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BALCHEN, Bernt (1899-1973); FORD, Corey (1902-1969); and LA FARGE, Oliver (1901-1963). War Below Zero. The Battle for Greenland. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1944.
The Explorers Club limited edition, no. 29 of 100 copies, signed by Bernt Balchen and inscribed to the Duke of Windsor. The Norwegian Balchen piloted the first flight over the South Pole and later became an American citizen. This work documents his WWII service in the Greenland airfields with New Yorker writers Corey Ford and Oliver La Farge. Arctic Bib. 1004.
Octavo (192 x 127mm). Map endpapers, 8 photo plate leaves (light dampstain affecting inner margin of plate leaves). Publisher’s original blue cloth. Provenance: Edward, Duke of Windsor (1894-1972; gift inscription from Seamus Clannfhearghuis) – Henry Sotheran Ltd.
The Explorers Club limited edition, no. 29 of 100 copies, signed by Bernt Balchen and inscribed to the Duke of Windsor. The Norwegian Balchen piloted the first flight over the South Pole and later became an American citizen. This work documents his WWII service in the Greenland airfields with New Yorker writers Corey Ford and Oliver La Farge. Arctic Bib. 1004.
Octavo (192 x 127mm). Map endpapers, 8 photo plate leaves (light dampstain affecting inner margin of plate leaves). Publisher’s original blue cloth. Provenance: Edward, Duke of Windsor (1894-1972; gift inscription from Seamus Clannfhearghuis) – Henry Sotheran Ltd.