Title: By Airplane Towards the North Pole: An Account of an Expedition to Spitzbergen in the Summer of 1923

Author: Walter Mittlelholzer. Translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company

Description: Hardcover. 176 pages. Ex-library copy.

Date: 1925

Condition: Covers show shelf wear and scuffing. Spine caps and corners bumped and lightly frayed. Shelf numbers on the spine. Card pocket residue on the inside front cover and front free page. Ink notation and "Withdrawn" on the title page.

Dust Jacket: None

Contents: Walter Mittelholzer (April 2, 1894 - May 9, 1937) was a Swiss aviation pioneer. He was active as a pilot, photographer, travel writer, and also as one of the first aviation entrepreneurs. In this book he chronicles how he was the first to do serious aerial reconnaissance of Spitzbergen, in a Junkers monoplane, in 1923. Illustrated with photographs and two fold-out maps.

This is one of those books that only survived by being part of a special library collection.