The Home of the Blizzard
by MAWSON, Douglas
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 1996. Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 1996 (fourth impression)/ 1996/ 1930 (abridged edition). Octavo, xxxii, 438, [2] ('Mawson Antarctic Collection Appeal') pages with illustrations and maps plus numerous plates (reproducing 'over ninety original photographs'). Pictorial card covers lightly marked and bumped; an excellent copy with the slightly creased dustwrapper. This copy is signed by Mawson's two daughters, Patricia and Jessica, and one of his grandsons (Gareth Mawson Thomas). This publication comprises a 'facsimile edition of the text of the [1930] abridged popular edition, featuring original images from the Mawson Collection'.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125829
- Title
- The Home of the Blizzard
- Author
- MAWSON, Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Wakefield Press
- Place of Publication
- Adelaide
- Date Published
- 1996
- Bookseller catalogs
- South Australia;
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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