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My Polar Flights

by Umberto Nobile

An account of the Voyages of the Airships Italia and Norge.

Putnam, 1961, first American edition, 288 pages, photo section.

Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. $40

Nobile was the pilot for Amundsen's successful flight to the pole.

Then he tried to do it himself for the glory of Italy and crashed

on the ice... leading to the "red tent" rescue.