With Byrd at the Bottom of the World; The South Pole Expedition of 1928-30 [from the Steve Fossett collection]

Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1990. First Edition, 1st Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed to Fossett by Author, [9.25x6.5in]; viii, 196 pp., eight plate with 34 black and white images, three maps; Blue paper covers with tan linen backstrip with blue ink lettering on spine, blue end papers, all edges trimmed; Light tan dust jacket with blue and black lettering on front and spine, image of skier looking into crevasse on front with illustration of compass rose, dark brown border strip at top and bottom, summary of book with image of men on back; Negligible shelf wear to book, inscription to Steve Fossett on title page, "To Steve Fossett, From one dog musher to another. I hope you enjoy the Iditarod as much as I. I've devoted 16 consecutive years to this race. It's a disease. No doctor can cure me. I hope you do not get it as badly. Sin adventurously. Norman D. Vaughan.", bookplate of Steve Fossett on front end paper; Negligible shelf wear to dust jacket except for slight fading to spine and discoloration of top and bottom border strip. [Conrad p. 256]. Norman Dane Vaughan (1905-2005) was a dog sled driver that was selected by Richard Byrd for the 'Little America' Expedition (1928-30) to the Bay of Whales in Antarctica. He also participated in search and rescues during World War II and in the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled race.

Steve Fossett (1944-2007) was a successful commodities trader and an adventurer that set world records in balloons, sailboats, gliders and unique powered aircraft. His 2,000 + book collection included significant and authoritative accounts of aeronautics, polar, Asia, Australasia, circumnavigation's, mountaineering and others. In 2007, Fossett disappeared on a solo flight in a light aircraft over the eastern Sierra Mountains along the California and Nevada border. The wreckage was found by hikers a year later along the rugged Mt. Ritter range in the Ansel Adams Wilderness in Madera County, about 10 miles east of Yosemite National Park.