolling Advance Base weather station, 123 miles south of Little America buried beneath the ice shelf face, Byrd endured temperatures between -58° and -76° F and sometimes significantly lower. He was finally rescued in a desperately sick condition, suffering from frostbite and carbon monoxide poisoning, but ultimately recovering and later carrying out additional missions to the frozen land of the south. Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., USN (25 October 1888 11 March 1957) was a naval officer who specialized in feats of exploration. He was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights, in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader, crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd believed his expeditions had been the first to reach the North Pole and the South Pole by air. His South Pole claim is supported by a consensus of those who have examined the evidence. Byrd was also a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for heroism given by the United States of America. In 1948 the U.S. Navy produced a documentary about Operation Highjump named The Secret Land. The film shows live action footage of the operation along with a few re-enacted scenes. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. On December 8, 1954, Byrd appeared on the television show Longines Chronoscope. Interviewed about his Antarctic voyages, he claimed Antarctica would become the most important place in the world for science. As part of the multinational collaboration for the International Geophysical Year (IGY) 195758, Byrd commanded the U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze I in 195556 which established permanent Antarctic bases at McMurdo Sound, the Bay of Whales, and the South Pole. This was Byrd's last trip to Antarctica and marked the beginning of a permanent U.S. military presence in Antarctica. Byrd spent only one week in the Antarctic and started his return to the United States on February 3, 1956. Admiral Byrd died in his sleep of a.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Beautifully signed in black fountain pen by Admiral Byrd on signature cut at half-title page: "R. E. Byrd". Charming notation above signature on same clipping: "He talked to the Dexter Boys who asked for his autograph.-" Stated First Edition at copyright page. 1935 at title page and copyright. Large 6 1/2" x 9 1/2" design. Icy blue full cloth boards, gilt embossed cover and spine titles, light shelf wear, rub. Cover features gilt border w/silhouette of plane from above. Deckled pages near fine, no writing. Attractive toning. Frontispiece portrait plate of Admiral Byrd. Pictorial endpapers of the operations map of the second Byrd Antarctica Expedition including Little America, Ross Ice Shelf, Marie Byrd Land, and the Rockefeller Plateau. Small antiquarian bookstore label printed with purple text and decorative border at front endpaper: "From the Bookshop for Boys & Girls, Women's Industrial & Educational Union, 270 Boylston Street, Boston". Bind good, square; hinges intact. Dust wrapper, moderate shelf wear, rub, toning; unclipped 3.75, protected in new clear sleeve. Classic wrap-around jacket design of plane flying over the antarctic plateau at night w/moon in b.g. Illustrated with over fifty amazing photos, images and maps, etc. Near fine first edition in near very good wrapper. From the moment Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. first left Anarctica, he knew he would return. Both the scope of the strange land and the uncharted scientific promise it held were too much to leave behind forever. Launched during the Great Depression amid great public skepticism, and with funding at its toughest to secure, this second Antarctic journey proved as daring, eventful, and inspiring as any Byrd embarked upon. Admiral Byrd's classic explorations by land, air, and sea transport us to the farthest reaches of the earth. As companions on Byrd's journeys, readers experience the polar landscape through Byrd's own struggles, doubts, revelations, and triumphs and share the excitement of these timeless adventures. Byrd proves to be an honest, sensitive, eloquent writer, humbled by the vast dangerous world of the Antarctic. The challenges of leading men, the difficulties of planning and preparation atop the great frozen mountains and ice pack are sympathetically described. Byrd was an American naval officer who specialized in feats of exploration. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd's expeditions were the first to reach both the North and South Pole by air. Manufactured in the United States of America at the Van Rees Press. 405 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Signed by Author.

Condizione: Very Good. Kesslere, G. Maillard (illustratore). ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD SIGNED AND INSCRIBED FRAMED PORTRAIT Beautifully signed and inscribed textured sepia portrait in fine vintage frame. Portrait by G. Maillard Kesslere of New York. Inscribed: "With admiration and regards, To Clare Luce, R. E. Byrd". Large portrait matted to acid-free material and backing board and preserved in fine vintage 11" x 14" frame. Undated; circa 1930's portrait and inscription. As shown. Insured post. Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr. (October 25, 1888 - March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer who specialized in feats of exploration. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd's expeditions were the first to reach both the North and South Pole by air. Clare Boothe Luce (March 10, 1903 - October 9, 1987) was an American author, politician, U. S. Ambassador and public conservative figure. She was the first American woman appointed to a major ambassadorial post abroad. A versatile author, she is best known for her 1936 hit play The Women, which had an all-female cast. Her writings extended from drama and screen scenarios to fiction, journalism, and war reportage. She was the wife of Henry Luce, publisher of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated. Politically, Luce was a leading conservative in later life and was well known for her anti-communism. In her youth, she briefly aligned herself with the liberalism of President Franklin Roosevelt as a protege of Bernard Baruch, but later became an outspoken critic of Roosevelt. Known as a charismatic and forceful public speaker, she campaigned for every Republican presidential candidate from Wendell Willkie to Ronald Reagan. George Maillard Kesslere was one of the last students of American impressionist painter, William Merritt Chase. Upon graduation, he established a portrait studio in Syracuse, New York, in which he practiced both photography and painting. He also collaborated on several mural projects. Though his camera work won immediate recognition for its artistry. In 1921 when The Debutante, a New York periodical catering to "the four hundred," invited him to become art editor, Kesslere lept at the chance, moving to New York City. A set of portraits published in Vanity Fair cemented his reputation as a talented camera artist and won him a city clientele. An aesthete, libertine, and party-giver, he became an important figure in consolidating cultural connections between flambouyant artists and high society in the period between the wars. Noticing the vogue in the cultural magazines for hazy photographs of nude dancers, Kesslere in 1923 began developing a series of paintings and pastels of diaphonously draped nude girls running in the open air. In the world of theatrical photography, Kesslere's fame did not rest on representations of the body, so much as his evocative and experimental treatments of the head. He was one of the finest of the bust format photographers of the late 1920's and 1930's. He excelled in the atmospheric, painterly treatment of the backgrounds of these bust shots. For his portraiture he was awarded recognition by the British Royal Academy of Photography. He renovated and modernized the late 19th-century style of vignette photography in which a portrait bust would float disembodied in pictorial space coalescing out of a drawn rendering of the sitter. The success of these mixed media portraits led others, such as Hal Phyfe, John De Mirjian, and even Irving Chidnoff, to experiment with the style, leading to a moment when a distinct New York style of art portraiture prevailed. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Condizione: Very Good. Kesslere, G. Maillard (illustratore). ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD SIGNED AND FRAMED PORTRAIT Beautifully signed by Richard E. Byrd: "R. E. Byrd" on sepia 8" x 10" portrait preserved in fine 10" x 12" vintage art deco frame. Portrait by G. Maillard Kesslere of New York with his signed printed name at front with NY jotted near his name. Kesslere's professional stamp at back of photo. Undated; circa 1930's portrait and signature. As shown. Insured post. Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr. (October 25, 1888 - March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer who specialized in feats of exploration. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd's expeditions were the first to reach both the North and South Pole by air. George Maillard Kesslere was one of the last students of American impressionist painter, William Merritt Chase. Upon graduation, he established a portrait studio in Syracuse, New York, in which he practiced both photography and painting. He also collaborated on several mural projects. Though his camera work won immediate recognition for its artistry. In 1921 when The Debutante, a New York periodical catering to "the four hundred," invited him to become art editor, Kesslere lept at the chance, moving to New York City. A set of portraits published in Vanity Fair cemented his reputation as a talented camera artist and won him a city clientele. An aesthete, libertine, and party-giver, he became an important figure in consolidating cultural connections between flambouyant artists and high society in the period between the wars. Noticing the vogue in the cultural magazines for hazy photographs of nude dancers, Kesslere in 1923 began developing a series of paintings and pastels of diaphonously draped nude girls running in the open air. In the world of theatrical photography, Kesslere's fame did not rest on representations of the body, so much as his evocative and experimental treatments of the head. He was one of the finest of the bust format photographers of the late 1920's and 1930's. He excelled in the atmospheric, painterly treatment of the backgrounds of these bust shots. For his portraiture he was awarded recognition by the British Royal Academy of Photography. He renovated and modernized the late 19th-century style of vignette photography in which a portrait bust would float disembodied in pictorial space coalescing out of a drawn rendering of the sitter. The success of these mixed media portraits led others, such as Hal Phyfe, John De Mirjian, and even Irving Chidnoff, to experiment with the style, leading to a moment when a distinct New York style of art portraiture prevailed. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Condizione: Very Good. Royal Order of DeepFreeze Task Force 43 Certificate beautifully signed by Admiral Richard E. Byrd at center across Antarctica map image. Large parchment richly decorated and measuring approximately 13" x 17" in fine vintage frame. Also signed by Captain O. C. Rohnke and presented to Harold W. Morris. Interestingly, certificate dated December 24, 1955. Very intriguing and esoteric artwork and decoration from this society of explorers. Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) was the code name for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with Deep Freeze I in 1955/56. During this mission out of New Zealand, bases were further established, a million square miles were mapped through the air for the first time, and the 1929 Little America base was honored by Byrd with its seventy-foot transmitter tower now 6' above the snow pack. Symbolically charged certificate features Poseidon or Neptune with trident wooing topless mermaid, sea anchor and coiled rope, a fiery eastern dragon, the naval wings over frozen mountain b.g., seal and penguin, expedition scenes w/skier, cargo line, naval ship and helicopter, and finally, the Task Force 43 emblem. As shown. Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., was an American naval officer who specialized in feats of exploration. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd's expeditions were the first to reach both the North and South Pole by air. Insured post.

[2]pp. on letterhead of "Naval Department / Office of the Chief of Naval Operations." Accompanied by the mailing envelope. Quarto. Fine. In a half morocco and cloth folding box, leather labels. An engaging and informative letter, in which Richard Byrd describes some of his World War II experiences with the Navy, discusses the possibility of a motion picture being made about his life and adventures, and mentions his plans for a return to the South Pole. It is clear from the tone of the letter that Byrd and Polan Banks shared a warm friendship. Byrd's letter is on Navy Department stationery, but he wrote it while he was in Boston. During World War II, Captain Polan Banks served as chief of the War Department's stage and screen section. After the war Banks completed a novel, entitled CARRIAGE ENTRANCE, a melodrama set among the Creole aristocracy of New Orleans. The book was published by Putnam in 1947 and made into the film, MY FORBIDDEN PAST, in 1951. In this letter Byrd compliments Banks on the completion of the novel, asks about its forthcoming publication, and requests that Banks send him a copy. Byrd moves on to discuss his aversion to public acclaim, despite his fame as a polar explorer: "As you have noted, I am still keeping out of the limelight. Perhaps I am making a mistake. My friends tell me so. I have refused publicity on the medal recently awarded me for my work at the front. The Department set three dates for the presentation to me but I postponed it. Perhaps I will reconsider, since apparently a number of people think that I have departed the earth to explore another world. Congress voted a medal for our last expedition, and on account of my men I may allow some publicity when it is presented." Byrd then brings up the subject of a biographical movie based on his life, which Banks had proposed before, and discusses his experiences in the Pacific at the close of the war, including "the Okinawa campaign (it was the hottest of the war), the Kamakazes [sic], the daily attacks on the Japanese mainland from the carriers, the signing of the Peace Terms on the Missouri, getting ashore with the first amphibious forces, inspecting the atomic bomb damage, strategic bombing, etc., etc." Byrd closes by stating that "I am still determined to go back to the South Pole next November and will get working on that proposition as soon as I get a few weeks letup." Richard Byrd would indeed soon return to the Antarctic, in command of the Navy's "Operation Highjump" in late 1946 and into 1947.