MAWSON (DOUGLAS) The Home of the Blizzard, Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition,
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MAWSON (DOUGLAS) The Home of the Blizzard, Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, 2 vol. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "To Brigadier General H.J. Foster from Douglas Mawson, 1916" on preliminary blank in each volume, 3 folding maps in pocket at end of volume two, plates and illustrations (some in colour, many after photographs by Frank Hurley), publisher's blue pictorial cloth gilt, dampstaining on covers [Spence 774; Taurus 100], 4to, William Heinemann, [1915]
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  • As leader of his own Antarctic expedition, Mawson charted more than 2000 miles of coastline and nearly lost his life in a wild sledge journey. In the process, he developed a detailed scientific analysis of George V Land and Macquerie Island, and produced this classic account of "heroic age" exploits (Taurus).

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