[AVIATION -- ARCTIC]. FARQUHAR, Francis P. & MERNER, Garfield.. Flight to the North Pole 24 August 1949.. [Grabhorn Press],, San Francisco, CA:, 1950.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: Tall 8vo. 11, [5] pp. Title illust. & decorated in red, black & blue, couple leaves w/ black letter type. Blue softcovers, pale white lettering, yapp fore-edges (very slight shelfwear), still NF copy, signed & dated by Farquhar on title, w/ original mailing envelope. First edition, signed, of this charming Grabhorn Press piece recounting the polar aerial adventure of Farquhar, noted California historian, mountaineer & Bohemian Club member, and Garfield Merner, founder of the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park, CA. The black letter excerpts from Haluyt's 1582 Divers Voyages and Martin Frobisher in 1578 serve as preface and afterword.

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