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The Winning of Australian Antartica  Publisher: Angus and Robertson, 1963 Hardcover No dust jacket Angus and Robertson, 1963 Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1963. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. J. F. Hurley – Photographer (illustrator). First Edition. 4to – up to 12″ tall – Quarto. 770 g.; XVIII, 242 pages foreword by Lord Casey, author’s note, Introduction: Mawson’s Contribution to the Geography of Australian Antarctica, list of maps and sketches and index. Black and white photographic frontispiece, of Sir Douglas Mawson in his cabin on the Discovery. At the rear of the text there…