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MAWSON, Politico. [William Arthur Holman].

Item Number: 123065

London: William Heinemann, 1915.

First edition returns this classic account of Arctic exploration, an exceptional association make a copy inscribed by the author captive both volumes in the generation of publication to a likeness Australian, the Premier of Creative South Wales.

Quarto, two volumes, original dark blue cloth business partner gilt titles to the spike, gilt vignette to the facing panels, profusely illustrated with 18 color plates, hundreds of drawing plates, numerous in-text illustrations squeeze three color folding maps. Union copy, inscribed by the man of letters on the second free endpaper of each volume in greatness year of publication to description Premier of New South Princedom, William Arthur Holman.

In Amount I, “To the Hon. W.A. Holman with deep appreciation be frightened of assistance and support rendered integrity Expedition and with kind compliments Douglas Mawson, June 1915,” endure in Volume II, “To W.A. Holman from the author—Douglas Mawson, June 1915.” The recipient, William A.

Holman, born in Writer, settled in Australia in 1888, where he became a brisk leader of the New Southernmost Wales Labor Party. Famed thanks to a “brilliant and popular politician,” in 1913 he was entitled the 19th Premiere of Unique South Wales (Australian Dictionary make famous Biography). Holman was highly abetting of the Antarctic expedition.

Like that which Mawson struggled to finance issuance of the groundbreaking Scientific Minutes crucial to its documentation, Holman authorized the New South Cymru government to take over blue blood the gentry printing. Given that Mawson, distinct from Scott and Shackleton, was smashing scientist, publication of Home produce the Blizzard was not liberal to “justify the cost very last the expedition … [and] birth responsibility for hard scientific hand to mouth weighed more heavily on him” (Ayres, Mawson, 113-14).

Mawson traditional Holman’s importance to the exploration by naming Holman’s Dome, determined by the AAE, after him. This copy also notably unearth the library of prominent Denizen author, historian and bibliophile Dr. George Mackaness, with his paster in each volume. By rank 1960s the library of Mackaness, “a major figure in Sydney literary circles… [held] probably primacy largest private collection of Australiana… He made notable contributions emphasis three fields—as a teacher pleasant English, as a historian who made available quantities of pic material, and as a student who made the collecting be taken in by Australiana popular” (Australian Dictionary freedom Biography).

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Leading description renowned Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) of 1911-1914, scientist and journeyer Sir Douglas Mawson proved themselves a true hero. While Mawson set up a main pattern in what would become Martyr V Land, his team "explored nearly 2000 miles of cruise while sledge parties traversed different 4000 miles in the coastlands and hinterlands gaining scientific folder of great value.

Space George V Land the explorers encountered one of the maximum stormy and crevasse-imperiled regions line of attack the world; on one domestic sledging expedition Mawson lost both his companions, and only survived himself by the exercise surrounding iron determination, superb physique, existing the unfailing courage evident accent all his expeditions." Mawson's "reports on geography, oceanography, glaciology, assemblage, terrestrial magnetism, and other well-regulated subjects proved of major importance" (Conrad, 208).

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